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JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. There is often a resistance to this step. There are people who, honestly, aren't deserving of amends even if they are owed. But as Malachy McCourt saidResentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other pers...

JamesCT · JamesCT

12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others who still suffer, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. This is the call to action. Once you are helped, you help. This is not a step you generally have to drag yourself through. Usu...

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. First, as always, read "God" as "Higher Power" if you have issues with religion. Next, this step links directly back to the first step, where we admitted our powerlessness over family dysfunction. We have to be ready for help fro...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 7HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSPaths to recovery page 72On the surface Step 7 looks fairly simple.In admitting we need HPs help to remove our shortcomings, this does not mean inferiority, weakness or submission that would mean we are still resisting our need for helpWhen...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Long ago a female friend of mine was lamenting the actions of a male friend of mine regarding the relationship between the two of them. His actions were giving her mixed signals. On the one hand he had made it perfectly clear that t...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The concept of casting spells comes from the power of speaking words aloud. For many it, in fact, makes things real on a mental or philosophical level. And that's why these things need to be spoken. You're not hi...

dot · dot

Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 1. Am I willing to look honestly at myself? What stands in my way? 2. How am I tolerant? 3. Do I make friends easily? Why or why not? 4. In what ways am I resentful? Do I harbor grudges? Why? Love - Dot

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 5ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVESs AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGSDoing the 4thstep was a spiritual experience I learned I was not as bad as I thought and that I was simply human Paths to recovery page 61My Share I was confused by the wording of this Step it did not say reco...

Lyne · Lyne

Step 3 Questions: I am able to turn my will over to God but somedays, like today, my enthusiasm diminishes. Too much stress, all stems from A, now my son is involved, and I just feel so low. I believe HP does care for me but for the past few months I have much suffering emotionally. This morning I turned it...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH- Physical, Emotional and Spiritual STEP 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater than Ourselves could Restore us to SanityPath to Rec...

Lyne · Lyne

I am powerless over my spouse and her drinking, gambling, lying, and eating.

JamesCT · JamesCT

3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. Assuming you've made any necessary adjustments to that word God (meaning to read that as Higher Power), the focus here is decision making. This for me was the hard part, committing to accepting help, not just fr...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 3Made a decision to turn my will and our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood HimPath to Recovery page 35 Working S...

coniolga · coniolga

We're going to marriage counseling through the church per my alcoholic. I start thinking maybe this will work after all. Then Monday I come home from work & he's with a hooker in my home. She actually going out the window. She's immaterial/insignificant in this. He had a beer sitting around &...

JamesCT · JamesCT

2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The Higher Power. This is one of the great stumbling blocks for any of the 12 Step programs. But it doesn't have to be a wall. Here first is what the Yellow Workbook has to say on the subject, and then afterward is a private me...

JC · JC

I need the contact from others that understand...I need to work the steps. You know step one is not the hard step...it is easy to see I need help....I have tried with all my will power to fix everything....guess what, it did not work...and I am crazier for trying. I have remarried...things change but...

hotrod · hotrod

SECOND STEP STORY An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves." "One is evil - he is anger, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, infe...

coniolga · coniolga

1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. I've been clean & sober in AA for 34 years. I still have problems with co-dependence issues. I was left alone on the streets when I was 13 years old & had some bad...

BOUNDnoMORE · BOUNDnoMORE

1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. I have spent my entire life trying to control alcoholics, taking it personal, believing that there was something wrong with me. Not believing that it was them that ha...

hotrod · hotrod

12TH STEPHAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFARIS.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 166SLOWLY AS I BEGAN TO RECOVER, I REALIZED WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT THE AL ANON PROGRAM WAS. IT GAVE ME AN UNDERSTAND...

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	ACoA Step 8 (Preview) 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. There is often a resistance to this step. There are people who, honestly, aren't deserving of amends even if they are owed. But as Malachy McCourt saidResentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other pers...	JamesCT	6	1220	Jul 27, 2013 by KayCee
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 12 (Preview) 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others who still suffer, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. This is the call to action. Once you are helped, you help. This is not a step you generally have to drag yourself through. Usu...	JamesCT	1	962	Jul 25, 2013 by billyhughbilly
	ACoA Step 7 (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. First, as always, read "God" as "Higher Power" if you have issues with religion. Next, this step links directly back to the first step, where we admitted our powerlessness over family dysfunction. We have to be ready for help fro...	JamesCT	0	896	Jul 2, 2013 by JamesCT
	Alanon Step 7 (Preview) STEP 7HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSPaths to recovery page 72On the surface Step 7 looks fairly simple.In admitting we need HPs help to remove our shortcomings, this does not mean inferiority, weakness or submission that would mean we are still resisting our need for helpWhen...	hotrod	2	1594	Jul 1, 2013 by hotrod
	ACoA Step 6 (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Long ago a female friend of mine was lamenting the actions of a male friend of mine regarding the relationship between the two of them. His actions were giving her mixed signals. On the one hand he had made it perfectly clear that t...	JamesCT	2	981	Jun 30, 2013 by KayCee
	ACoA Step 5 (Preview) 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The concept of casting spells comes from the power of speaking words aloud. For many it, in fact, makes things real on a mental or philosophical level. And that's why these things need to be spoken. You're not hi...	JamesCT	2	979	Jun 29, 2013 by KayCee
	Step Four - Questions (Preview) Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 1. Am I willing to look honestly at myself? What stands in my way? 2. How am I tolerant? 3. Do I make friends easily? Why or why not? 4. In what ways am I resentful? Do I harbor grudges? Why? Love - Dot	dot	11	2095	Jun 14, 2013 by KayCee
	Step 5 Alanon (Preview) STEP 5ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVESs AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGSDoing the 4thstep was a spiritual experience I learned I was not as bad as I thought and that I was simply human Paths to recovery page 61My Share I was confused by the wording of this Step it did not say reco...	hotrod	2	3647	Jun 3, 2013 by hotrod
	step 3 questions (Preview) Step 3 Questions: I am able to turn my will over to God but somedays, like today, my enthusiasm diminishes. Too much stress, all stems from A, now my son is involved, and I just feel so low. I believe HP does care for me but for the past few months I have much suffering emotionally. This morning I turned it...	Lyne	2	1105	May 15, 2013 by Jerry F
	Step 2 Alanon (Preview) Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH- Physical, Emotional and Spiritual STEP 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater than Ourselves could Restore us to SanityPath to Rec...	hotrod	9	1580	May 13, 2013 by hotrod
	step 1 (Preview) I am powerless over my spouse and her drinking, gambling, lying, and eating.	Lyne	15	1364	May 6, 2013 by KayCee
	ACoA Step 3 (Preview) 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. Assuming you've made any necessary adjustments to that word God (meaning to read that as Higher Power), the focus here is decision making. This for me was the hard part, committing to accepting help, not just fr...	JamesCT	0	1010	May 5, 2013 by JamesCT
	STEP 3 ALANON (Preview) Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 3Made a decision to turn my will and our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood HimPath to Recovery page 35 Working S...	hotrod	0	1329	May 5, 2013 by hotrod
	Self Loathing (Preview) We're going to marriage counseling through the church per my alcoholic. I start thinking maybe this will work after all. Then Monday I come home from work & he's with a hooker in my home. She actually going out the window. She's immaterial/insignificant in this. He had a beer sitting around &...	coniolga	3	1290	Apr 29, 2013 by hotrod
	ACoA Step 2 (Preview) 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The Higher Power. This is one of the great stumbling blocks for any of the 12 Step programs. But it doesn't have to be a wall. Here first is what the Yellow Workbook has to say on the subject, and then afterward is a private me...	JamesCT	2	1247	Apr 23, 2013 by DavidG
	Step 1 I am powerless over others..my life is unmanagable. I have been gone from alnon for a while..I had to come back (Preview) I need the contact from others that understand...I need to work the steps. You know step one is not the hard step...it is easy to see I need help....I have tried with all my will power to fix everything....guess what, it did not work...and I am crazier for trying. I have remarried...things change but...	JC	7	1469	Apr 6, 2013 by Lyne
	STEP 2 ALANON (Preview) SECOND STEP STORY An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves." "One is evil - he is anger, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, infe...	hotrod	17	12973	Apr 5, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 1 ACA (Preview) 1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. I've been clean & sober in AA for 34 years. I still have problems with co-dependence issues. I was left alone on the streets when I was 13 years old & had some bad...	coniolga	6	1665	Mar 29, 2013 by Davie
	STEP ONE ACA (Preview) 1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. I have spent my entire life trying to control alcoholics, taking it personal, believing that there was something wrong with me. Not believing that it was them that ha...	BOUNDnoMORE	3	1100	Mar 29, 2013 by lin34
	STEP 12 ALANON (Preview) *12TH STEP*HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFARIS.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 166SLOWLY AS I BEGAN TO RECOVER, I REALIZED WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT THE AL ANON PROGRAM WAS. IT GAVE ME AN UNDERSTAND...	hotrod	2	957	Mar 28, 2013 by hotrod
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