Step Work

Lyne · Lyne

So I caught my A spouse in yet another lie, this time about our medical ins., and when I got off the phone with the med co my heart was racing. Another lie. But then I reminded myself that she is not changing, only I can change. My goal is not to accuse her of anything. Just calmly tell her what I found out t...

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. This step is another one of those who have the word God in it which can trip people up. Again, substitute Higher Power f...

hotrod · hotrod

Twelve StepsAlanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL. GROWTH BEGAN FOR MOST OF US WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT COMPULSIVE DRINKING WAS NOT A WEAKNESS BUT A DISEASE AND OUR OWN ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS WERE NOT HEALTHY. ...

hotrod · hotrod

IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL STEP 6were ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER I will pray for self fulfillment and through conscious effort makes some headway of being at peace with myself, WHICH is my ultimate goal embrac...

hotrod · hotrod

EXPERIENCE "Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." -- Aldous Huxley STEP 5 ADMITTED TO GOD TO OURSELVES AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS ONE DAY AT A Tme IN ALANON PAGE 171AS I UNDERSTAND THE DIFICULT TASK OF FAC...

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 FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES ONE DAY AT A TIME IN ALANON let me learn to understand myself first; that will occupy myself so fully that I will ha...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 10Continued to Take Personal Inventory and when I was Wrong Promptly Admitted it.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 164Since the tenth step is part of my daily routine, I try to think of it as a gentle, warm and loving way to take care of myself. By continuing to take my own inventory and promptly admitting wh...

JamesCT · JamesCT

2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Sometimes people who have problems with conventional religion or the concept of God have trouble with this step. What the Yellow Workbook has to say on the subject. A note to the atheist or agnositc: The ACA progam is fo...

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. It sounds so simple, but it's hard. I was at first unaware of my behaviors at all, other than to notice that things kept going wrong. It's like that o...

JamesCT · JamesCT

10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This is the glue step. This cements your new path. You've changed and you're going to stay changed. This step also commits you to going through the steps as needed. You continue to take personal inventory. That...

gettinsober · gettinsober

I've been doing this for a while. Staying sober is not easy but you HAVE TO WORK THE STEPS! I try to work the steps from beginning to end and then take a short break and start all over! I read the big book from end to end and what really helps me is listening to the Audiobook of Alcoholics Anonymous while I read...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. How much does it mean for you to say that you're sorry? How much would it mean to you if someone who wronged you told you they were sorry? Apologize and make amends if you can. But think about what you...

hotrod · hotrod

IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUALSTEP 7HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSONE DAY AT A TIME IN ALANON 173THE FIRST WORD IS THE KEY TO STEP 7MY SHAREAGAIN CONFUSION ON HOW TO DO THIS STEP.HUMBLE WAS A WORD I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.I THOUGHT HUMBLEMEANT G...

hotrod · hotrod

IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL__________________ STEP 9MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE EXCEPT WHEN DO TO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS COUrAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 356IN A MEETING I HEARD SOMEONE SAY I MADE A LIST OF THOSE I HAD HARME...

resilientsparks · resilientsparks

Hey I am new here and glad to be here. Glad for the stepwork here. Will post more. Starting at Step One. Admitting powerlessness over situation.

amski · amski

I'm not sure if i'm supposed to start a new topic in order to post but I'll try it this way. I'm a believer and living proof that the 12 steps work if you work them. I haven't worked them for awhile so, I thought I would start with this site. I also believe that there is alot to know when it comes to working them a...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Growing up in my FOO it was all about the secrets. Don't let people know your business, what you have, what you're doing. But toxic secrets eroded self-confidence and made me distrust my own inner voice. The...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. But Ma, I don't want to! That feeling came over me in the beginning when I first thought about this step. I didn't want to make the list, didn't want to admit what I had done wrong, and didn't want to try to make it up to th...

lostinoz · lostinoz

I was so happy to find this site, but I am now feeling lost as to what I am supposed to do, there doesn't seem to be any actual directions of how to start this process. I have read a book on ACOA and I related to so much in it. I want to start the steps, but am I ready? Do I need to do more reading first? Or go to meee...

tamstaff · tamstaff

wanting ideas on starting my program in recovery Im like doing step 4 Also in my town we have no woman in Na so looking for sponsor to help me either on line on phone

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	Practice step 1 (Preview) So I caught my A spouse in yet another lie, this time about our medical ins., and when I got off the phone with the med co my heart was racing. Another lie. But then I reminded myself that she is not changing, only I can change. My goal is not to accuse her of anything. Just calmly tell her what I found out t...	Lyne	0	710	Mar 13, 2013 by Lyne
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 11 (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. This step is another one of those who have the word God in it which can trip people up. Again, substitute Higher Power f...	JamesCT	1	800	Mar 13, 2013 by Davie
	ALANON STEP ONE (1) (Preview) Twelve StepsAlanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL. GROWTH BEGAN FOR MOST OF US WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT COMPULSIVE DRINKING WAS NOT A WEAKNESS BUT A DISEASE AND OUR OWN ATTITUDES AND REACTIONS WERE NOT HEALTHY. ...	hotrod	28	29242	Mar 7, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 6 Alanon (Preview) IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL STEP 6were ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER *I will pray for self fulfillment and through conscious effort makes some headway of being at peace with myself, WHICH is my ultimate goal embrac...*	hotrod	12	10741	Mar 7, 2013 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 5 (Preview) EXPERIENCE "Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." -- Aldous Huxley *STEP 5* *ADMITTED TO GOD TO OURSELVES AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS* *ONE DAY AT A Tme IN ALANON PAGE 171*AS I UNDERSTAND THE DIFICULT TASK OF FAC...	hotrod	4	976	Mar 7, 2013 by hotrod
	4 th Step ALANON (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 FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES* ONE DAY AT A TIME IN ALANON let me learn to understand myself first; that will occupy myself so fully that I will ha...**	hotrod	4	3199	Mar 7, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 10 ALANON (Preview) **Step 10Continued to Take Personal Inventory and when I was Wrong Promptly Admitted it.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 164Since the tenth step is part of my daily routine, I try to think of it as a gentle, warm and loving way to take care of myself. By continuing to take my own inventory and promptly admitting wh...**	hotrod	6	1867	Feb 28, 2013 by shenny
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 2 (Preview) 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Sometimes people who have problems with conventional religion or the concept of God have trouble with this step. What the Yellow Workbook has to say on the subject. A note to the atheist or agnositc: The ACA progam is fo...	JamesCT	6	1146	Feb 27, 2013 by JamesCT
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 1 (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. It sounds so simple, but it's hard. I was at first unaware of my behaviors at all, other than to notice that things kept going wrong. It's like that o...	JamesCT	14	9697	Feb 27, 2013 by lostinoz
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 10 (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This is the glue step. This cements your new path. You've changed and you're going to stay changed. This step also commits you to going through the steps as needed. You continue to take personal inventory. That...	JamesCT	0	646	Feb 26, 2013 by JamesCT
	Listen to The Big Book (Preview) I've been doing this for a while. Staying sober is not easy but you HAVE TO WORK THE STEPS! I try to work the steps from beginning to end and then take a short break and start all over! I read the big book from end to end and what really helps me is listening to the Audiobook of Alcoholics Anonymous while I read...	gettinsober	1	603	Feb 14, 2013 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 9 (Preview) 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. How much does it mean for you to say that you're sorry? How much would it mean to you if someone who wronged you told you they were sorry? Apologize and make amends if you can. But think about what you...	JamesCT	1	663	Feb 12, 2013 by DavidG
	STEP 7 ALANON (Preview) IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUALSTEP 7HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSONE DAY AT A TIME IN ALANON 173THE FIRST WORD IS THE KEY TO STEP 7MY SHAREAGAIN CONFUSION ON HOW TO DO THIS STEP.HUMBLE WAS A WORD I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.I THOUGHT HUMBLEMEANT G...	hotrod	2	2574	Feb 10, 2013 by hotrod
	STEP 9 ALANON (Preview) IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH-PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL__________________ STEP 9MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE EXCEPT WHEN DO TO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS *COUrAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 356*IN A MEETING I HEARD SOMEONE SAY I MADE A LIST OF THOSE I HAD HARME...	hotrod	1	874	Feb 9, 2013 by f2fmember
	Newbie here (Preview) Hey I am new here and glad to be here. Glad for the stepwork here. Will post more. Starting at Step One. Admitting powerlessness over situation.	resilientsparks	5	724	Feb 10, 2013 by f2fmember
	New to you. (Preview) I'm not sure if i'm supposed to start a new topic in order to post but I'll try it this way. I'm a believer and living proof that the 12 steps work if you work them. I haven't worked them for awhile so, I thought I would start with this site. I also believe that there is alot to know when it comes to working them a...	amski	2	656	Feb 5, 2013 by DavidG
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 5 (Preview) 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Growing up in my FOO it was all about the secrets. Don't let people know your business, what you have, what you're doing. But toxic secrets eroded self-confidence and made me distrust my own inner voice. The...	JamesCT	4	933	Feb 5, 2013 by JamesCT
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 8 (Preview) 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. But Ma, I don't want to! That feeling came over me in the beginning when I first thought about this step. I didn't want to make the list, didn't want to admit what I had done wrong, and didn't want to try to make it up to th...	JamesCT	3	1656	Feb 5, 2013 by JamesCT
	Really needing help navigating in order to start step one. (Preview) I was so happy to find this site, but I am now feeling lost as to what I am supposed to do, there doesn't seem to be any actual directions of how to start this process. I have read a book on ACOA and I related to so much in it. I want to start the steps, but am I ready? Do I need to do more reading first? Or go to meee...	lostinoz	1	770	Jan 27, 2013 by hotrod
	New wanting ideas on starting my program in recovery Im like doing step 4 (Preview) wanting ideas on starting my program in recovery Im like doing step 4 Also in my town we have no woman in Na so looking for sponsor to help me either on line on phone	tamstaff	1	661	Jan 26, 2013 by hotrod
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