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Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 11
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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. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. The purpose of this step is to attune you to your great...
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Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 10
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10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. One reason why dieting sometimes fails for some people is because the change is regarded as temporary. They haven't shifted to a new way of being, a new course of action. In order to make the changes in you from thi...
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Alanon Step 10 (12-2014)
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Step 10Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted itPaths to Recovery page 102This step is the beginning of what many people referred to as maintenance steps others call them continuous growth steps . Step 10 helps us to keep principles and tools of the previous s...
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attempt at step 1
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I was told we post our attempts at steps here. I'm working out of the ACA Step Workbook. This is my first attempt at step work, so feedback is welcome. True to Workbook form, there were 12 pages of questions, but these five were labeled the Step 1 questions. (Yes, I did the other 12 pages. I'm just goi...
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Where Do I start?
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Hello all, I am brand new to al anon. I have attended one ftf meeting and a few online meetings. I have alcoholic parents and recently (within the past few months) began dating someone who has been in AA for nine months. She seems solid right now, and I'm glad about that. But I find myself obsessing a l...
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My first step into the world of Al-anon!
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Hello all! My husband of ten years checked himself into a program on Friday. As he begins his own journey to recovery, I want to begin my own journey of healing. I have read about the history of Al-anon, the 12 steps, and the 12 traditions, and am now ready to start integrating them into my life. My hopes...
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Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 9
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9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. We need to make things right. If we create a problem we need to try to fix it. But we shouldn't create new problems in the process of fixing old ones. The Hippocratic Oath says:I will prescribe regime...
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STEP 10 ALANON
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Step 10 Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step 10 suggests an honest appraisal of ourselves on a daily basis. This step reminds us that we are human and are likely to make mistakes. In taking a daily inventory of our actions and behavior, we are able to fr...
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New Step 5 (10- 2014 )Alanon
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Step FiveAdmitted to God to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongPaths to Recovery page 53Step five requires honesty with ourselves and others. Our first task is to admit the exact nature of our wrongs to our HP. Having worked step 1,2 and three you have an acceptance of o...
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Alanon Step 8 (11-2014)
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Step 8 Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Paths to recovery page 81In step eight we are given a new task and directions for approaching the recovery work needed. The specific assignment is to make a list of persons we had harmed. The second part challeng...
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Step One
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Admitting I am powerless over people, places and things and my life is unmanageable. Although I know that I am responsible for myself and how I respond to life's situations and circumstances, for now, I find myself powerless over how fear, anxiety and anger get triggered within me and how toxic it le...
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Step 1
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I feel scared writing on the board about this step, I am taking a risk and being real, part of me is saying you know nothing, 11 years in recovery means that is a lie, why does my own mind work against me when I take risks. Step one for me is the start of getting honest. I am a recovering ACA and grateful to all wh...
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Temp Sponsor
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Hi, I am in need of a temp Sponsor. My Sponsor recently informed me she will not be going to meetings anymore. I am in a small group with mostly newcomers, so I don't have an option to ask one of them. I have taken my 4th and 5th steps and continue to grow in the program with a very grateful heart. I no longer h...
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Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 8
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8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. One of the most difficult parts of doing this step is that there 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 amend...
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Alanon Step 2
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Step 2Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanityPaths to Recovery page 22The family disease of alcoholism is as cunning and baffling to us as it is with the alcoholic. In studying step one and two we are humbled in the realization that we have frailties. Taking thes...
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Alanon Step 7
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Step SevenHumbly asked him to remove our shortcomingsPaths to recovery page 72There is a natural progression in working the steps. We are never asked to do anything before we are fully prepared and ready. Step seven is a natural follow-up to steps four five and six. We were not asked to turn our will o...
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Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 7
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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...
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ALANON STEP 6
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Step SixWere entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of characterPaths to Recovery ( page 65)We know we have character defects and have some idea of the pain and difficulties they cause. Step six does not rid us of these defects , it only asks us to become ready. Are we ready? With the gui...
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12 steps?
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Hi there I wanted to go through the 12 steps but don't know we're to start or ask?
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