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hotrod · hotrod

Step Six Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of characterFrom Paths to RecoverySpiritual growth in Al-Anon includes gaining an understanding of our relationship and trust with the God of our understanding.In Step six we are asked to be entirely ready to have God remove the de...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Part of the process of healing yourself is healing those you've harmed. And so amends are a necessary part of the program. But making up for past wrongs shouldn't create present wrongs. When decid...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Four Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves From Paths to Recovery 'Steps one, two and three taught us about the disease of alcoholism, that we are powerless over it and that there is a power greater than ourselves that we can turn to for sanity, if we so desire. As in climbin...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. One of the amends you might have to make are people who you have harmed who have also harmed you. You don't want to make amends to them because you "know" you're never getting amends made back to you. But t...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Three Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. From Paths to Recovery.Working step three will change our concepts of God and change our lives. We will find a friend who will always be there for us and be the God of our understanding. Once I understood...

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. In order for the trapeze artist to get to the other trapeze, he must let go of the one he's holding onto. He cannot hang onto both. So too must we be ready to let go of our behaviors that served us to a degree but limit us from going beyon...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The first step of problem solving is knowing what the problem is. By admitting the exact nature of your wrongs, acknowledge your issues and can begin to heal and to grow from there. But it's not enough to know it....

catlover2 · catlover2

I am not sure where to start in this program. What step are we working on currently? thanks

simplysno · simplysno

I've been reading some of these posts. I am not exactly new to Alanon. I've been in/out over the past four years but I've never taken on the steps and tried to interpret them and apply them. How do you start?

hotrod · hotrod

Second Step "Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Myself Could Restore Me to Sanity.I do like the reading in the C2C that states: First I came (to meetings) then I came to (I became aware and out of denial and pretend) then I was able to believe. My ShareIn the beginning of my journey, I re...

hotrod · hotrod

Step nine Made direct amends to such people whenever possible accept when to do so would injure them or others.Paths to recovery page 90 Step Nine is an action step. It calls for direct amends except when to do so might cause further injury. We want to be careful that we are not trying to achieve our pers...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...

Luna22 · Luna22

I am new to this board and going to my first meeting on Tuesday. I have been married to an alcoholic for 7 years. He has been sober for most of our marriage with two short relapses. This one was the worst and he left the house Sunday. We have 3 kids under the age of 6. If it wasn't for them I would never have him ba...

JamesCT · JamesCT

3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. If you have settled the issue of having a higher power (or God as the step says) then now it's time to make a choice: you can admit that you can't do it alone and accept the help of the universe or you can continue to suf...

El10 · El10

Hi I am new to this. I have never done the 12 steps and I am not sure now it works or how it works online. Can someone give me a few pointers on how I go about it? I think read somewhere on this site that I need to join a group but I haven't been able to find that page since. Thanks in advance. El

JamesCT · JamesCT

Tradition 12:Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition 12 Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions ever reminding us to place principles above personalities. C2C reminds me that It is important to express my ideas and it is also important to accept the outcome. I can acknowledge myself for taking the risk to speak out kno...

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition 11Our Public Relations Policy is Based on Attraction Rather Than Promotion we Need always Maintain Personal Anonymity at the Level of Press,Radio,Films and TV. We need guard with special care the anonymity of all AA members. C2C page 36When the student is ready the teacher appears said...

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition 10 The Al-Anon family groups have no opinion on outside issues; hence our name on never be drawn into public controversyC2C page 52 Because of Al-Anon traditions I am able to have a sponsor whose politics are abhor ant to me although we totally disagree on other issues this person has helped...

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	ALANON STEP 6 (10-2015) (Preview) *Step Six* Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of characterFrom Paths to RecoverySpiritual growth in Al-Anon includes gaining an understanding of our relationship and trust with the God of our understanding.In Step six we are asked to be entirely ready to have God remove the de...	hotrod	7	2944	Nov 19, 2015 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. Part of the process of healing yourself is healing those you've harmed. And so amends are a necessary part of the program. But making up for past wrongs shouldn't create present wrongs. When decid...	JamesCT	0	1113	Nov 17, 2015 by JamesCT
	Alanon Step 4 (9-7) (Preview) Step Four Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves *From Paths to Recovery* 'Steps one, two and three taught us about the disease of alcoholism, that we are powerless over it and that there is a power greater than ourselves that we can turn to for sanity, if we so desire. As in climbin...	hotrod	9	3589	Nov 17, 2015 by IamHere
	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. One of the amends you might have to make are people who you have harmed who have also harmed you. You don't want to make amends to them because you "know" you're never getting amends made back to you. But t...	JamesCT	0	1193	Nov 4, 2015 by JamesCT
	Alanon Step 3 (Preview) *Step Three* Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. *From Paths to Recovery*.Working step three will change our concepts of God and change our lives. We will find a friend who will always be there for us and be the God of our understanding. Once I understood...	hotrod	19	8125	Oct 27, 2015 by akk
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 7 (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	0	1221	Oct 20, 2015 by JamesCT
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 6 (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. In order for the trapeze artist to get to the other trapeze, he must let go of the one he's holding onto. He cannot hang onto both. So too must we be ready to let go of our behaviors that served us to a degree but limit us from going beyon...	JamesCT	0	1171	Oct 6, 2015 by JamesCT
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 5 (Preview) 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The first step of problem solving is knowing what the problem is. By admitting the exact nature of your wrongs, acknowledge your issues and can begin to heal and to grow from there. But it's not enough to know it....	JamesCT	1	1119	Oct 4, 2015 by ifnotforgrace
	confused (Preview) I am not sure where to start in this program. What step are we working on currently? thanks	catlover2	1	1080	Oct 4, 2015 by hotrod
	How do you start? (Preview) I've been reading some of these posts. I am not exactly new to Alanon. I've been in/out over the past four years but I've never taken on the steps and tried to interpret them and apply them. How do you start?	simplysno	3	1221	Oct 1, 2015 by ifnotforgrace
	Alanon Step 2 (Preview) *Second Step* "Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Myself Could Restore Me to Sanity.I do like the reading in the C2C that states: First I came (to meetings) then I came to (I became aware and out of denial and pretend) then I was able to believe. *My Share*In the beginning of my journey, I re...	hotrod	10	5556	Sep 20, 2015 by hotrod
	Step 9 Alanon (12- 2014) (Preview) Step nine Made direct amends to such people whenever possible accept when to do so would injure them or others.Paths to recovery page 90 Step Nine is an action step. It calls for direct amends except when to do so might cause further injury. We want to be careful that we are not trying to achieve our pers...	hotrod	8	1339	Sep 7, 2015 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 4 (Preview) 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...	JamesCT	0	1404	Sep 7, 2015 by JamesCT
	New to board- children come first (Preview) I am new to this board and going to my first meeting on Tuesday. I have been married to an alcoholic for 7 years. He has been sober for most of our marriage with two short relapses. This one was the worst and he left the house Sunday. We have 3 kids under the age of 6. If it wasn't for them I would never have him ba...	Luna22	2	1372	Sep 1, 2015 by ldbobay
	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. If you have settled the issue of having a higher power (or God as the step says) then now it's time to make a choice: you can admit that you can't do it alone and accept the help of the universe or you can continue to suf...	JamesCT	0	1108	Aug 18, 2015 by JamesCT
	Newbie — How do I work the 12 steps online? (Preview) Hi I am new to this. I have never done the 12 steps and I am not sure now it works or how it works online. Can someone give me a few pointers on how I go about it? I think read somewhere on this site that I need to join a group but I haven't been able to find that page since. Thanks in advance. El	El10	2	1762	Jul 29, 2015 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics Tradition 12 (Preview) Tradition 12:Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.	JamesCT	0	1106	Jul 6, 2015 by JamesCT
	Alanon Tradition 12 (Preview) Tradition 12 Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions ever reminding us to place principles above personalities. C2C reminds me that It is important to express my ideas and it is also important to accept the outcome. I can acknowledge myself for taking the risk to speak out kno...	hotrod	2	1648	Jul 6, 2015 by hotrod
	ALANON TRADITION 11 (Preview) Tradition 11Our Public Relations Policy is Based on Attraction Rather Than Promotion we Need always Maintain Personal Anonymity at the Level of Press,Radio,Films and TV. We need guard with special care the anonymity of all AA members. *C2C page 36*When the student is ready the teacher appears said...	hotrod	5	2102	Jul 4, 2015 by IamHere
	ALANON TRADITION 10 (Preview) *Tradition 10* The Al-Anon family groups have no opinion on outside issues; hence our name on never be drawn into public controversyC2C page 52 Because of Al-Anon traditions I am able to have a sponsor whose politics are abhor ant to me although we totally disagree on other issues this person has helped...	hotrod	2	2159	Jun 30, 2015 by hotrod
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