Step Work

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...

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...

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,...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 10Continued to Take Personal Inventory and when I was Wrong Promptly Admitted it.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 164Since the tenth step is part of my daily routine, I try to think of it as a gentle, warm and loving way to take care of myself. By continuing to take my own inventory and promptly admitting wh...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 8 AA Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. This reopening of emotional wounds, some old, some perhaps forgotten, and some still painfully festering, will at first look like a purposeless and pointless piece of surgery. But if a willing start is m...

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...

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

confused72 · confused72

Do I just tell my story or look for the 12 step questions ,and answer them myself ? Thank you for your help .Im desperate .

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. This one is short, but there is a lot in it. Humbly We've lost the hubris that we think we're all that and a bag of chips. We know we need help to change, that change coming entirely as a force of our will isn't going to happen. asked Not demanded or insisted. ...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 7 AAHumbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them alleveryone? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. When ready, we say something like t...

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...

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...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. A step of preparedness and volition. I have a problem with hanging onto things. It's why my home is junky and why I stayed in a relationship that became somewhat toxic. Even though I was mostly ready for the relationship to end, th...

taarati22 · taarati22

Hello, I'm writing to ask if anyone has the alanon step 1 questions? -- Edited by taarati22 on Friday 3rd of February 2012 11:31:29 PM

Annali · Annali

I have been a food addict all my life. Only recently I started with a Bible study group where a lot of study went into the righteousness of God. Having come some way I only now realize how self-righteous I have been all my life. This month I stared with the 12 step program and have an OA sponsor. I am still un...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. There is an old saying "Confession is good for the soul." There is also another thought that saying things aloud makes them fully real. I believe that is what is going on here. In order to heal we must...

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	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	10431	May 3, 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	2916	May 5, 2012 by runguy
	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	1159	Apr 6, 2012 by bmare38
	Step 10 ALANON (Preview) **Step 10Continued to Take Personal Inventory and when I was Wrong Promptly Admitted it.COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE 164Since the tenth step is part of my daily routine, I try to think of it as a gentle, warm and loving way to take care of myself. By continuing to take my own inventory and promptly admitting wh...**	hotrod	6	1937	Feb 28, 2013 by shenny
	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	1685	May 3, 2012 by flopadopilus
	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	1305	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	1797	Apr 9, 2012 by hotrod
	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	1453	Mar 12, 2012 by LindaO
	Step 8 AA (Preview) Step 8 AA Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. This reopening of emotional wounds, some old, some perhaps forgotten, and some still painfully festering, will at first look like a purposeless and pointless piece of surgery. But if a willing start is m...	Dan B 76	1	1828	Mar 5, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	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	12548	Apr 9, 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	1977	Apr 10, 2012 by Wolfie55
	new here new to this help plz (Preview) Do I just tell my story or look for the 12 step questions ,and answer them myself ? Thank you for your help .Im desperate .	confused72	2	893	Feb 29, 2012 by confused72
	Step 7 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. This one is short, but there is a lot in it. Humbly We've lost the hubris that we think we're all that and a bag of chips. We know we need help to change, that change coming entirely as a force of our will isn't going to happen. asked Not demanded or insisted. ...	JamesCT	6	2222	Mar 6, 2012 by JamesCT
	Step 7 AA (Preview) Step 7 AAHumbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them alleveryone? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. When ready, we say something like t...	Dan B 76	1	1816	Mar 1, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	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	6654	Apr 9, 2012 by hotrod
	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	1667	Mar 20, 2012 by Isurrender
	Step 6 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. A step of preparedness and volition. I have a problem with hanging onto things. It's why my home is junky and why I stayed in a relationship that became somewhat toxic. Even though I was mostly ready for the relationship to end, th...	JamesCT	6	1609	Feb 20, 2012 by LindaO
	Does anyone have the Alanon step1 questions? (Preview) Hello, I'm writing to ask if anyone has the alanon step 1 questions? -- Edited by taarati22 on Friday 3rd of February 2012 11:31:29 PM	taarati22	2	914	Feb 4, 2012 by taarati22
	Grace and shame (Preview) I have been a food addict all my life. Only recently I started with a Bible study group where a lot of study went into the righteousness of God. Having come some way I only now realize how self-righteous I have been all my life. This month I stared with the 12 step program and have an OA sponsor. I am still un...	Annali	1	820	Jan 31, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 5 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. There is an old saying "Confession is good for the soul." There is also another thought that saying things aloud makes them fully real. I believe that is what is going on here. In order to heal we must...	JamesCT	7	5232	Feb 7, 2012 by LindaO
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