Step Work

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Step Nine ; "made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." C2C page 196 "let me remember that the reason for making amends is to free my own mind of uneasiness. My share When I first worked this step, I placed myself at the top of the amends list and...

hotrod · hotrod

Al-Anon. Step eight; "made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." C2C reading page 242 guilt is a burden that keeps us from giving ourselves, freely to the present. I can begin to rid my mind guilt by quietly admitting where and when I have done wrong to peopl...

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Step Seven; "Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings." C2C, page 161; "there are many things that I can do to improve my life and to further my recovery, but I cannot heal myself. Today I can ask for help of becoming free of all the blocks me from my true self." My share I have worked many Step Seven in m...

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Step 6Were entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of Character C2C page 31 I accept the fact that I need help in being restored to sanity) achieve this without help. We need to be ready.fore shortcomings to be removed and do what we can to be prepared, but we lack the power to heal ourselves on...

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Step 5Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs , C2C page 266. This step is a very intimate experience in which we share our private thoughts and experiences with another. Whether we practice this step by listening or speaking we open ourselves as channe...

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Step four; "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." C2C reading page 55; "we all wish good things to happen to us but we cannot just pray and sit down and expecting good things to happen for us. . We must back up our prayers with action." My share I have worked many fourth steps in m...

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Step Three; "made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him" C2C reading page 252. What obstacles block me from turning my will and my life over to the care of God? . The quote from Aurelius Augustinius states:" understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore...

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Step Two; "came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." C2C page 240: when I was dealing with alcoholism without the help of Al-Anon, I developed coping skills-- these are no longer enough. Al-Anon is teaching me a new and better set of skills. I will try to be pati...

mamakat71 · mamakat71

Step one questions; Do I accept that I cannot control another persons behavior? I am working to accept that I cannot control another persons behavior even though I want to because I am so affected by my ah behavior. Do I trust my own feelings? Do I know what they are? No I do not trust my own feelings. Som...

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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--- that our lives had become unmanageable Courage to Change, page 14 ." I learned in Al-Anon that I am bound to fail to make someone else stop drinking. Because I am powerless over alcoholism" "our spiritual growth is unlimited and our rewards end less if we...

ClearMyHead · ClearMyHead

Hello everyone! I was so pleased to see a "chat site" that discusses the 12 Steps. I am one of those who just found that after I quit drinking, it's a whole lot harder to see things clearly! Then God brought ACA before me. I am just starting...and as you know I wane between enthusiasm to condemnation....

hotrod · hotrod

Step 12Having 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.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in step 12. We ac knowledge the results of our efforts -a spir...

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Step 11Sought 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.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...

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Step 10Continued to take personal inventory and when we are wrong promptly admit it.C2C reading page 288: no longer must we accumulate burdens of guilt and resentment that will become heavier and more potent over time. Each day, each new moment can be an opportunity to clear the air and start agai...

JosefLauence · JosefLauence

Just recently, I received my 11 year chip and by the Grace of G-d, I have a loving family, successful business and transformed my life out of pain & chaos to beyond my wildest dreams. With that being said, it has come to my attention that over the years, since I got hooked on pain pills twice, after ago...

hotrod · hotrod

Step nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others" C2C page 163 states "I need not make direct amends to those I've injured,if in doing so, I might cause further injury. If we feel direct amends are inappropriate, we can trust that HP w...

hotrod · hotrod

Step eight,Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 299 " making amends is not just saying I'm sorry it means responding differently from our new understanding." My shareI did have to be very careful of working this step for the first time because I...

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Step Seven Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. C2C reading page 249 "When I take the Seventh Step, I pray that whatever interferes with my Higher Power's will for me will be removed. I don't have to have all the answers. I just need to be willing." My share. I have worked many Seventh Step in my l...

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. Let's parse this brief sentence. Humbly -- We become so relentlessly self-reliant that we get very good at making things happen and we begin to believe we can handle anything. We develop hubris and contort our reasoning or logic to keep from admitting t...

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...

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	Alanon Step 9( 11-14- 2017) (Preview) Step Nine ; "made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." C2C page 196 "let me remember that the reason for making amends is to free my own mind of uneasiness. My share When I first worked this step, I placed myself at the top of the amends list and...	hotrod	4	1554	Jan 21, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 8 (((11-5-17))) (Preview) Al-Anon. Step eight; "made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." C2C reading page 242 guilt is a burden that keeps us from giving ourselves, freely to the present. I can begin to rid my mind guilt by quietly admitting where and when I have done wrong to peopl...	hotrod	5	1618	Jan 13, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 7 (11-1-2017) (Preview) Step Seven; "Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings." C2C, page 161; "there are many things that I can do to improve my life and to further my recovery, but I cannot heal myself. Today I can ask for help of becoming free of all the blocks me from my true self." My share I have worked many Step Seven in m...	hotrod	6	1506	Jul 18, 2018 by hotrod
	alanon Step 6 (10-29-2017) (Preview) Step 6Were entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of Character C2C page 31 I accept the fact that I need help in being restored to sanity) achieve this without help. We need to be ready.fore shortcomings to be removed and do what we can to be prepared, but we lack the power to heal ourselves on...	hotrod	5	1385	Jan 13, 2018 by hotrod
	Al-Anon. Step five(Oct 29-2017) (Preview) Step 5Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs , C2C page 266. This step is a very intimate experience in which we share our private thoughts and experiences with another. Whether we practice this step by listening or speaking we open ourselves as channe...	hotrod	2	1321	Jan 4, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 4( 10-23-2017) (Preview) Step four; "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." C2C reading page 55; "we all wish good things to happen to us but we cannot just pray and sit down and expecting good things to happen for us. . We must back up our prayers with action." My share I have worked many fourth steps in m...	hotrod	15	2282	Sep 25, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 3 (10-18-2017) (Preview) Step Three; "made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him" C2C reading page 252. What obstacles block me from turning my will and my life over to the care of God? . The quote from Aurelius Augustinius states:" understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore...	hotrod	8	1833	Jan 1, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 2 (October 1 2017) (Preview) Step Two; "came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." C2C page 240: when I was dealing with alcoholism without the help of Al-Anon, I developed coping skills-- these are no longer enough. Al-Anon is teaching me a new and better set of skills. I will try to be pati...	hotrod	20	2612	Dec 31, 2017 by hotrod
	step work 1 (Preview) Step one questions; Do I accept that I cannot control another persons behavior? I am working to accept that I cannot control another persons behavior even though I want to because I am so affected by my ah behavior. Do I trust my own feelings? Do I know what they are? No I do not trust my own feelings. Som...	mamakat71	20	2709	Mar 20, 2018 by hotrod
	Alanon Step One (9-18-2017) (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--- that our lives had become unmanageable Courage to Change, page 14 ." I learned in Al-Anon that I am bound to fail to make someone else stop drinking. Because I am powerless over alcoholism" "our spiritual growth is unlimited and our rewards end less if we...	hotrod	25	2644	May 14, 2018 by hotrod
	Completely New to ACA and fearful of 4th Step. Help! (Preview) Hello everyone! I was so pleased to see a "chat site" that discusses the 12 Steps. I am one of those who just found that after I quit drinking, it's a whole lot harder to see things clearly! Then God brought ACA before me. I am just starting...and as you know I wane between enthusiasm to condemnation....	ClearMyHead	1	1100	Aug 11, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 12 (8-1-2017) (Preview) *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.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in step 12. We ac knowledge the results of our efforts -a spir...	hotrod	2	1085	Aug 3, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 11 (7-16-2017) (Preview) *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.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...	hotrod	4	1267	Jul 21, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 10 (7-9-2017) (Preview) Step 10Continued to take personal inventory and when we are wrong promptly admit it.C2C reading page 288: no longer must we accumulate burdens of guilt and resentment that will become heavier and more potent over time. Each day, each new moment can be an opportunity to clear the air and start agai...	hotrod	2	1036	Jul 10, 2017 by hotrod
	Confused in Vegas (Preview) Just recently, I received my 11 year chip and by the Grace of G-d, I have a loving family, successful business and transformed my life out of pain & chaos to beyond my wildest dreams. With that being said, it has come to my attention that over the years, since I got hooked on pain pills twice, after ago...	JosefLauence	1	1026	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 9 ( 6-26-2017) (Preview) Step nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others" C2C page 163 states "I need not make direct amends to those I've injured,if in doing so, I might cause further injury. If we feel direct amends are inappropriate, we can trust that HP w...	hotrod	4	1391	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 8 alanon (6-13-2017) (Preview) *Step eight,Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 299* " making amends is not just saying I'm sorry it means responding differently from our new understanding." My shareI did have to be very careful of working this step for the first time because I...	hotrod	4	1196	Jun 24, 2017 by hotrod
	Al-Anon Step Seven (5-31-2017) (Preview) Step Seven Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. C2C reading page 249 "When I take the Seventh Step, I pray that whatever interferes with my Higher Power's will for me will be removed. I don't have to have all the answers. I just need to be willing." My share. I have worked many Seventh Step in my l...	hotrod	6	1512	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 7 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (2017-05-29) (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. Let's parse this brief sentence. Humbly -- We become so relentlessly self-reliant that we get very good at making things happen and we begin to believe we can handle anything. We develop hubris and contort our reasoning or logic to keep from admitting t...	JamesCT	3	1256	Nov 1, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 6 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (2017-05-11) (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	0	1087	May 11, 2017 by JamesCT
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