Step Work

BethL · BethL

I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...

JamesCT · JamesCT

3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...

dott · dott

Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...

JamesCT · JamesCT

2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Tradition One AAShort Version One--Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.Long Version One--Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes fi...

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 12 AAHaving 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.I look at step 12 as 3 pieces. First is the guarantee of a spiritual awakening. The beginning of step 12 tells us that from working...

recovery2012 · recovery2012

Hi - Ive new to MIP and new to the concept of step work online, having gone to previous f2f meetings. I see my life has become unmanageable, looking back it has been for sometime - I want to begin my journey of recovery on Step One - but dont know where to turn to, or what it really takes to know that you have ad...

flagrl · flagrl

so i have heard that women with women and men with men. i am young, 21, i had a sponser but she just wasnt the right one for me. there is this guy who ive known for a year he has great recovery and he is real great he has been part of my support group and has always been there for me. i have never thought of having a...

JamesCT · JamesCT

From the ACA Steps: 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. Here is where you give back. You talk at meetings. You participate at forums. If you see someone out ther...

hotrod · hotrod

____Step Twelve 12_______ Having Had a Spiritual Awakening As a Result of These Steps, We Tried to Carry this Message to Others, and to Practice these Principles in all Our Affairs. ODAT Page 176 The final triumphant statement of spirituality which is announced in Step 12 can come to everyone o...

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...

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...

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...

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. I have had no idea what to do about many things in my life. My FOO and the mercurial kids I went to school made my understan...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon Step 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Ourselves Could Restore Us to Sanity Reading from One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 145 The First Step tells me I am powerless over alcohol, which is admittedly stronger than I am,since there is no way for me to keep the drinker away from the bottle;....

Dan B 76 · Dan B 76

Step 11 AASought 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. Our conscious contact with God began with step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Go...

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...

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	Adult children who are alcoholics (Preview) I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...	BethL	1	991	Jun 21, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 4 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...	JamesCT	1	1022	Jun 18, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 3 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...	JamesCT	1	879	Jun 5, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 2 ALANON (Preview) TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...	hotrod	6	7659	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 1 alanon (Preview) Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...	hotrod	7	9568	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 10 -Al-Anon (Preview) Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...	dott	9	15149	May 26, 2012 by Fina
	Tradition 2 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...	JamesCT	3	1187	May 24, 2012 by flopadopilus
	Tradition One AA (Preview) Tradition One AAShort Version One--Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.Long Version One--Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes fi...	Dan B 76	1	5597	May 20, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 AA (Preview) Step 12 AAHaving 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.I look at step 12 as 3 pieces. First is the guarantee of a spiritual awakening. The beginning of step 12 tells us that from working...	Dan B 76	2	1046	May 13, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	Al-Anon New comer's 3rd attempt - Starting Step 1 (Preview) Hi - Ive new to MIP and new to the concept of step work online, having gone to previous f2f meetings. I see my life has become unmanageable, looking back it has been for sometime - I want to begin my journey of recovery on Step One - but dont know where to turn to, or what it really takes to know that you have ad...	recovery2012	1	1481	May 11, 2012 by hotrod
	questions about sponser (Preview) so i have heard that women with women and men with men. i am young, 21, i had a sponser but she just wasnt the right one for me. there is this guy who ive known for a year he has great recovery and he is real great he has been part of my support group and has always been there for me. i have never thought of having a...	flagrl	2	841	May 10, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) From the ACA Steps: 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. Here is where you give back. You talk at meetings. You participate at forums. If you see someone out ther...	JamesCT	4	1045	May 5, 2012 by DavidG
	Step 12 Alanon (Preview) ____Step Twelve 12_______ Having Had a Spiritual Awakening As a Result of These Steps, We Tried to Carry this Message to Others, and to Practice these Principles in all Our Affairs. ODAT Page 176 The final triumphant statement of spirituality which is announced in Step 12 can come to everyone o...	hotrod	8	1993	May 5, 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	2918	May 5, 2012 by runguy
	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	10441	May 3, 2012 by hotrod
	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	1686	May 3, 2012 by flopadopilus
	Step 11 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (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. I have had no idea what to do about many things in my life. My FOO and the mercurial kids I went to school made my understan...	JamesCT	5	1125	May 2, 2012 by LindaO
	Step 2 Alanon Family Groups (Preview) Alanon Step 2Came to Believe that a Power Greater Than Ourselves Could Restore Us to Sanity Reading from One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 145 The First Step tells me I am powerless over alcohol, which is admittedly stronger than I am,since there is no way for me to keep the drinker away from the bottle;....	hotrod	14	5382	Apr 25, 2012 by Peachy219
	Step 11 AA (Preview) *Step 11 AASought 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.** Our conscious contact with God began with step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Go...	Dan B 76	3	1694	Apr 23, 2012 by Fyne Spirit
	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	1307	Apr 10, 2012 by Wolfie55
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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.