Step Work

ML · ML

Step 7 : "Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings" In step 6 I become acutely aware of my defects and I begin to develop a willingness to 'let them go'.....my 'shortcomings' are my actions caused by my character defects (as my EA book describes it).......I like the humble part of how this s...

ML · ML

I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY group here and...

Dot · Dot

Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. From: Al-Anon Works - pg 56 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Sometimes we have to try to make these chan...

Dot · Dot

From:Al-Anon Works pg 49 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc.) Some of us already have a comfortable relationship with a Power greater than ourselves. But the concept of a God or a Higher Power can b...

Dot · Dot

Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 54 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) The person to conf...

Danny08 · Danny08

Can't quite beleive i've made it. I have a clear memory of when i first came around seeing someone get up for their 6 months and thinking to myself i will never make that. That self doubt stayed with me for quite a while telling me that i was going to use anyway and the last three weeks telling me that i was goi...

Betty · Betty

Hey all Thsi is my first ever "chat" experience. I have been married to an alcoholic for 16 years-for most of them he was an active alcoholic. He just recently returned home from one of the best treatment centers in the country. However, after just 10 days-he relapsed. He is jobless...

London50 · London50

I've been an AA/Alanon member for a long time, but have always got stuck on step 4, muddled through the rest of the steps, but was always frustrated with what seemed to be a lack of progress. We don't have ACA meetings here. I know I'm an adult child through and through, so It was wonderful to find and join...

JaLynn · JaLynn

I am new and was wondering what step that you are on. Thanks, JaLynn

ML · ML

'Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." This is about sharing our inventory with God, another person and hearing it ourselves. "We begin to get a true understanding of who we actually are". It helps to have a fifth step person who is...

ML · ML

ML here......powerless over my emotions......there are some 'suggestive' lists of defects and assets I have found in EA literature......which names them for me and I find helpful. It's also easy for me to take each one and see how it applies to my life. Some fit, some don't. Here are a few 'names' of de...

ML · ML

ML here......powerless over my emotions....... Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. I cannot speak for EA as a whole, I can only share my 'take' on the Program from my viewpoint. We have literature and other EA materials that one can choose to use in this Program. It'...

Dot · Dot

Second Step - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 19. (copyright 1997, by Al-AnonFamily Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Some of us reject reli...

kiwikid1 · kiwikid1

Just signed up, I live up in the mountains and it will be easier for me to do this program online. How do I get started and when does the group meet?

ML · ML

ML here....powerless over my emotions.... .just my personal experience.. ...not the 'truth' of Emotions Anonymous (see them online if interested)...take what you need and leave the rest..... STEP ONE: "We admitted we were powerless over our emotions - that our lives had become unmanageab...

Time To Change · Time To Change

Are the Al-anon 12 steps the same as ACoA 12 steps? Time To Change

Blessed · Blessed

On page 6 we have a hodge Podge of Steps 1-3 that look like they should be taken apart and given there own space. it would be nice to have the Alcoholics Anonymous ( Big BOOk), and the twelve Traditions books (12 x 12 ) follow along with a reading plan with each Step. So NEWBIES actually dong these Step...

celeste · celeste

Hi....new to this forum but a 13year member in Al-anon. Being that it is January I would like to immerse myself into Step One. I was reading about understanding Step One cognitvely but feeling it in our hearts is where it is supposed to do the most good for us. How did you get there???? Thanks

Blessed · Blessed

Dear Winners When working with my first Sponsor for the first time and each time that I have gone over the Steps since. I read my books from the beginning. With the 12x12 in hand and the Alcoholic Anonymous Blue Book (Big Book) in hand I sit down to do some reading. My Recovery/Sobriety Birthday i...

ML · ML

Step 2 EA continued...... Further Quotes for EA book "It Works If You Work It" : (pg 35) "Sanity may be an off-putting concept, until we think back on all the times we'd done the same thing over and over, each time expecting miraculously different results." My life was based on a s...

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	STEP 7 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) Step 7 : "Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings" In step 6 I become acutely aware of my defects and I begin to develop a willingness to 'let them go'.....my 'shortcomings' are my actions caused by my character defects (as my EA book describes it).......I like the humble part of how this s...	ML	0	1121	May 2, 2008 by ML
	STEP 6 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY group here and...	ML	0	1331	May 2, 2008 by ML
	Step Six Al-Anon (Preview) Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. From: Al-Anon Works - pg 56 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Sometimes we have to try to make these chan...	Dot	6	1488	May 1, 2008 by Vicky R
	Step Three Al-Anon (Preview) From:Al-Anon Works pg 49 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc.) Some of us already have a comfortable relationship with a Power greater than ourselves. But the concept of a God or a Higher Power can b...	Dot	8	2210	May 1, 2008 by cookie1971
	Step Five Al-Anon (Preview) Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 54 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) The person to conf...	Dot	8	1485	Apr 29, 2008 by Blessed
	NA- Getting the first year (Preview) Can't quite beleive i've made it. I have a clear memory of when i first came around seeing someone get up for their 6 months and thinking to myself i will never make that. That self doubt stayed with me for quite a while telling me that i was going to use anyway and the last three weeks telling me that i was goi...	Danny08	2	1205	Apr 20, 2008 by PatchesPal
	Need some ideas and to vent a bit (Preview) Hey all Thsi is my first ever "chat" experience. I have been married to an alcoholic for 16 years-for most of them he was an active alcoholic. He just recently returned home from one of the best treatment centers in the country. However, after just 10 days-he relapsed. He is jobless...	Betty	1	1297	Mar 28, 2008 by Blessed
	ACA steps 4 & 5 (Preview) I've been an AA/Alanon member for a long time, but have always got stuck on step 4, muddled through the rest of the steps, but was always frustrated with what seemed to be a lack of progress. We don't have ACA meetings here. I know I'm an adult child through and through, so It was wonderful to find and join...	London50	3	2572	Mar 18, 2008 by lisaann1213
	WHAT STEP ARE YOU ON? (Preview) I am new and was wondering what step that you are on. Thanks, JaLynn	JaLynn	1	920	Mar 15, 2008 by Dot
	STEP 5 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) 'Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." This is about sharing our inventory with God, another person and hearing it ourselves. "We begin to get a true understanding of who we actually are". It helps to have a fifth step person who is...	ML	0	964	Mar 15, 2008 by ML
	STEP 4 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS - naming assets/defects (Preview) ML here......powerless over my emotions......there are some 'suggestive' lists of defects and assets I have found in EA literature......which names them for me and I find helpful. It's also easy for me to take each one and see how it applies to my life. Some fit, some don't. Here are a few 'names' of de...	ML	0	2513	Mar 15, 2008 by ML
	STEP 4 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS - EA Literature Quotes (Preview) ML here......powerless over my emotions....... Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. I cannot speak for EA as a whole, I can only share my 'take' on the Program from my viewpoint. We have literature and other EA materials that one can choose to use in this Program. It'...	ML	0	7656	Mar 15, 2008 by ML
	Second Step Al-Anon (Preview) Second Step - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. From: Paths to Recovery - pg. 19. (copyright 1997, by Al-AnonFamily Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Some of us reject reli...	Dot	6	5471	Mar 9, 2008 by getoverit
	how do I get started with this program? (Preview) Just signed up, I live up in the mountains and it will be easier for me to do this program online. How do I get started and when does the group meet?	kiwikid1	4	1516	Feb 27, 2008 by Blessed
	STEP ONE - Emotions Anonymous (Preview) ML here....powerless over my emotions.... .just my personal experience.. ...not the 'truth' of Emotions Anonymous (see them online if interested)...take what you need and leave the rest..... STEP ONE: "We admitted we were powerless over our emotions - that our lives had become unmanageab...	ML	1	1229	Feb 26, 2008 by kiwikid1
	New to 12 Steps (Preview) Are the Al-anon 12 steps the same as ACoA 12 steps? Time To Change	Time To Change	6	1442	Feb 15, 2008 by Tuggboat
	A.A.'s We need Step 1,2,3, done properly and in order (Preview) On page 6 we have a hodge Podge of Steps 1-3 that look like they should be taken apart and given there own space. it would be nice to have the Alcoholics Anonymous ( Big BOOk), and the twelve Traditions books (12 x 12 ) follow along with a reading plan with each Step. So NEWBIES actually dong these Step...	Blessed	2	1786	Feb 9, 2008 by Blessed
	Step One (Preview) Hi....new to this forum but a 13year member in Al-anon. Being that it is January I would like to immerse myself into Step One. I was reading about understanding Step One cognitvely but feeling it in our hearts is where it is supposed to do the most good for us. How did you get there???? Thanks	celeste	8	1316	Feb 8, 2008 by Blessed
	A.A. Before Step One (Preview) Dear Winners When working with my first Sponsor for the first time and each time that I have gone over the Steps since. I read my books from the beginning. With the 12x12 in hand and the Alcoholic Anonymous Blue Book (Big Book) in hand I sit down to do some reading. My Recovery/Sobriety Birthday i...	Blessed	0	1655	Feb 8, 2008 by Blessed
	STEP TWO - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (con't) (Preview) Step 2 EA continued...... Further Quotes for EA book "It Works If You Work It" : (pg 35) "Sanity may be an off-putting concept, until we think back on all the times we'd done the same thing over and over, each time expecting miraculously different results." My life was based on a s...	ML	0	1510	Jan 29, 2008 by ML
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