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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...

hotrod · hotrod

____Step Twelve 12_______ Having Had a Spiritual Awakening As a Result of These Steps, We Tried to Carry this Message to Others, and to Practice these Principles in all Our Affairs. ODAT Page 176 The final triumphant statement of spirituality which is announced in Step 12 can come to everyone o...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 10 AAContinued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up th...

hotrod · hotrod

11Step Eleven Sought through Prayers and Mediation to Improve our Conscious Contact with God, As We UNDERSTOOD HIM, Praying Only for the Knowledge of His Will for Us and the Power to Carry That Out One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 177It is in Step 11 That I find the actively spiritual prescription for t...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. The making of amends proved a tricky affair for me, in that I did not anticipate some of the injury that resulted. I tired to make amends to my ex-girlfriend by giving her back something she had asked...

JamesCT · JamesCT

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. I have had no idea what to do about many things in my life. My FOO and the mercurial kids I went to school made my understan...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon Step 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Ourselves Could Restore Us to Sanity Reading from One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 145 The First Step tells me I am powerless over alcohol, which is admittedly stronger than I am,since there is no way for me to keep the drinker away from the bottle;....

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 11 AASought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Our conscious contact with God began with step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Go...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 9 AAStep 9 is vital, as all of the steps, to our recovery. The Big Book devotes 8 pages mainly to step and 9. This is the point in our recovery where spiritual growth begins to flourish. The proceeding 8 steps were laying the groundwork for our spiritual program/growth. We came to believe, we t...

drdoug · drdoug

Our home group is struggling to get a good understanding of speaker qualifications. ANy ideas? i.e. completed all 12 steps, one year sobriety, sponsor permission required; have been suggested. TY

hotrod · hotrod

Step 9Made Direct Amends to Such People Wherever Possible EXCEPT When to do so Would Injure Them or Others. Courage to Change Page 356 In a meeting I heard someone say of Step 8 and Step9 : I have made a list of those I have harmed and I put myself at the top of the list. This had not occurred to me. Some...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 8MADE A LIST OF ALL WE HAD HARMED AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMMENDS TO THEM ALL Quote from Courage to Change Page 101 With this Step we sort out our part, taking responsibility for our actions and also releasing ourselves ---from the burden of falsely held responsibilities Reading from T...

hotrod · hotrod

ADMITTED TO GOD ,TO OURSELVES AND ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGSCOURAGE TO CHANGEPAGE 311What is the exact nature of my wrongs?Is it the embarrassing moment, the words spoken in anger, the dishonesty?For me, the exact nature of my wrongs is the unspoken, self defeating assumpt...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 7 "Humbly Asked Him to Remove Our Short Comings" COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 142 When I take the Seventh Step (Humbly asked Him to Remove Our Short Comings), I calmlyask for help; I do not beg or demand; I neither grovel nor puff myself up.I needn't demean myself and I have no one to impres...

JamesCT · JamesCT

10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This step alters your day to day existence. This step is a direct commitment to change. You will now do something that you did not previously you. You will live with self-reflection and humility. Basically,...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 6 AA First I would like to apologize for the lateness of this step. I have been sick. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free ma...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 5 AAAdmitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.HAVING MADE our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certai...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Much like with Step 4, there is fear and procrastination with this step. For me, beyond not wanting to admit the harms I caused, I didn't want to open myself to interacting with these people again, because of shame a...

John · John

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. bb. pg 30 We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashe...

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	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	782	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	992	May 5, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 Alanon (Preview) ____Step Twelve 12_______ Having Had a Spiritual Awakening As a Result of These Steps, We Tried to Carry this Message to Others, and to Practice these Principles in all Our Affairs. ODAT Page 176 The final triumphant statement of spirituality which is announced in Step 12 can come to everyone o...	hotrod	8	1937	May 5, 2012 by hotrod
	Tenth Step AA (Preview) Step 10 AAContinued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up th...	Dan B 76	4	2875	May 5, 2012 by runguy
	STEP 11 ALANON (Preview) 11Step Eleven Sought through Prayers and Mediation to Improve our Conscious Contact with God, As We UNDERSTOOD HIM, Praying Only for the Knowledge of His Will for Us and the Power to Carry That Out One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 177It is in Step 11 That I find the actively spiritual prescription for t...	hotrod	14	10195	May 3, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 9 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. The making of amends proved a tricky affair for me, in that I did not anticipate some of the injury that resulted. I tired to make amends to my ex-girlfriend by giving her back something she had asked...	JamesCT	8	1631	May 3, 2012 by flopadopilus
	Step 11 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 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. I have had no idea what to do about many things in my life. My FOO and the mercurial kids I went to school made my understan...	JamesCT	5	1080	May 2, 2012 by LindaO
	Step 2 Alanon Family Groups (Preview) Alanon Step 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Ourselves Could Restore Us to Sanity Reading from One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 145 The First Step tells me I am powerless over alcohol, which is admittedly stronger than I am,since there is no way for me to keep the drinker away from the bottle;....	hotrod	14	5334	Apr 25, 2012 by Peachy219
	Step 11 AA (Preview) *Step 11 AASought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,* praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.** Our conscious contact with God began with step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Go...	Dan B 76	3	1651	Apr 23, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Step Nine AA (Preview) Step 9 AAStep 9 is vital, as all of the steps, to our recovery. The Big Book devotes 8 pages mainly to step and 9. This is the point in our recovery where spiritual growth begins to flourish. The proceeding 8 steps were laying the groundwork for our spiritual program/growth. We came to believe, we t...	Dan B 76	3	1259	Apr 10, 2012 by Wolfie55
	Speaker Qualifications (Preview) Our home group is struggling to get a good understanding of speaker qualifications. ANy ideas? i.e. completed all 12 steps, one year sobriety, sponsor permission required; have been suggested. TY	drdoug	6	1928	Apr 10, 2012 by Wolfie55
	STEP 9 ALANON (Preview) Step 9Made Direct Amends to Such People Wherever Possible EXCEPT When to do so Would Injure Them or Others. Courage to Change Page 356 In a meeting I heard someone say of Step 8 and Step9 : I have made a list of those I have harmed and I put myself at the top of the list. This had not occurred to me. Some...	hotrod	3	1756	Apr 9, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 8 Alanon (Preview) STEP 8MADE A LIST OF ALL WE HAD HARMED AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMMENDS TO THEM ALL Quote from Courage to Change Page 101 With this Step we sort out our part, taking responsibility for our actions and also releasing ourselves ---from the burden of falsely held responsibilities Reading from T...	hotrod	9	12313	Apr 9, 2012 by Wolfie55
	STEP 5 ALANON (Preview) ADMITTED TO GOD ,TO OURSELVES AND ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGSCOURAGE TO CHANGEPAGE 311What is the exact nature of my wrongs?Is it the embarrassing moment, the words spoken in anger, the dishonesty?For me, the exact nature of my wrongs is the unspoken, self defeating assumpt...	hotrod	8	10982	Apr 9, 2012 by hotrod
	Alanon 7th Step (Preview) Step 7 "Humbly Asked Him to Remove Our Short Comings" COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 142 When I take the Seventh Step (Humbly asked Him to Remove Our Short Comings), I calmlyask for help; I do not beg or demand; I neither grovel nor puff myself up.I needn't demean myself and I have no one to impres...	hotrod	8	6495	Apr 9, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 10 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This step alters your day to day existence. This step is a direct commitment to change. You will now do something that you did not previously you. You will live with self-reflection and humility. Basically,...	JamesCT	5	1122	Apr 6, 2012 by bmare38
	Step six AA (Preview) Step 6 AA First I would like to apologize for the lateness of this step. I have been sick. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free ma...	Dan B 76	3	1630	Mar 20, 2012 by Isurrender
	Step 5 AA (Preview) Step 5 AAAdmitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.HAVING MADE our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certai...	Dan B 76	7	6329	Mar 19, 2012 by Isurrender
	Step 8 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Much like with Step 4, there is fear and procrastination with this step. For me, beyond not wanting to admit the harms I caused, I didn't want to open myself to interacting with these people again, because of shame a...	JamesCT	16	1412	Mar 12, 2012 by LindaO
	Step 1 - Alcoholics Anonymous (Preview) 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. bb. pg 30 We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashe...	John	14	9039	Mar 10, 2012 by Mr_David
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