Step Work

tlcate · tlcate

Step One We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. For me I half-heartedly understood this when first entering recovery. I understood it at a textbook level. Not until I had hit my bottom did I grasp onto this step with all my heart, body, and soul. I had just...

MimiW · MimiW

Wondering if anyone has a few questions (or a worksheet of some kind) they used to work Step 3 when they were there. I know what to DO in a theoretical sense, but...how do I get there emotionally? Any advice? Thanks!

Step 4 and guidance new member · Leslie

I have difficulty getting to my meeting, but know I need to get started on step 4 ....i have put it aside for too long and it keeps popping up...hmmmmm..... anyone out there that has guidance, input sharing of there own, would be greatly appreciated....

carollinda · carollinda

i hppe to come to belive that i have no contol over others and the outcome of there life not my fault i have been thinking all thease years that all the bad stuff that happend in my own home growing up was my fault as my Father phyiscaly or verbaly attacked my 5 older brothers also my mother i felt wasnt there...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. ACA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Organizations often get lost in the preservation of the organization to the detriment of the mission of the organization.

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION NINE (9)Our Groups as such Ought Never be Organized but They May Create Service Boards or Committees Directly Responsible to Those they ServeCourage to Change (291)As newcomers we were surprised to find the absence of rules in alanon . Before we found recovery from the effects of alcoh...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Adult Children of Alcoholics should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. A concession that people for specific functions may be needed.

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION EIGHT 8 TRADITION EIGHT 8 Alanon Twelve Step Work Should remain forever Non-Professional but Our Service Centers May Employ Service Workers. Courage to Change (Page 137) We come together as a fellow ship of equals. Where no one is in charge and no one is an expert. Every memb...

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Every ACA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. If a group is beholding to an outside means of support, then there is pressure to change the group's message to suit its benefactor. This is to protect ACA from that.

hotrod · hotrod

4 th Step: Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves Courage to Change Page 158 How easy it can be to justify our own unacceptable behavior!! Perhaps we excuse ourselves, claiming that we were provoked or had no choice. Or we dismiss our actions by telling ourselves that Everyone...

hotrod · hotrod

Seventh Step (7)Every Groups Ought to be Fully Self Supporting Declining outside Contributions COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE (251)There is more to maintaining a fully self-supporting Al Anon group than just paying the rent. Continuity of service is important to our common welfare. I will think abo...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. An ACA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Money can lure people's eyes off the true mission of a cause, substituting itself for the actual point. Th...

yolerbob · yolerbob

Good evening, I am new to this and not really sure how it works. I just know that I need to talk to someone that is going through what I am. I have a sister who is an alcoholic and her drinking is affecting me and my family. I don't want her to feel as if I'm judging her and I don't want to isolate her but I don't...

mariposalily · mariposalily

I cannot get into the online AA meetings--does anyone have a phone number I could call or any information on how to participate in the meetings? I have tried to get on multiple times during the Month of May, 2012. This would help very much as I have limited transportation to meetings from my rural hom...

JamesCT · JamesCT

1. Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on ACA unity. I have been asked to post the twelve traditions of ACA, but I am not versed on them or what they mean, to be perfectly honest. So I welcome your opinions and discussions. This first tradition definitely could use some ex...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the adult child who still suffers. As is the case with any organized human endeavor, sometimes the purpose of the gathering can get lost in the people, their personalities, and their agendas. We need to be mindful that this is the purpos...

hotrod · hotrod

Each Alanon Family Group has but One Purpose; to Help Families of Alcoholics. We do this by:Practicing the Twelve Steps of AA Ourselves, by Encouraging and Understanding Our Alcoholic Relatives, and By Welcoming and Giving Comfort to Families of Alcoholics. Courage to Change Page 42Trad...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION FOUR (4) Every Group Should be Autonomous, Except in Matters Affecting Another Group or AlAnon or AA as a WholeOne Day at a Time in Al Anon-----Page 305Al Anon is not an organization, it has no managers, or bosses. It is a fellowship of equals, held together in close union by something call...

BethL · BethL

I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION THREE (3) The Relatives of Alcoholics When Gathered Together, for Mutual Aid, May Call Themselves an Alan on Family Group Provided that as a Group They Have no Other Affiliations. The Only Requirement for membership is that there is a Problem of Alcoholism in a Relative or FriendCoura...

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	Step One (Preview) Step One We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. For me I half-heartedly understood this when first entering recovery. I understood it at a textbook level. Not until I had hit my bottom did I grasp onto this step with all my heart, body, and soul. I had just...	tlcate	16	3131	Sep 10, 2012 by Phaidros
	Step 3 (Preview) Wondering if anyone has a few questions (or a worksheet of some kind) they used to work Step 3 when they were there. I know what to DO in a theoretical sense, but...how do I get there emotionally? Any advice? Thanks!	MimiW	5	1565	Sep 5, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 4 and guidance new member (Preview) I have difficulty getting to my meeting, but know I need to get started on step 4 ....i have put it aside for too long and it keeps popping up...hmmmmm..... anyone out there that has guidance, input sharing of there own, would be greatly appreciated....	Leslie	3	1152	Sep 3, 2012 by hotrod
	step one (Preview) i hppe to come to belive that i have no contol over others and the outcome of there life not my fault i have been thinking all thease years that all the bad stuff that happend in my own home growing up was my fault as my Father phyiscaly or verbaly attacked my 5 older brothers also my mother i felt wasnt there...	carollinda	2	1055	Sep 1, 2012 by Blondieb
	Tradition 9 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 9. ACA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Organizations often get lost in the preservation of the organization to the detriment of the mission of the organization.	JamesCT	1	844	Aug 27, 2012 by DavidG
	ALANON TRADTION 9 (Preview) TRADITION NINE (9)Our Groups as such Ought Never be Organized but They May Create Service Boards or Committees Directly Responsible to Those they ServeCourage to Change (291)As newcomers we were surprised to find the absence of rules in alanon . Before we found recovery from the effects of alcoh...	hotrod	2	1583	Aug 25, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 8 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 8. Adult Children of Alcoholics should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. A concession that people for specific functions may be needed.	JamesCT	1	822	Aug 25, 2012 by DavidG
	ALANON TRADITION 8 (Preview) TRADITION EIGHT 8 TRADITION EIGHT 8 Alanon Twelve Step Work Should remain forever Non-Professional but Our Service Centers May Employ Service Workers. Courage to Change (Page 137) We come together as a fellow ship of equals. Where no one is in charge and no one is an expert. Every memb...	hotrod	1	4644	Aug 25, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 7 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 7. Every ACA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. If a group is beholding to an outside means of support, then there is pressure to change the group's message to suit its benefactor. This is to protect ACA from that.	JamesCT	3	887	Aug 4, 2012 by DavidG
	STEP 4 ALANON (Preview) 4 th Step: Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves Courage to Change Page 158 How easy it can be to justify our own unacceptable behavior!! Perhaps we excuse ourselves, claiming that we were provoked or had no choice. Or we dismiss our actions by telling ourselves that Everyone...	hotrod	9	16376	Jul 27, 2012 by hotrod
	Alanon Tradition 7 (Preview) Seventh Step (7)Every Groups Ought to be Fully Self Supporting Declining outside Contributions COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE (251)There is more to maintaining a fully self-supporting Al Anon group than just paying the rent. Continuity of service is important to our common welfare. I will think abo...	hotrod	1	4968	Jul 27, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 6 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 6. An ACA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Money can lure people's eyes off the true mission of a cause, substituting itself for the actual point. Th...	JamesCT	1	1049	Jul 18, 2012 by DavidG
	I'm new to this. (Preview) Good evening, I am new to this and not really sure how it works. I just know that I need to talk to someone that is going through what I am. I have a sister who is an alcoholic and her drinking is affecting me and my family. I don't want her to feel as if I'm judging her and I don't want to isolate her but I don't...	yolerbob	1	946	Jul 11, 2012 by JamesCT
	Online AA meeting participation access (Preview) I cannot get into the online AA meetings--does anyone have a phone number I could call or any information on how to participate in the meetings? I have tried to get on multiple times during the Month of May, 2012. This would help very much as I have limited transportation to meetings from my rural hom...	mariposalily	1	878	Jul 9, 2012 by Magpie
	Tradition 1 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 1. Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on ACA unity. I have been asked to post the twelve traditions of ACA, but I am not versed on them or what they mean, to be perfectly honest. So I welcome your opinions and discussions. This first tradition definitely could use some ex...	JamesCT	10	1897	Jul 6, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 5 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the adult child who still suffers. As is the case with any organized human endeavor, sometimes the purpose of the gathering can get lost in the people, their personalities, and their agendas. We need to be mindful that this is the purpos...	JamesCT	1	889	Jul 3, 2012 by DavidG
	Alanon Tradition 5 (Preview) Each Alanon Family Group has but One Purpose; to Help Families of Alcoholics. We do this by:Practicing the Twelve Steps of AA Ourselves, by Encouraging and Understanding Our Alcoholic Relatives, and By Welcoming and Giving Comfort to Families of Alcoholics. Courage to Change Page 42Trad...	hotrod	2	5063	Jul 3, 2012 by hotrod
	ALANON TRADITION 4 (Preview) TRADITION FOUR (4) Every Group Should be Autonomous, Except in Matters Affecting Another Group or AlAnon or AA as a WholeOne Day at a Time in Al Anon-----Page 305Al Anon is not an organization, it has no managers, or bosses. It is a fellowship of equals, held together in close union by something call...	hotrod	4	6641	Jun 25, 2012 by hotrod
	Adult children who are alcoholics (Preview) I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...	BethL	1	908	Jun 21, 2012 by hotrod
	TRADITION 3 ALANON (Preview) TRADITION THREE (3) The Relatives of Alcoholics When Gathered Together, for Mutual Aid, May Call Themselves an Alan on Family Group Provided that as a Group They Have no Other Affiliations. The Only Requirement for membership is that there is a Problem of Alcoholism in a Relative or FriendCoura...	hotrod	4	7842	Jun 19, 2012 by Desirae
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