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NA STEP SIX
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STEP SIX "We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." We begin working Step Six full of the hope we have developed in the first five steps. If we have been thorough, we have also developed some humility. In Step Six, "humility" means that we're abl...
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Step Two Questions - Al-Anon
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Step Two Questions1. Have past experiences affected my concept f a Higher Power?2. How do I describe the Higher Power I found in Al-/Anon?3. What does "Let Go and Let God" mean to me?4. What does "Came to believe" mean to me?Love you all - and thanks John for posting for me. The Hig...
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Step One - Al-Anon - Questions
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Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
1. Do I accept that I cannot control another person's drinking? Another person's behavior?
2. Do I accept that alcoholism is a dsease? How does that change how I deal with the drinker?
3. Have I tr...
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Step Six - Al-Anon
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Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. From: How Al-Anon Works - pg. 55-56 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) In Step Six we learn to "Let G...
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Step Six Questions
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Hi all- it's good to be back and feeling stronger every day. Thank you Vicky for sitting in for me - Great Job. Love to all - Dot
Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
1. Have I completed working the first five Steps to the best of my ability?
2. Am I wil...
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afraid that the emotions will be too much, no feelings in many years
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I was glad the first thing i saw was "how do you get through the steps if you don't even have a higher power" that was something at meetings i had really listened for and not gotten any response other than ppl grateful to GOD, i needed to hear where ppl started. I have been using drugs and al...
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New and wanting to learn
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I am new on this board and want very much to learn how it works. I am unable to make meetings right now and need to start working my program and could really use some help.
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question about the steps
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I am new to recoverey and i wanted to ask how do you know when you are ready to move on to the next step is it just a personal decision. What should i be looking out for.
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step board format ?-s
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Hi all, My quest is to be able to get into the alanon family board. The server lets me into here, however, does not recognize me or my password there. Suggestions? Gracious and oceans of love to all, getoverit
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Step Ten Al-Anon
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Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory ane when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
From: Al-Anon Works pg. 61 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by Express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)
Step Ten is a daily co...
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Step 8 - ACoA/ACA
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Hi all, I'm going to fold Steps 5, 6, and 7 into this post, so I can have the ACA contribution back "in order" with Dot's posting for Al-Anon. Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had "harmed" and became willing to make amends to them all. I've heard a number of t...
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Step Three Questions - Al-Anon (submitted by Dot)
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Step Three - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.1. How do I know who or what my Higher Power is?2. How can I stop thinking, trying and condidering and actually make a decision?3. How can I stop myself from taking my will back?4. How can I turn a situation...
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Step 5 - AA
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from the AA "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" book:
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs"
"All of AA's 12 Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires... they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than 5....
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STEP 5 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS
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"Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." I don't speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole, only from my experience and my reading sources. I use the "Emotions Anonymous" self-titled book, the "It Works if You Wo...
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Step Five Questions -Al-Anon
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Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 1. How have I isolated myself? 2. Do I believe that sharing with anoher person can lead to relief from isolation? 3. What is the one thing I don't want to tell another person? Can I start there? 4. Can I remem...
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Step Five - Al-Anon
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Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 56 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)When we complete the...
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New in the 12 steps
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Hi everyone, I am new to the twelve steps and have gotten as far as Step 2 with my sponsor but feel that I would like to have as much feed back as I can. I have had many alcoholics/addicts in my life but my primary alcoholic/addict is my partner. The last 2 years have been like living in my own personal hell an...
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Step 1 - AA
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Step 1 - AA from the '12 Step and 12 Tradition' book: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable." "Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessne...
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moral inventory
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Hello to all, I hope this finds all is well your way and hopefully it is here.. I am in evaluation re step four, or: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Yikes - can we call out damage control here please? My last a, who is a family member, got in my face because I'm just learning to w...
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How can you do step one or two when you don't have a God or HP?
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I realize that you are on step two now, but I can't even conceive of getting step two as I can't even get step one. I know I am powerless over alcohol and people, places, and things. That was easier for me. Unlike most people on here (and in meetings) I don't feel any connection to a high...
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