Step Work

Desirae · Desirae

What led me to believe in a power greater than myself? One day, I asked a group to pray for me that I would find strength while I was going through a tough situation. There was an elder who then asked me, Why do you pray for strength? I replied, I just need the mental capacity to get through this. I know it w...

hotrod · hotrod

Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery togethe Step 6 questionswere entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of CharacterODAT PAGE 172 God make me entirely...

hotrod · hotrod

Step2 Came to Believe That a Power greater Than ourselves Could Restore us to Sanity ODAT Page 33 Thank God I am to dependent on my own resources alone. Having tried to bring order and meaning into my life without God's help, I will now step aside and let Him take over MY SHARE A READING IN THE COUR...

coniolga · coniolga

Step 2 is the hardest one. Once I got this down in AA & believed it with my heart instead of my head it seemed so much easier. I guess since I've been clean & sober for 34 years it must've "took." I still believe that God can restore me to sanity relative to everything else in my life excep...

hotrod · hotrod

Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of OurselvesODAT PAGE 36Let me learn to understand myself first, that will occupy me so fully that I will have no time to analyze or criticize the problem drinker or anyone else.My ShareThis was a very upsetting Step when I first attempted to look at myse...

JamesCT · JamesCT

1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Welcome to the start of a wonderful journey. One of my favorite lines from a movie was spoken by Barbara Billingsley in the movie Airplane, when she said "Chump d...

JamesCT · JamesCT

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. The purpose of this step is to attune you to your great...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 9MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHERE EVER POSSIBLE EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERSOdat PAGE 175LOVE AND PATIENCE CAN MAKE AMPLE AMENDS FOR PAST INJURIES THEY RSTORE US TO SANITY AND OUR LIVES TO SERENITYMY SHAREIn this Step I again had to take time and define what exactly did a...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 10CONTINUE TO TAKE PERSONEL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE Were WRONG PROMPTLY ADMITTED ITODAT PAGE 213 A DAILY REVIEW OF MY PROGRESS IS AN ENCOURAGING EXERCISE FOR IT SHOWS ME THAT I AM GRADUALLY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH POISE AND SERENITYMy Share This is my favorite Step and although I was told that the...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...

JamesCT · JamesCT

10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.In·san·it·y 1. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result -- Old joke In computer programming, while in a logic loop, a way to exit the loop is through a break statement, where there i...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...

Lyne · Lyne

I have been in and out of recovery for many years. I never had a sponsor. When I read that someone on the stepboard was working with a sponsor online I realized I needed help to work the steps. I am powerless to help myself. I really get it. A wonderful person is helping me and I just welcome the help. I...

Kyle76 · Kyle76

I would really like to begin step work. Can anyone give me some guidance about how to go about that? Thanks!

luvinlife · luvinlife

I want to ask people what they think should be done about some stolen merchandise from places this person worked at 20 years go. Some of the places of employment are no longer in business and some still are. It was recommended that the items be returned. Obviously used....what about the items from comp...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. the Hippocratic Oath You have taken an honest look at how your behavior has a...

johnnyb · johnnyb

I recently used step 8 to prompty admit my wrongoings to my girlfriend and her son. As a result I was tossed from house and living in a motel. Should I have lied?

hotrod · hotrod

Made a list of All Persons I had harmed and became willing to Make Amends to Them AllODAT PAGE 173WHO HAVE I INJURED? SURELY THOSE CLOSEST TO ME. I KNOW THAT MY HOSTILE REACTION TO THE ALCOHOLIC HAS BEEN HARMFUL. HAVE I DAMAGED MY CHILDREN? HAVE I COMMUNICATED MY ANGER AND RESENTMENT TO THEM? HAVE I...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. When I worked this step from the perspective of how my ACoA behavior affected the people around me, I realized that I owed amends to someone I didn't realize I had hurt. She didn't even realize she was damaged. But i...

johnnyb · johnnyb

I am a survivor of exual abuse at the hands of my parents. I took my dads rape of me as love. I have explored my sexuality via on-line phone hookups with men. I am male. I have discovered rape was not love and the thought of being gay is disgusting to me. my girlfriend found ot what I was doing an...

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	My Step 2 Answers (Preview) What led me to believe in a power greater than myself? One day, I asked a group to pray for me that I would find strength while I was going through a tough situation. There was an elder who then asked me, Why do you pray for strength? I replied, I just need the mental capacity to get through this. I know it w...	Desirae	1	1222	Mar 25, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 6 (Preview) Learn How The Twelve Steps Work.Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery togethe *Step 6 questionswere entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of CharacterODAT PAGE 172* *God make me entirely...*	hotrod	12	1608	Mar 23, 2014 by hotrod
	ALNON STEP 2 (Preview) Step2 Came to Believe That a Power greater Than ourselves Could Restore us to Sanity ODAT Page 33 Thank God I am to dependent on my own resources alone. Having tried to bring order and meaning into my life without God's help, I will now step aside and let Him take over MY SHARE A READING IN THE COUR...	hotrod	14	2781	Mar 11, 2014 by Kitsch
	Came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. (Preview) Step 2 is the hardest one. Once I got this down in AA & believed it with my heart instead of my head it seemed so much easier. I guess since I've been clean & sober for 34 years it must've "took." I still believe that God can restore me to sanity relative to everything else in my life excep...	coniolga	6	3513	Feb 22, 2014 by coniolga
	STEP 4 ALANON (Preview) Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of OurselvesODAT PAGE 36Let me learn to understand myself first, that will occupy me so fully that I will have no time to analyze or criticize the problem drinker or anyone else.My ShareThis was a very upsetting Step when I first attempted to look at myse...	hotrod	14	5508	Feb 19, 2014 by hotrod
	Step 1 for ACoA (Preview) 1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Welcome to the start of a wonderful journey. One of my favorite lines from a movie was spoken by Barbara Billingsley in the movie Airplane, when she said "Chump d...	JamesCT	15	1825	Feb 8, 2014 by alittlecloser
	Step 11 for ACoA (Preview) 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. The purpose of this step is to attune you to your great...	JamesCT	2	908	Feb 6, 2014 by HoosierCat
	Step 9 alanon (Preview) *STEP 9MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHERE EVER POSSIBLE EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERSOdat PAGE 175LOVE AND PATIENCE CAN MAKE AMPLE AMENDS FOR PAST INJURIES THEY RSTORE US TO SANITY AND OUR LIVES TO SERENITY*MY SHAREIn this Step I again had to take time and define what exactly did a...	hotrod	11	5233	Jan 31, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 10 (Preview) STEP 10CONTINUE TO TAKE PERSONEL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE Were WRONG PROMPTLY ADMITTED ITODAT PAGE 213 A DAILY REVIEW OF MY PROGRESS IS AN ENCOURAGING EXERCISE FOR IT SHOWS ME THAT I AM GRADUALLY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH POISE AND SERENITYMy Share This is my favorite Step and although I was told that the...	hotrod	4	1084	Jan 30, 2014 by hotrod
	Step 6 for ACoA (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...	JamesCT	2	1066	Jan 26, 2014 by Sabin
	Step 10 for ACoA (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.In·san·it·y 1. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result -- Old joke In computer programming, while in a logic loop, a way to exit the loop is through a break statement, where there i...	JamesCT	2	964	Jan 26, 2014 by Sabin
	Step 4 for ACoA (Preview) 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...	JamesCT	4	2248	Jan 24, 2014 by JamesCT
	step 1 (Preview) I have been in and out of recovery for many years. I never had a sponsor. When I read that someone on the stepboard was working with a sponsor online I realized I needed help to work the steps. I am powerless to help myself. I really get it. A wonderful person is helping me and I just welcome the help. I...	Lyne	4	995	Jan 14, 2014 by alsdaddrank
	Step Work (Preview) I would really like to begin step work. Can anyone give me some guidance about how to go about that? Thanks!	Kyle76	4	1158	Jan 12, 2014 by hoping4us
	Step 9. Making amends stolen merchandise (Preview) I want to ask people what they think should be done about some stolen merchandise from places this person worked at 20 years go. Some of the places of employment are no longer in business and some still are. It was recommended that the items be returned. Obviously used....what about the items from comp...	luvinlife	1	861	Jan 12, 2014 by hoping4us
	Step 9 for ACoA (Preview) 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. the Hippocratic Oath You have taken an honest look at how your behavior has a...	JamesCT	1	896	Jan 7, 2014 by DavidG
	step 8 (Preview) I recently used step 8 to prompty admit my wrongoings to my girlfriend and her son. As a result I was tossed from house and living in a motel. Should I have lied?	johnnyb	4	937	Dec 25, 2013 by pp
	Alanon Step 8 (Preview) Made a list of All Persons I had harmed and became willing to Make Amends to Them AllODAT PAGE 173WHO HAVE I INJURED? SURELY THOSE CLOSEST TO ME. I KNOW THAT MY HOSTILE REACTION TO THE ALCOHOLIC HAS BEEN HARMFUL. HAVE I DAMAGED MY CHILDREN? HAVE I COMMUNICATED MY ANGER AND RESENTMENT TO THEM? HAVE I...	hotrod	6	1958	Dec 24, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 8 for ACoA (Preview) 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. When I worked this step from the perspective of how my ACoA behavior affected the people around me, I realized that I owed amends to someone I didn't realize I had hurt. She didn't even realize she was damaged. But i...	JamesCT	0	872	Dec 24, 2013 by JamesCT
	sex abuse survivors thinking they may be gay (Preview) I am a survivor of exual abuse at the hands of my parents. I took my dads rape of me as love. I have explored my sexuality via on-line phone hookups with men. I am male. I have discovered rape was not love and the thought of being gay is disgusting to me. my girlfriend found ot what I was doing an...	johnnyb	4	923	Dec 22, 2013 by johnnyb
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Learn how the 12 Steps work. Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together! We discuss each of the Twelve Steps In the order they are written, one step at a time, every two weeks.