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JamesCT · JamesCT

From the ACA Steps: 1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. For me the key to getting on Step 1 was realizing the reason why my life had become unmanageable. My wife had left me and my relationship with my new (...

JamesCT · JamesCT

From the ACA Steps: 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Sometimes atheists, people who have problems with conventional religion, or people who have issues with the concept of God have trouble with this step. The Yellow Workbook has this to say:A note to...

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

ACoA Step 1:We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. The last straw has fallen. It doesn't matter what it was. You realize that you just can't keep doing life the way you've been doing. There is something bro...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Five; Admitted to God to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of my wrongs. Quote C2C page 311; "living with alcohol has taken a huge toll on our self-esteem. As a result we may not recognize how many of our wrongs are built upon a faulty sense of self. That's why the fifth step is so...

JamesCT · JamesCT

1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Have you looked at your life and realized that despite your best efforts things just aren't working? Or have you looked at the lives of other people and wondered why y...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Quote from C2C Page 316 "I may find it easy to point to the alcoholics, irrational choices-- It's harder to admit that my own behavior is not always been sane. Today I can let go of insisting upon my will and w...

hotrod · hotrod

Step One We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. C2C reading 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 skills. I will try to be pati...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Seven Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings Quote from Paths to Recovery: There is a natural progression through our steps and we are never asked to do anything before we are fully prepared and ready. In the same way. Step Seven is a natural follow-up to steps four five and six .Now that we...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable C2C page 283: the first step prepares us for a new life, which we can achieve only by letting go of what we cannot control and by undertaking, one day at a time, the monumental task of setting our world in order by...

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...

hotrod · hotrod

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...

hotrod · hotrod

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 · hotrod

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 · 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...

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 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 · hotrod

Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable C2C page 32. Al-Anon helped me to learn that I am powerless, I cannot stop the alcoholic from drinking. If I choose to stop contributing to the problem, I do so because it seems to be the right thing to do somethi...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 4Made a Searching and Fear...

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	Step 1 - Adult Children of Alcoholics ( 1 2 ) (Preview) From the ACA Steps: 1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. For me the key to getting on Step 1 was realizing the reason why my life had become unmanageable. My wife had left me and my relationship with my new (...	JamesCT	46	28893	Dec 1, 2017 by Rumination
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 2 (Preview) From the ACA Steps: 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Sometimes atheists, people who have problems with conventional religion, or people who have issues with the concept of God have trouble with this step. The Yellow Workbook has this to say:A note to...	JamesCT	2	1525	Nov 22, 2017 by Laura1
	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	3309	Nov 1, 2017 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 1 (Preview) ACoA Step 1:We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. The last straw has fallen. It doesn't matter what it was. You realize that you just can't keep doing life the way you've been doing. There is something bro...	JamesCT	7	1764	Oct 30, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 5( 4-30-2017) (Preview) *Step Five;* Admitted to God to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of my wrongs. Quote C2C page 311; "living with alcohol has taken a huge toll on our self-esteem. As a result we may not recognize how many of our wrongs are built upon a faulty sense of self. That's why the fifth step is so...	hotrod	10	4285	Oct 26, 2017 by hotrod
	Step One: Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 1: We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Have you looked at your life and realized that despite your best efforts things just aren't working? Or have you looked at the lives of other people and wondered why y...	JamesCT	8	1751	Oct 26, 2017 by FreedomFromMe
	Alanon Step 3 ( October 2, 2016) (Preview) *Step 3* Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. *Quote from C2C Page 316* "I may find it easy to point to the alcoholics, irrational choices-- It's harder to admit that my own behavior is not always been sane. Today I can let go of insisting upon my will and w...	hotrod	27	4970	Oct 13, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 1 (3-1-2017 (Preview) *Step One* We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. C2C reading 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 skills. I will try to be pati...	hotrod	24	9925	Sep 16, 2017 by hotrod
	ALANON Step 7 (10-15) (Preview) *Step Seven* Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings Quote from Paths to Recovery: There is a natural progression through our steps and we are never asked to do anything before we are fully prepared and ready. In the same way. Step Seven is a natural follow-up to steps four five and six .Now that we...	hotrod	11	3526	Sep 7, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 1 ( Sept-1-2016) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable C2C page 283: the first step prepares us for a new life, which we can achieve only by letting go of what we cannot control and by undertaking, one day at a time, the monumental task of setting our world in order by...	hotrod	77	8858	Aug 14, 2017 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	2880	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	2637	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	3785	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	1456	Jul 10, 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	3966	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	4217	Jul 5, 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	3541	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	2644	Jun 24, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 1 (1-2016) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable *C2C page 32. Al-Anon helped me to learn that I am powerles*s, I cannot stop the alcoholic from drinking. If I choose to stop contributing to the problem, I do so because it seems to be the right thing to do somethi...	hotrod	59	4254	Jun 20, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 4 (Preview) Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 4Made a Searching and Fear...	hotrod	6	4600	Jun 12, 2017 by hotrod
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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.