Step Work

hopeful777 · hopeful777

Ok just wanna vent! Now that I am here I just fell flat. I have been working the steps, stuck now on 8 and 9. I still struggle with accepting some responsibility for my AH drinking. I was angry this morning when he came home, so drunk passed out, has been awhile since that has happened, and he went out with m...

tracy · tracy

Al anon has various literature to take you through the step. I have done step work in a group and I am now doing it with a sponsor. I never truly did my complete steps till in 5 years wow!!! I grew more that year than all the others together it's amazing u find your hp and yourself xxxxx

veronicag · veronicag

How do I carry the message to my family and friends when they resist the ideas?

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. Reaching For Personal FreedomAfter working step one through 11, we have progressed far beyond our first spiritual awakening to the ide...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon New Book: Reaching for Personal FreedomStep OneWe admitted we were powerless over alcohol that OUR LIVES had become un manageable.For those affected by the disease of alcoholism, step one can be a daunting task. Because our thinking is often distorted we can fall prey to the illusion of c...

hotrod · hotrod

Step FourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselvesStep four helps us to find the truth about ourselves. If we blame others for our own shortcomings, we continue to live as victims. But if we look at our own behavior, perceptions and attitudes with genuine honesty, we realize much of...

hotrod · hotrod

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 it out.:" Paths to recovery page 110 " The relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared t...

terri216 · terri216

Hello all, I have never posted on line. I attended Alanon meetings for several years in the past when my younger son, then a teen was addicted to Xanax, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana.I found the meetings tremendously helpful and a life saver. For the past nearly 3 years I have been involved with a 48 y...

2muchofamuchness · 2muchofamuchness

Dear Al-anon angels, I am a long-time member of this incredible program, but find myself at loose ends tonight. Glad I found y'all. Husband 10 years clean. First couple of years were very tough and I learned a LOT. Seems like a dry drunk relapse is going on and I find myself sucked back into the ins...

Sabin · Sabin

Powerless over the effect of alcoholism and becoming para alcoholic this is a new way to look at what happened to me and get out of the blame game. Trying to be invisible was one of the behaviours I used to keep safe. As an adult this trait as well as otheres has created an unmanageable life. I can see how I tr...

annaes · annaes

After 13 years continual soberiety, I picked up a drink over 2 months ago, what can I say, nothing! The pain has been intense and the chaos in my life totally unmanageable. Today I am back at step 1, Admitted that I am powerless over alcohol and my life is unmanageable. The power has been taken away from me...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Three Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.FROM ALANON READER; "REACHING FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM"Stepping out of the way to let the God of our understanding work in our lives is quite often a difficult undertaking. We hold on to our b...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 9 ALANONReply Quote More 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 lis...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Two Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.QUOTE FROM ALANON LITERATURE" REACHING FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM" Whether we live or have lived with the disease of alcoholism the 12 steps offer hope. Step one gives us some detachment from the probl...

BethNan · BethNan

My boyfriend of two years now was in recovery, sober for four years, when we met. Six months after we started dating, he started drinking again. It's escalated in the past year and a half to the point where he starts drinking beer as soon as soon as he gets up on the weekends, and drinks all day. He never...

Lyne · Lyne

I do believe a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity, health, etc. It's going to be God and you folks at alanon. I seem to need constant reminders that I cannot change my A, that I can ony change myself, that I do not have to suffer, and there will be peace in the future. Today is not good but to...

MJ1112 · MJ1112

It's complicated - isn't it always? I was was living a good life, living alone. Circumstances changed and i invited family members to move in. I DID THIS. My my life is now very complicated and I am very unhappy. My older son said my younger son's behaviors were because he was a dry drunk. I'm beginni...

Haymond9007 · Haymond9007

Hello! First, I want to apologize if I'm on the incorrect forum today. I'm new to this forum and I'm wanting to share my story and seek advice. I've been in and out of Alanon activity for about two years. I have read a lot of material and been to meetings. I have recently felt stronger about myself and not le...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 12HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS AND TO PRACTICE THIESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRSODAT PAGE 348AT no point in my life will I achieve perfection; there will never be a time in my life when I will not need the joy and satisfaction o...

berniek · berniek

Hello All, I need some advice from those of you have already completed Step 4. I am just beginning it but I find I am writing down "so many" people whom I am resentful with. I am using the example from the Big Book (p. 65). I am having trouble with writing down the entries for "Affect My&quo...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Ah Well, just emotions after all (Preview) Ok just wanna vent! Now that I am here I just fell flat. I have been working the steps, stuck now on 8 and 9. I still struggle with accepting some responsibility for my AH drinking. I was angry this morning when he came home, so drunk passed out, has been awhile since that has happened, and he went out with m...	hopeful777	2	1120	Sep 26, 2014 by hopeful777
	Steps (Preview) Al anon has various literature to take you through the step. I have done step work in a group and I am now doing it with a sponsor. I never truly did my complete steps till in 5 years wow!!! I grew more that year than all the others together it's amazing u find your hp and yourself xxxxx	tracy	0	966	Sep 10, 2014 by tracy
	Step 12 question 9 (Preview) How do I carry the message to my family and friends when they resist the ideas?	veronicag	2	893	Aug 31, 2014 by yogalifer
	Alanon Step 12 (Preview) 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. *Reaching For Personal Freedom*After working step one through 11, we have progressed far beyond our first spiritual awakening to the ide...	hotrod	10	5675	Aug 17, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP ONE ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Alanon New Book: *Reaching for Personal FreedomStep OneWe admitted we were powerless over alcohol that OUR LIVES had become un manageable.*For those affected by the disease of alcoholism, step one can be a daunting task. Because our thinking is often distorted we can fall prey to the illusion of c...	hotrod	53	9784	Aug 3, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 4 (Preview) **Step FourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves**Step four helps us to find the truth about ourselves. If we blame others for our own shortcomings, we continue to live as victims. But if we look at our own behavior, perceptions and attitudes with genuine honesty, we realize much of...	hotrod	14	5720	Jul 31, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 11 (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 it out.:" Paths to recovery page 110 " The relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared t...	hotrod	8	5487	Jul 26, 2014 by hotrod
	This is the start of healing I hope... (Preview) Hello all, I have never posted on line. I attended Alanon meetings for several years in the past when my younger son, then a teen was addicted to Xanax, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana.I found the meetings tremendously helpful and a life saver. For the past nearly 3 years I have been involved with a 48 y...	terri216	1	1252	Jul 2, 2014 by hotrod
	Oh Lordy, there's a dry drunk in the house and it ain't pretty! (Preview) Dear Al-anon angels, I am a long-time member of this incredible program, but find myself at loose ends tonight. Glad I found y'all. Husband 10 years clean. First couple of years were very tough and I learned a LOT. Seems like a dry drunk relapse is going on and I find myself sucked back into the ins...	2muchofamuchness	1	1398	Jun 26, 2014 by hotrod
	Doing the steps AC big book way step one (Preview) Powerless over the effect of alcoholism and becoming para alcoholic this is a new way to look at what happened to me and get out of the blame game. Trying to be invisible was one of the behaviours I used to keep safe. As an adult this trait as well as otheres has created an unmanageable life. I can see how I tr...	Sabin	1	1025	Jun 25, 2014 by Mr_David
	Step 1 thoughts (Preview) After 13 years continual soberiety, I picked up a drink over 2 months ago, what can I say, nothing! The pain has been intense and the chaos in my life totally unmanageable. Today I am back at step 1, Admitted that I am powerless over alcohol and my life is unmanageable. The power has been taken away from me...	annaes	6	1481	Jun 25, 2014 by Mr_David
	ALANON STEP 3 (Preview) Step Three Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.FROM ALANON READER; "REACHING FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM"*Stepping out of the way to let the God of our understanding work in our lives is quite often a difficult undertaking. We hold on to our b...*	hotrod	18	12365	Jun 25, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 9 (Preview) STEP 9 ALANONReply Quote More 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 lis...	hotrod	0	3877	Jun 24, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 2 (Preview) Step Two *Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.QUOTE FROM ALANON LITERATURE" REACHING FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM"* Whether we live or have lived with the disease of alcoholism the 12 steps offer hope. Step one gives us some detachment from the probl...	hotrod	31	5082	Jun 18, 2014 by hotrod
	I have been contemplating a meeting, but... (Preview) My boyfriend of two years now was in recovery, sober for four years, when we met. Six months after we started dating, he started drinking again. It's escalated in the past year and a half to the point where he starts drinking beer as soon as soon as he gets up on the weekends, and drinks all day. He never...	BethNan	1	1399	Jun 16, 2014 by hotrod
	step 2 (Preview) I do believe a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity, health, etc. It's going to be God and you folks at alanon. I seem to need constant reminders that I cannot change my A, that I can ony change myself, that I do not have to suffer, and there will be peace in the future. Today is not good but to...	Lyne	2	934	Jun 12, 2014 by Luckyvic
	New here (Preview) It's complicated - isn't it always? I was was living a good life, living alone. Circumstances changed and i invited family members to move in. I DID THIS. My my life is now very complicated and I am very unhappy. My older son said my younger son's behaviors were because he was a dry drunk. I'm beginni...	MJ1112	5	1133	Jun 2, 2014 by MJ1112
	New and need help!! (Preview) Hello! First, I want to apologize if I'm on the incorrect forum today. I'm new to this forum and I'm wanting to share my story and seek advice. I've been in and out of Alanon activity for about two years. I have read a lot of material and been to meetings. I have recently felt stronger about myself and not le...	Haymond9007	6	1442	May 29, 2014 by hotrod
	Step 12 Alanon (Preview) Step 12HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS AND TO PRACTICE THIESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRSODAT PAGE 348AT no point in my life will I achieve perfection; there will never be a time in my life when I will not need the joy and satisfaction o...	hotrod	6	1408	May 20, 2014 by hotrod
	Step 4 (Preview) Hello All, I need some advice from those of you have already completed Step 4. I am just beginning it but I find I am writing down "so many" people whom I am resentful with. I am using the example from the Big Book (p. 65). I am having trouble with writing down the entries for "Affect My&quo...	berniek	2	1706	Apr 21, 2014 by davette
«First < 1 … 56 57 58 59 60 … 100 > Last» \| Page of 100 sorted by

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.