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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...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...

JamesCT · JamesCT

3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...

dott · dott

Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...

JamesCT · JamesCT

2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Tradition One AAShort Version One--Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.Long Version One--Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes fi...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 12 AAHaving had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.I look at step 12 as 3 pieces. First is the guarantee of a spiritual awakening. The beginning of step 12 tells us that from working...

recovery2012 · recovery2012

Hi - Ive new to MIP and new to the concept of step work online, having gone to previous f2f meetings. I see my life has become unmanageable, looking back it has been for sometime - I want to begin my journey of recovery on Step One - but dont know where to turn to, or what it really takes to know that you have ad...

flagrl · flagrl

so i have heard that women with women and men with men. i am young, 21, i had a sponser but she just wasnt the right one for me. there is this guy who ive known for a year he has great recovery and he is real great he has been part of my support group and has always been there for me. i have never thought of having a...

JamesCT · JamesCT

From the ACA Steps: 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others who still suffer, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Here is where you give back. You talk at meetings. You participate at forums. If you see someone out ther...

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	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	5378	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	1096	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	987	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	929	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	1960	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	946	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	5520	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	7241	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	956	Jun 21, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 4 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...	JamesCT	1	982	Jun 18, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 3 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...	JamesCT	1	842	Jun 5, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 2 ALANON (Preview) TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...	hotrod	6	7463	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 1 alanon (Preview) Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...	hotrod	7	9305	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 10 -Al-Anon (Preview) Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...	dott	9	14925	May 26, 2012 by Fina
	Tradition 2 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...	JamesCT	3	1138	May 24, 2012 by flopadopilus
	Tradition One AA (Preview) Tradition One AAShort Version One--Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.Long Version One--Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes fi...	Dan B 76	1	5415	May 20, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 AA (Preview) Step 12 AAHaving had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.I look at step 12 as 3 pieces. First is the guarantee of a spiritual awakening. The beginning of step 12 tells us that from working...	Dan B 76	2	993	May 13, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Al-Anon New comer's 3rd attempt - Starting Step 1 (Preview) Hi - Ive new to MIP and new to the concept of step work online, having gone to previous f2f meetings. I see my life has become unmanageable, looking back it has been for sometime - I want to begin my journey of recovery on Step One - but dont know where to turn to, or what it really takes to know that you have ad...	recovery2012	1	1438	May 11, 2012 by hotrod
	questions about sponser (Preview) so i have heard that women with women and men with men. i am young, 21, i had a sponser but she just wasnt the right one for me. there is this guy who ive known for a year he has great recovery and he is real great he has been part of my support group and has always been there for me. i have never thought of having a...	flagrl	2	785	May 10, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) From the ACA Steps: 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others who still suffer, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Here is where you give back. You talk at meetings. You participate at forums. If you see someone out ther...	JamesCT	4	994	May 5, 2012 by DavidG
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