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Step Four (4) Questions - Al-Anon
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NA Step Four
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(1) Read Step Four out of It Works ~ How & Why. (2) Read Step Four out of the Basic Text every day before writing. (3) Write what each part means to you: a) We made b) a searching & fearless c) moral inventory d) of ourselves. (4) Read the General Guidelines from IP No. 10...
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Step Four - From Dot, posted by John
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Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 42 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)Living with the dsease of alcoholism can dest...
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Step Seven Questions
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Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcmings.
1. What does humility mean to me?
2. Am I ready to as God to remove my shortcomings?
3. What positive trait do I want to develop or substitute for a trait I want to eliminate?
4. Have I had any fears removed frm my life? Which ones?
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Powerless over people
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Hello All, New here. Very happy to find this site. I hope it helps. I so loved to read the postings where people are actually recovering. Thus far, the people in my life none have gone there. I'm so aware that we are powerless over alcohol. It breaks my heart that there are so many people that struggle...
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Step Three - Al-Anon
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Thrd Step - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.From: Paths to Recovery pg. 28 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)What decision are we...
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Step 3 - ACA
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From 12 Steps - A way out Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to care of God as we understood God. Imagine the insanity of trying to perform surgery on ourselves. At the first hint of pain from the scalpel, we would stop. Healing would never happen. It is just as insane to think that we c...
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The Event of a Lifetime
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There I go again. Walking through the halls of the junior college where I attend when the thought hits me again. Why didn't I get mad today? When things at work went quarky? Or at the thoughts of "wasted" time or the "predicament" that I had gotten myself "into&quo...
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Gratefulness
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Today I am grateful for my sobriety. It is Easter Sunday and I can't think of a better day to be sober. I feel so content today and I know that is because God has answered my prayers and given me a better life. Thank you and 24 more to everyone. Have a great day!
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Step 8 - AA
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from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book:
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all"
"Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...
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Step Three
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This beloved Step is what made the big changes....it was not easy, but it was possible, at last, to take a look at life, and all the great things that had happened since I had stopped drinking. Then the possibility of this continued freedom was the incentive, to study, and study, and practice and pra...
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Gurl25, Step 3 (Al-anon)
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I have made the decision to turn my will and my life over to HP because I can't handle everything on my own and there are many things in life I'm not meant to handle.
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AA - Step 9
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from 'Sober Transitions' Step Nine "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of t...
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Share - I am powerless and sad
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There is FINALLY (and that took many years) no doubt in my mind that I cannot cure, control and I did not cause my beloved husband to be an alcoholic. That does not make it easy as I grief over the losses for him and us. He is still a good at heart person but he is not a happy man any more. His personality seems to...
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Step 12 - AA
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from 'sober transitions'
Step Twelve "Having 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."
Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we h...
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Food Addiction
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Hi Everyone, my name is Sharon, age 50, clean and sober 20+ years, battling a few things right now, specifically rampant food addiction and physical illness and pain meds. I am looking for people working the 12 steps to talk to about these issues. Anyone working the steps through food ad...
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Hi Everyone
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Hi everyone,
My name is Carol and I'm an alcoholic. I have been in recovery just over one year and I'm working the steps to the very best of my ability. I love our program and the changes that it is bringing in me. I am truly grateful to have found AA and to be enjoying my sobriety.
As I have just joine...
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Oye the three C-s rule
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Hi y'all I am so greatful for tonite's meeting.. I am greatful for all y'all's being there "hugs" I am greatful for learning the codes of the smiley faces and of the ethics I've found here and shared with one another as I take the journey to get over the a conditioning. Tonite, I went on a safa...
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NA Step Three Questions
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BASIC TEXT STEP WORKSHEET STEP THREE: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Para 1 1) In active addiction, what power did we turn our lives over to many times? 2) What was the result of our need for instant gratification that drugs gave us? 3) What two c...
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What is the Big Book and where I can get it
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Can someone tell me what is the Big Book and were can I get it. Any other suggiestions: reding materials for beginner. Please suggest things which I can buy over the net as I am unable to drive or walk at the moment .
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