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Step 2 - AA
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Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
When I first came to AA and I had to share on the second step, I would boldly declare,"My name is Mike, I'm an alcoholic, and I am not now, nor have I ever been insane." This despite years of performing such sane acts as...
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sheilasdad
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Step 10 - ACoA
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from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children'
"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it"
"Our recovery is similar to a garden. Our lives once belonged to the weeds, our self-defeating behavior, but God has helped to plant a garden in our lives, pulled the weeds a...
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amanda2u2
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Step 1 - Nar-Anon
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The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable -
How or what brought me to this realization?
I can identify with everything I read. I knew I was powerless because nothing I said, did or the fact that I w...
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Ms_Tea
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Powerlessness
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Okay folks,
I will admit to another form of powerlessness. I can't walk away from a turkey leg. I'm powerless. Help me. Please...
Just kidding.... Happy Thanksgiving!!
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sheilasdad
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NA
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My sponser asked me to write down everyday things I`m grateful for...And 10 priorities.I`m 57 days clean.:) I`m looking at a blank sheet of paper lol I`m grateful for being clean today,just seems i don`t even know what to write about.I`ve been 57 meetings in a row,all i do is ~tears Fallen~ Don`t even k...
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janna p
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Step 12 question
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Okay, first I want to thank you for this forum. I look forward to working the steps here often. My question about step 12, however, is a little complicated. How do we know the difference between spreading the word and helping others and interfering and making decisions for others...
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curious
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Need Sponsor
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Ok so i have been in the program for a while now i have 3 years and 2 months and i had a sponsor but then i got back together with my husband and i isolated myself, i have started going back to meetings but i can seems to find a sponsor that has the time for another sponsee. What am i suppose to do i need to st...
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Leighahh
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Step one
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We admitted we were powerless over __drugs_____--that our lives had become unmanageable. (*See Note At bottom)
I worked step one almost one year ago, and it took me over a month to complete. In working this step I not only learned that I was powerless over my loved ones addiction to drugs, b...
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liza
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Please help, my way isn't working
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Hi, I am new here, have been a "spectator and minor contributor" at al-anon and more than ever I really want to work the steps. I have written my 1st step out about 3 years ago and then as my 2nd child was born and my A SO relasped I relapsed as well. I have never been able to find a sponsor, had a temp who moved af...
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jenny
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Step One - AA
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Hi all,
Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic. My recovery in AA started when I took the first step. For me, I think this occurred when I attended my first AA meeting. Mind you, I was...
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sheilasdad
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Talking the Talk (EA affirmations/communication tips)
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ML here......powerless over my emotions. One of my stumbling blocks is/was my negative self-talk which can directly affect my emotions - or vice versa, any way you slice it it's a mud pie. In the EA published book "It Works if You Work It" is a wonderful section I use called Talking The Talk that I enjoy r...
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ML
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Step One Questions EA (Emotions Anonymous)
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I have found some of these very helpful, either as an exercise for journalling or talking with a fellow member or my sponsor about....
Copied from the "Step by Step" guide for EA, page 4, 5 onward.....
"Before beginning it is important to understand that working this step is not a confession of cha...
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ML
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This board
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Hi.
I'm Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston, MA. Is this board only for Al-anon or is it for alcoholics too? I'd love to participate but don't want to violate the integrity of the board. I've been sober 10 years and am looking for a good online step site. Thanks, Mike
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sheilasdad
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STEP ONE from an Emotions Anonymous Member
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This is something I wrote some time back about Step One for me in Emotions Anonymous..
ML here....powerless over my emotions.... .just my personal experience.. ...not the 'truth' of Emotions Anonymous... .just my journey..... take what you need and leave the rest..... STEP ONE...
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ML
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Step One Questions
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Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
1. How can I let go of others problems instead of trying to solve them?
2. In what situations do I feel excessive responsibility for other people?
3. What brought me into Al-Anon? What did I hope to...
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dot
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Step One Reality
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I'm new to this board. Not new to Al-anon. I began my alanon work a year and a half ago when my AH was in the hospital for alcohol. I was a wreck. One day at a time sounded good to me. I started the steps with a sponsor. I did step 1 and my brain got the concept but not my heart.
This past August after a year of sobr...
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carosie
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Working through Step One
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This step says: We admitted we were powerless over_________________--that our lives had become unmanageable.
I think this is a tough concept for me. It seems as though there are so many things to fill in that blank. It also seems like I will never fully master this step. ...
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Kiana
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AA Step One Experience-what happened, what it was like...
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Greetings friends. I'm an alcoholic from northern California and my friends call me CiCi. I'm in my 6th year of sobriety. My sponsor (who helped save my life) was/is from what some call 'old school AA', but what I call AA as it was written in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.&nb...
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yubalover
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I'm sober! Yeah!
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At the moment I am on step 1. I was given some medication from my dr which makes you really ill if you have a small amount of alcohol. If you have a large amount of alcohol it could kill you. No kidding!
It seems to be doing the trick for me. I haven't drank a drop for 4 whole days.
Shaz
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shaz
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spiritual growth
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Hi guys,
Are you interested in recovery and abstinence from alcohol,
The big book says it all, when the spiritual malady is overcome we straighten out mentally and physically.
When I pray and stay out of the drivers seat, my life goes ever so well.
When I drive I am living in self-will, does any...
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darryl
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