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Grace and shame
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I have been a food addict all my life. Only recently I started with a Bible study group where a lot of study went into the righteousness of God. Having come some way I only now realize how self-righteous I have been all my life. This month I stared with the 12 step program and have an OA sponsor. I am still un...
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Fourth Step AA
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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...
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looking for help with the 4th and 5th step !...
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Hi i am new to the fourm, and i'm finding the 4th and 5 steps are doing my head in can anyone help me look at them from a diffrent prospective ? any help would be good thank you
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Step 2 AA
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Step Two Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Came to believe: First we Came - We have accepted step one and have arrived at this program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Until we have accepted that we are alcoholic the other steps won't work. Then we Came to - Awoke fr...
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Step 3 AA
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Step Three Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Big Book pg. 62 Most Good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. Once we can come to terms with this idea of turning our...
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Step 3 - ACoA
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From "The 12 Steps for Adult Children"
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God"
"Step 3 is the central theme of all the Steps. It is the point at which we make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand G...
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Where?
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Hi everyone!! I am an addict name Tom. My question is, for as many addics who say they love recovery, where is everyone for this site? I found it in the summer of last year and thouht it would be a good forum for recovering people to discuss working steps. It veery well can beif we all participate on a regul...
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Step 11 - AC0A
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from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children' "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out" ... Our relationship with our Higher Power is our most...
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The steps, Fast, fun and easy
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I posted this on our AA forum, we get some different traffic in here so I thought I would repost a recap The Book Alcoholics Anonymous is a textbook about how to "manually" create a personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from Alcoholism, it is about how to remove the problem,...
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Step 2 simplicity
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When I first approached step 2, I thought it was telling me to define God. I went to calvary chapel, the catholic church, mormon church, jahova's witness, buddist, muslim, scientology etc etc. I was stuck on step 2. I was having great difficulty getting that diploma in step 2-ology so i can go drink ag...
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AA-How to Study, Understand, and Take the 12 Steps
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A.A.: How to Study, Understand, & Take the 12 Steps by Dick B.© 2011 Anonymous. All rights reserved FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Bible;Dr. William D. Silkworth (The little doctor who loved drunks);William James (The Varieties of Religious Experience);Anne Smith (and her personal journal whi...
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Sharing Step work with your non-addict spouse- your opinion- yes or no...
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Hi everyone, I need to hear from everyone thier opinions on sharing step work with a non-addict spouse Why or why not. Thanks Kelly
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Hello
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Hi everyone - I just found the board. Will post something from Al-anon's First Step in a day or two.
Love in recovery - Dot
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Step One Al-Anon
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Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 7 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Heaquarters, Inc.)
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Steps 4 - 7
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In doing my inventory, I realize that I want to design my life but their not based on upon what others want for themselves and for me at times. One out of 3 sons are doing well. The other one is in jail and I am mutually estranged from the other son. I had such high aspirations for them, and I feel I was let do...
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Found help for the steps!
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http://www.cleanandsobernotdead.com/Pages/jc_bb_study.html
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Step One------Can I Get a Do-Over?
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Hello. I am Stacie and I am an alcoholic. I am new to this AA thing, and when I initially embarked on the mission that is the twelve steps, I got through the first three, and thought "man, this is cake."......WRONG!!!! I am now finding myself, several months later, starting all over again b...
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Brand new 12 Steps just begun in December so come on in and join us!
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Hi all Step 1 and 2, have just began if you want to join in, add your experience, or give us some hope and share what makes you strong? You will see step 1 (started by Tlcate) and Step 2 (started by Desirae) on the topics board, so come on in and join us today. failte -- Edited by failte on Tuesday 7th of Decemb...
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New to the forums
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Hi, my name for here is Maery. I've been a member of Alanon for a few years, and in our area there really isn't any group strictly for Adult Children but I remember going to meetings when I lived out in Victoria, B.C. I've been having a tough time getting to my meetings for a bit now and I don't see this changi...
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Step 6
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Step 6 Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. While working the steps, step 6 slip by so quickly - just about as quickly as it does in the Big Book - a single paragraph. As I spent more time studying the steps and took a sponsee through them, the importance of this step grew f...
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