Step Work

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

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. This is the step. This is where you ask for help. Asking for help is hard for me. From life in my FOO, I learned that false indepdence where I did everything myself. And of course I thought I was in control of things I had no control over. Again, I learned to...

LongRoad12 · LongRoad12

New to these boards. Working a traditional 12-step program with a book a friend of mine recommended. They seem to be working well together. The book is a nice supplement that's really helped me get alot stronger (I've been working twelve step for a while but kept having relapses), not sure if anyone's...

JamesCT · JamesCT

3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. First, please don't get hung up on the word God here. Just substitute Higher Power as discussed in Step 2 The key thing for me was to decide I wanted help. As Barbara Billingsley said in the movie Airplane "Ch...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. There is a saying by Samuel Butler:He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. This is relevant to this step because until you're totally ready for your Higher Power to remove the defects of character, then any...

CarolinaLady · CarolinaLady

My question is what is next when you are chasing sobriety and believe in the AA way, and your spouse refuses to acknowledge that your addiction is anything but a choice you made!?

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 5 AA Admitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. HAVING MADE our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certai...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. This one always seems to be the show stopper. There are many reasons. For one, we might not want to do this step just because of how many things we'd have to write down we might end up with writer's cramp. More seriously, for us we fear it wi...

Magdalena760 · Magdalena760

-- Edited by Magdalena760 on Saturday 8th of December 2012 02:56:00 PM

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Fourth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. I have written 3 fourth steps the first was in treatment and I was not very aware of my defects at the time. I looked at the guide given to me and tried to follow it. I was to grandiose, one of the items listed...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I...

jcecil55 · jcecil55

Came to believe that a power greater then ourselves could return us to sanity. Just what is this power greater then ourselves? I choose to call this power God. God is the nature of life and all living things. This power God, created the miracle of creation with all of its natural beauty and force, and all...

DaniHines · DaniHines

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The process for me as I began my walk in AA was I came, then I came to and finally I came to believe. I came to AA I wasnt ready for anything else at that point I had accepted that I was an alcoholic. That to me was a good start. Afte...

Snow White · Snow White

Ugh! I dislike typing in all caps because it feels like I am yelling, oh well I have attempted to control the font settings and plan to move on as I have found myself to be powerless over the font settings. I started AlA-non several months ago in order to bring my chaotic life back under control. I need to a...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 1 Alcoholics Anonymous 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. I believe that I was an alcoholic/addict from the first time I was able to drink in the way I wanted. I was thirteen and there was a party at my house, I was mixing drinks and helping myself t...

JamesCT · JamesCT

12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. As they say back in the old neighborhood, "It's not about you."

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	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	937	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	1660	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	775	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	666	Jan 26, 2013 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 7 (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. This is the step. This is where you ask for help. Asking for help is hard for me. From life in my FOO, I learned that false indepdence where I did everything myself. And of course I thought I was in control of things I had no control over. Again, I learned to...	JamesCT	0	684	Jan 15, 2013 by JamesCT
	Freedom Fighters (Preview) New to these boards. Working a traditional 12-step program with a book a friend of mine recommended. They seem to be working well together. The book is a nice supplement that's really helped me get alot stronger (I've been working twelve step for a while but kept having relapses), not sure if anyone's...	LongRoad12	1	688	Jan 8, 2013 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 3 (Preview) 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. First, please don't get hung up on the word God here. Just substitute Higher Power as discussed in Step 2 The key thing for me was to decide I wanted help. As Barbara Billingsley said in the movie Airplane "Ch...	JamesCT	3	914	Jan 4, 2013 by poppy18
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 6 (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. There is a saying by Samuel Butler:He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still. This is relevant to this step because until you're totally ready for your Higher Power to remove the defects of character, then any...	JamesCT	2	760	Jan 3, 2013 by DavidG
	Spouse who doesn't "believe" the disease (Preview) My question is what is next when you are chasing sobriety and believe in the AA way, and your spouse refuses to acknowledge that your addiction is anything but a choice you made!?	CarolinaLady	1	760	Jan 1, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 5 Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) Step 5 AA Admitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. HAVING MADE our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certai...	Dan B 76	1	1114	Dec 30, 2012 by Liddie
	Adult Children of Alcoholics: Step 4 (Preview) 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. This one always seems to be the show stopper. There are many reasons. For one, we might not want to do this step just because of how many things we'd have to write down we might end up with writer's cramp. More seriously, for us we fear it wi...	JamesCT	4	1360	Dec 25, 2012 by flopadopilus
	Deleted Post (Preview) -- Edited by Magdalena760 on Saturday 8th of December 2012 02:56:00 PM	Magdalena760	0	571	Dec 8, 2012 by Magdalena760
	Fourth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) Fourth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. I have written 3 fourth steps the first was in treatment and I was not very aware of my defects at the time. I looked at the guide given to me and tried to follow it. I was to grandiose, one of the items listed...	Dan B 76	0	1782	Dec 3, 2012 by Dan B 76
	Step Three AA (Preview) Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, "Why don't you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I...	Dan B 76	0	839	Nov 22, 2012 by Dan B 76
	Step 2 (Preview) Came to believe that a power greater then ourselves could return us to sanity. Just what is this power greater then ourselves? I choose to call this power God. God is the nature of life and all living things. This power God, created the miracle of creation with all of its natural beauty and force, and all...	jcecil55	1	997	Nov 22, 2012 by Jackie Z
	im on step 3 wondering about some advice on how exactly the action part works im a very spiritial person already but i w (Preview)	DaniHines	1	737	Nov 6, 2012 by JamesCT
	Step 2 Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The process for me as I began my walk in AA was I came, then I came to and finally I came to believe. I came to AA I wasnt ready for anything else at that point I had accepted that I was an alcoholic. That to me was a good start. Afte...	Dan B 76	0	1170	Nov 5, 2012 by Dan B 76
	Step 1 (Preview) Ugh! I dislike typing in all caps because it feels like I am yelling, oh well I have attempted to control the font settings and plan to move on as I have found myself to be powerless over the font settings. I started AlA-non several months ago in order to bring my chaotic life back under control. I need to a...	Snow White	1	867	Oct 30, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 1 Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) Step 1 Alcoholics Anonymous 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. I believe that I was an alcoholic/addict from the first time I was able to drink in the way I wanted. I was thirteen and there was a party at my house, I was mixing drinks and helping myself t...	Dan B 76	5	5645	Oct 27, 2012 by suzulu
	Tradition 12 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. As they say back in the old neighborhood, "It's not about you."	JamesCT	3	893	Oct 23, 2012 by DavidG
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