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Powerless over Alcohol
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If we were really powerless over alcohol, we could have never escaped from our alcoholism. This proves that we do have power to change our lives. Also, maybe it was, actually, US who allowed ourselves to exhibit alcoholism. Alcoholism is nothing in reality, because alcoholism cannot be diagnos...
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Gurl25, Step 1 (Al-anon)
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I am powerless over my sister's and my husband's addictions, I am powerless over alcohol and drugs being in my loved ones lives -- my life has become so unmanageable. 1. Do I recognize that the alcoholic is an individual with habits, characteristics and ways of reacting to daily happenings that are d...
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Hangovers and Blackouts.
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Recovery, for me, has been very mental at first. My recovery has been one with relapses. But I don't know what the relapses mean. Certainly, my behavior has become very childish and criminal when was last in the blackouts. I mean, it was the hangover and the blackout which, ultimately, persu...
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12 Step Questions to consider
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12 Step Questions1. Have I experieced a Spiritual awakening?2. In what ways do I downplay my spiritual growth?3. What can help me aciknowledge it?4. How am I living the message of the program?Love to you all - DotJohn is still posting for me - thank you John
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Help with step 2
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I just celebrated 4 months clean and sober, but I don't think I am doing the work on the steps the way I should be. My sponser relapsed after 12 1/2 years of sobriety. I was never a very religious person and I am finding it very hard to give myself to a higher power. Has anyone ever felt like this?? Pleas...
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Step 11 - AA
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from 'sober transitions' Step Eleven "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." Prayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious...
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to ack and anyone else...healing and curing
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the thread for step 11 is down the list now because it's taken me a while to get back to reply ... so starting this new thread. I had said that I'm grateful that the god of my understanding will lead me to the circumstances where I may be (not cured necessarily but) healed over time -- or actually healed in an...
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Gurl25, Step 2 (Al-anon)
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I have come to believe that a Power greater than myself, greater than my sister's and my husband's addictions, greater than anything I am capable of, can restore me and my loved ones to sanity - but I think it's got to start with me (especially in my husband's case). 1. Have past experiences affected m...
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Step 2 - NarAnon
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"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" I know my life had become insane and unstable, all my actions were not of a sane person...going to the places where I might find my addict or reacting to his "uncaring attitude" toward reality were n...
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friends
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If there is anyone from okc if you are allowed to say where your from that would be cooooool MUST BE FEMALE AS I AM FEMALE thanks Ellen from okc invisible:and if anyone else wants to talk I need friends in the program, by the way I am alanon. Do people ever IM
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STEP 2 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS
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"Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Some excerpts from 'Step by Step, A guide for working the steps of Emotions Anonymous' I am paraphrasing and shortening this information. Please check the actual literature for complete accuracy a...
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Step 12 - Alanon
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Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. I don't know about this one, I am too new.
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Step 12 - ACOA
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Service in ACOA is extremely easy - just share your stuff. I learned to trust by hearing other people share their success and their troubles. We may often feel like we are stumbling our way through recovery but it works by sharing and listening. There is no miracle cure for what ails us. We help others by...
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Step Twelve -Al-Anon
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Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principals in all our affairs.From: Al-Anon Works pg 63 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permissio...
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STEP 12 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (con't final section)
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STEP 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Ideas from literature on how to carry the message.... CARRY THIS MESSAGE (con't): In EA literature it is suggested that anyone can prac...
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STEP 12 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Carry This Message)
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Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Excerpts from the book "Emotions Anonymous" (Pg 79 -80) Carry This Message: "....We share our stories - what we used to be like...
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STEP 12 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Spiritual Awakening)
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"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs." Some excerpts from the book entitled "Emotions Anonymous": (pg 78 -79) - SPIRITUAL AWAKENING - "A spiritual awa...
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Alanon step eleven
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step 11 : sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him , praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out From: Courage to Change pg. 338 (copyright 1992 , by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by Expres...
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Testing, Testing
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Testing Dot's board account for functionality.
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hi Alanon ...
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hi Alanon , I thought Dot would be back by now but for some reason she can't be ( I don't know what that is ) I don't really feel up to running a board on my own at the moment and I can't moderate or offer advice . But I will read and put up the topics . In the meantime please feel free to support each other as you wish...
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