Step Work

MGcostarica · MGcostarica

My Wife to be, just admitted herself into a NA recovery clinic to become clean. I was not aware that she even used Cocaine, until two weeks ago. She had used for 15 years but only once a week on Friday nights. I was living in the USA and only coming every 6 wee...

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Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 1. How can I admit my wrong despite my pride and fear that it will be used against me? 2. Did I abandon my own needs today? How? 3. What small things can I do to practice standing up for myself? 4. I...

ML · ML

I am diverting from the 'normal path' here to explain abit about the Emotions Anonymous group and it's purpose. Emotions Anonymous is ABOUT emotions and how I react, respond and deal with my emotional 'stuff', in particular how my life has become nearly unlivable due to my emotional 'dis-eases'. Th...

ML · ML

"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Step Three Prayer: "God I offer myself to you, to build and to do with me as you wish. Help me let go of my self-centerednes, so I can better recognize your will for me. Help me overcome my difficul...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Step 3 - AA from the AA '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: Step 3 - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." "... In the first two Steps we engaged in reflection. We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith o...

ML · ML

It seems that 12 Step Programs follow the same format and questions regarding the step work process. The only difference being the focus of 'powerlessness over......' What follows is MY personal ideas around what Emotions Anonymous can address and what it may be useful for. I DO NOT SPEAK FOR EMOT...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

I haven't been here in a while, and coming today and looking at the board is a shocker. All the Steps are out of order! They were kept in order so that a person who wanted to work on any particular Step could find all of the threads about it in one place. The way it is now, if I wanted to work on Step 5, I ha...

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Tahir · Tahir

(1) Read Step Four out of It Works ~ How & Why. (2) Read Step Four out of the Basic Text every day before writing. (3) Write what each part means to you: a) We made b) a searching & fearless c) moral inventory d) of ourselves. (4) Read the General Guidelines from IP No. 10...

John · John

Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 42 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)Living with the dsease of alcoholism can dest...

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Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcmings. 1. What does humility mean to me? 2. Am I ready to as God to remove my shortcomings? 3. What positive trait do I want to develop or substitute for a trait I want to eliminate? 4. Have I had any fears removed frm my life? Which ones? ...

bgj · bgj

Hello All, New here. Very happy to find this site. I hope it helps. I so loved to read the postings where people are actually recovering. Thus far, the people in my life none have gone there. I'm so aware that we are powerless over alcohol. It breaks my heart that there are so many people that struggle...

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Thrd Step - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.From: Paths to Recovery pg. 28 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)What decision are we...

notcrazy62 · notcrazy62

From 12 Steps - A way out Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to care of God as we understood God. Imagine the insanity of trying to perform surgery on ourselves. At the first hint of pain from the scalpel, we would stop. Healing would never happen. It is just as insane to think that we c...

Brian · Brian

There I go again. Walking through the halls of the junior college where I attend when the thought hits me again. Why didn't I get mad today? When things at work went quarky? Or at the thoughts of "wasted" time or the "predicament" that I had gotten myself "into&quo...

sweetpea · sweetpea

Today I am grateful for my sobriety. It is Easter Sunday and I can't think of a better day to be sober. I feel so content today and I know that is because God has answered my prayers and given me a better life. Thank you and 24 more to everyone. Have a great day!

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...

Toni Baloney · Toni Baloney

This beloved Step is what made the big changes....it was not easy, but it was possible, at last, to take a look at life, and all the great things that had happened since I had stopped drinking. Then the possibility of this continued freedom was the incentive, to study, and study, and practice and pra...

Gurl25 · Gurl25

I have made the decision to turn my will and my life over to HP because I can't handle everything on my own and there are many things in life I'm not meant to handle.

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from 'Sober Transitions' Step Nine "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of t...

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	Help for Addicts Loved Ones (Preview) My Wife to be, just admitted herself into a NA recovery clinic to become clean. I was not aware that she even used Cocaine, until two weeks ago. She had used for 15 years but only once a week on Friday nights. I was living in the USA and only coming every 6 wee...	MGcostarica	3	1739	Aug 14, 2007 by Blessed
	Step Ten Questions (Preview) Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. 1. How can I admit my wrong despite my pride and fear that it will be used against me? 2. Did I abandon my own needs today? How? 3. What small things can I do to practice standing up for myself? 4. I...	dot	4	1656	Aug 14, 2007 by Blessed
	ABOUT EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) I am diverting from the 'normal path' here to explain abit about the Emotions Anonymous group and it's purpose. Emotions Anonymous is ABOUT emotions and how I react, respond and deal with my emotional 'stuff', in particular how my life has become nearly unlivable due to my emotional 'dis-eases'. Th...	ML	2	6008	Aug 12, 2007 by Tahir
	STEP THREE - Emotions Anonymous (Preview) "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Step Three Prayer: "God I offer myself to you, to build and to do with me as you wish. Help me let go of my self-centerednes, so I can better recognize your will for me. Help me overcome my difficul...	ML	25	2239	Aug 11, 2007 by Tahir
	Step 3 - AA (Preview) Step 3 - AA from the AA '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: Step 3 - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." "... In the first two Steps we engaged in reflection. We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith o...	amanda2u2	3	11838	Aug 11, 2007 by Blessed
	Step 4 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) It seems that 12 Step Programs follow the same format and questions regarding the step work process. The only difference being the focus of 'powerlessness over......' What follows is MY personal ideas around what Emotions Anonymous can address and what it may be useful for. I DO NOT SPEAK FOR EMOT...	ML	3	4142	Aug 10, 2007 by ML
	wow Steps all out of order (Preview) I haven't been here in a while, and coming today and looking at the board is a shocker. All the Steps are out of order! They were kept in order so that a person who wanted to work on any particular Step could find all of the threads about it in one place. The way it is now, if I wanted to work on Step 5, I ha...	amanda2u2	3	926	Aug 8, 2007 by Blessed
	Step Four (4) Questions - Al-Anon (Preview) others?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I	dot	7	5953	Jul 22, 2007 by Vicky R
	NA Step Four (Preview) (1) Read Step Four out of It Works ~ How & Why. (2) Read Step Four out of the Basic Text every day before writing. (3) Write what each part means to you: a) We made b) a searching & fearless c) moral inventory d) of ourselves. (4) Read the General Guidelines from IP No. 10...	Tahir	9	18377	Jul 21, 2007 by Tahir
	Step Four - From Dot, posted by John (Preview) Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 42 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)Living with the dsease of alcoholism can dest...	John	5	1060	Jul 20, 2007 by Baffled
	Step Seven Questions (Preview) Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcmings. 1. What does humility mean to me? 2. Am I ready to as God to remove my shortcomings? 3. What positive trait do I want to develop or substitute for a trait I want to eliminate? 4. Have I had any fears removed frm my life? Which ones? ...	dot	2	993	Jul 18, 2007 by Blessed
	Powerless over people (Preview) Hello All, New here. Very happy to find this site. I hope it helps. I so loved to read the postings where people are actually recovering. Thus far, the people in my life none have gone there. I'm so aware that we are powerless over alcohol. It breaks my heart that there are so many people that struggle...	bgj	5	1380	Jul 17, 2007 by Blessed
	Step Three - Al-Anon (Preview) Thrd Step - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.From: Paths to Recovery pg. 28 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.)What decision are we...	dot	10	2168	Jul 3, 2007 by gligirl
	Step 3 - ACA (Preview) From 12 Steps - A way out Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to care of God as we understood God. Imagine the insanity of trying to perform surgery on ourselves. At the first hint of pain from the scalpel, we would stop. Healing would never happen. It is just as insane to think that we c...	notcrazy62	3	2413	Jun 29, 2007 by EveB
	The Event of a Lifetime (Preview) There I go again. Walking through the halls of the junior college where I attend when the thought hits me again. Why didn't I get mad today? When things at work went quarky? Or at the thoughts of "wasted" time or the "predicament" that I had gotten myself "into&quo...	Brian	1	909	Jun 28, 2007 by Blessed
	Gratefulness (Preview) Today I am grateful for my sobriety. It is Easter Sunday and I can't think of a better day to be sober. I feel so content today and I know that is because God has answered my prayers and given me a better life. Thank you and 24 more to everyone. Have a great day!	sweetpea	1	582	Jun 27, 2007 by Blessed
	Step 8 - AA (Preview) from the '12 Steps and 12 Traditions' book: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all" "Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to r...	amanda2u2	1	8545	Jun 27, 2007 by Blessed
	Step Three (Preview) This beloved Step is what made the big changes....it was not easy, but it was possible, at last, to take a look at life, and all the great things that had happened since I had stopped drinking. Then the possibility of this continued freedom was the incentive, to study, and study, and practice and pra...	Toni Baloney	5	1135	Jun 27, 2007 by amanda2u2
	Gurl25, Step 3 (Al-anon) (Preview) I have made the decision to turn my will and my life over to HP because I can't handle everything on my own and there are many things in life I'm not meant to handle.	Gurl25	1	1441	Jun 26, 2007 by Gurl25
	AA - Step 9 (Preview) from 'Sober Transitions' Step Nine "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of t...	amanda2u2	1	7170	Jun 25, 2007 by Blessed
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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.