Step Work

hotrod · hotrod

Step 10Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted itC2C. Page 236 I will probably make a mistake of some sort every day in my life. If I view this as a personal failing or pretend no mistake had occurred. I make my life unmanageable. When I admit I am wrong, I can let g...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 9Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except where to do so would injure them or others C2C page 299 making amends is not just saying" I'm sorry". It means responding differently from our own understanding. My share Again, the clarity of the steps really helped me carry them ou...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 8Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 263 An 8 TH step list tells me to let go of guilt and regret that I I may be carrying from the past. I will approach this step with love and gentleness because I take it for my own freedom.My ShareI continue...

hotrod · hotrod

Humbly Asked Him to Remove Our DefectsC2C page 142.: When I take the seventh step I humbly ask for help. I don't make a demand. I simply open myself up. I have no one to impress. I'm simply accepting my place in my relationship with my Higher Power. No more, no less. True humility should not be humili...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him Quote from C2C page 59.:" Turning over my will and my life to the care of HP is an ongoing process. At first I surrendered only the big problems, because I had no choice as I was powerless and my best effo...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 5Admitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.. C2C page 311. What is the exact nature of our wrongs? Is the unspoken self-defeating assumptions that give rise to my thoughts and actions? These include the idea that our best is not good enough that I am not w...

Dantj · Dantj

hello, I'm wanting to start the steps. Could anyone help me? I see that this site has step work.thank you

JamesCT · JamesCT

3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. This is a key moment. You have a choice to make. Do you start believing the Universe is not antagonistic toward you and will take care of you if you just get out of your own way? Or do you keep trying to do it all your...

Florph · Florph

I am new to this. im married to an alcoholic and drug addict,we have 3 kids together. he needs help And after years of trying to thinks my way I know I cannot.He has agreed to do meetings to try to stop,but I have my doubts he will,but I feel like I need so ring for me,his addition has changed me more than I had...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 12Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in Step 12. We acknowledge the results of our efforts, a spir...

Robinksc · Robinksc

I have been in the program since 1994. Today I fell to my knees and went back to Step One.....there are a lot of things I am powerless over. I am going to take them one day at a time. Today it's my job. I got out my Path's to Recovery book. Do I accept that I cannot control another person's drinking? (In my job i...

hotrod · hotrod

Step One Admitted that we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable Paths to Recovery; "many of us come to Al-Anon, filled with the despair and hopelessness. Some of us come to find out how to get another person sober, others grew up in an alcoholic homes. We may not...

JamesCT · JamesCT

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. This is sharing the wealth or paying it forward. This is where you take what you have learned and give someone else a shot at the...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 11Sought 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.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 10 Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted itPaths to Recovery; "Step 10 is the beginning of what some members referred to as maintenance steps- other call them continuous growth steps. Step 10 help us to keep the principles and tools of the previous...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Nine;"Made direct amends to such people where possible, except when to do so would injure them or othersPaths to Recovery: "Step nine is an action step in which we become humble enough to verbalize our regrets, if appropriate to the people we have harmed. Identifying the persons w...

Alia · Alia

I have never formally worked the steps. I have lived with alcoholism and co-dependency for many years. I feel as if my situation is not too bad because I do have a higher power that helps me. I feel as if I have been through all these steps in one way or another, but I dont feel as if I have completed them. ...

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. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. Connection is an important part of building your new...

Palgigo · Palgigo

My boyfriend keeps trying to stop and is back in AA, but when he starts to think about drinking again he picks fights, argues about unimportant things. I ignore it for and then I get mad and argue back. I don't mention the alcohol, I keep that out of the subject, but he won't stop until he can have an excus...

JamesCT · JamesCT

10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This is where you make it stick, where the new methods of the previous steps are committed to, where you keep making inventories and keep admitting it and making amends. This is where you do it differently

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	Alanon Step 10 (5-29-2016) (Preview) Step 10Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted itC2C. Page 236 I will probably make a mistake of some sort every day in my life. If I view this as a personal failing or pretend no mistake had occurred. I make my life unmanageable. When I admit I am wrong, I can let g...	hotrod	0	1821	May 29, 2016 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 9 ( 5-14-2016) (Preview) Step 9Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except where to do so would injure them or others C2C page 299 making amends is not just saying" I'm sorry". It means responding differently from our own understanding. My share Again, the clarity of the steps really helped me carry them ou...	hotrod	0	1833	May 14, 2016 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 8 (May 1 2016) (Preview) Step 8Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 263 An 8 TH step list tells me to let go of guilt and regret that I I may be carrying from the past. I will approach this step with love and gentleness because I take it for my own freedom.My ShareI continue...	hotrod	0	1781	May 2, 2016 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 7(4-14-2016) (Preview) Humbly Asked Him to Remove Our DefectsC2C page 142.: When I take the seventh step I humbly ask for help. I don't make a demand. I simply open myself up. I have no one to impress. I'm simply accepting my place in my relationship with my Higher Power. No more, no less. True humility should not be humili...	hotrod	0	2683	Apr 14, 2016 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 3 ( 2-10-2016) (Preview) Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him Quote from C2C page 59.:" Turning over my will and my life to the care of HP is an ongoing process. At first I surrendered only the big problems, because I had no choice as I was powerless and my best effo...	hotrod	17	2107	Mar 26, 2016 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 5 (3-16-2016) (Preview) Step 5Admitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.. C2C page 311. What is the exact nature of our wrongs? Is the unspoken self-defeating assumptions that give rise to my thoughts and actions? These include the idea that our best is not good enough that I am not w...	hotrod	2	1906	Mar 19, 2016 by hotrod
	Wanting to start the steps (Preview) hello, I'm wanting to start the steps. Could anyone help me? I see that this site has step work.thank you	Dantj	1	1551	Mar 19, 2016 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 3 (Preview) 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. This is a key moment. You have a choice to make. Do you start believing the Universe is not antagonistic toward you and will take care of you if you just get out of your own way? Or do you keep trying to do it all your...	JamesCT	1	1743	Feb 26, 2016 by mewsician
	Where do I start?! (Preview) I am new to this. im married to an alcoholic and drug addict,we have 3 kids together. he needs help And after years of trying to thinks my way I know I cannot.He has agreed to do meetings to try to stop,but I have my doubts he will,but I feel like I need so ring for me,his addition has changed me more than I had...	Florph	4	1842	Jan 31, 2016 by hotrod
	Step 12 alanon (12-29 2015) (Preview) *Step 12*Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in Step 12. We acknowledge the results of our efforts, a spir...	hotrod	7	1730	Jan 18, 2016 by hotrod
	Back to Step One (Preview) I have been in the program since 1994. Today I fell to my knees and went back to Step One.....there are a lot of things I am powerless over. I am going to take them one day at a time. Today it's my job. I got out my Path's to Recovery book. Do I accept that I cannot control another person's drinking? (In my job i...	Robinksc	3	1597	Jan 6, 2016 by hotrod
	Step one Alanon 7-2015 (Preview) *Step One* *Admitted that we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable* *Paths to Recovery*; "many of us come to Al-Anon, filled with the despair and hopelessness. Some of us come to find out how to get another person sober, others grew up in an alcoholic homes. We may not...	hotrod	22	6991	Jan 6, 2016 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 12 (Preview) 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. This is sharing the wealth or paying it forward. This is where you take what you have learned and give someone else a shot at the...	JamesCT	0	1337	Jan 5, 2016 by JamesCT
	Alanon Step 11 (12-14 2015) (Preview) *Step 11*Sought 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.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...	hotrod	4	2165	Jan 4, 2016 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 10 (11-2015) (Preview) Step 10 Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted itPaths to Recovery; "Step 10 is the beginning of what some members referred to as maintenance steps- other call them continuous growth steps. Step 10 help us to keep the principles and tools of the previous...	hotrod	4	1692	Dec 29, 2015 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 9 (Nov 2015) (Preview) Step Nine;"Made direct amends to such people where possible, except when to do so would injure them or othersPaths to Recovery: "Step nine is an action step in which we become humble enough to verbalize our regrets, if appropriate to the people we have harmed. Identifying the persons w...	hotrod	6	4090	Dec 29, 2015 by hotrod
	Working and skipping steps (Preview) I have never formally worked the steps. I have lived with alcoholism and co-dependency for many years. I feel as if my situation is not too bad because I do have a higher power that helps me. I feel as if I have been through all these steps in one way or another, but I dont feel as if I have completed them. ...	Alia	1	1595	Dec 15, 2015 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 11 (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. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. Connection is an important part of building your new...	JamesCT	0	1273	Dec 15, 2015 by JamesCT
	Thought i was ready for Step 4 but realized I have not really done Step 1 (Preview) My boyfriend keeps trying to stop and is back in AA, but when he starts to think about drinking again he picks fights, argues about unimportant things. I ignore it for and then I get mad and argue back. I don't mention the alcohol, I keep that out of the subject, but he won't stop until he can have an excus...	Palgigo	1	1535	Dec 12, 2015 by hotrod
	Adult Children of Alcoholics - Step 10 (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. This is where you make it stick, where the new methods of the previous steps are committed to, where you keep making inventories and keep admitting it and making amends. This is where you do it differently	JamesCT	0	1275	Dec 8, 2015 by JamesCT
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Learn how the 12 Steps work. Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together! We discuss each of the Twelve Steps In the order they are written, one step at a time, every two weeks.