Step Work

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...

jojo167 · jojo167

Hello my name is JOJO i am chairing a meeting this week on the 4th step. Although i am still relatively new<1 year> i have chaired 3 meetings. I still find it rather intimidating to chair but i do enjoy it!! i always learn something new about myself, mostly from listening to others sharing!!...

davette · davette

I was involved in 2 different groups in key west which both broke up while working step 4. Im now in northwest florida. I started a new group because the closest was 60 miles away. we are finishing our step one work and I wish i knew the right way to finalize step one.

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. If you've been working the steps along with these postings, congratulations. However, you might be saying to yourself &quo...

MsAL · MsAL

I have tried several times to locate the step the site is working on but every time I go to the post the date is over a month old. Step 1 that I just found started 12 days ago. One part of the site says you work on the step for 2 weeks another says 1 week. Is there a simple way to understand and follow this? Please h...

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.ODAT Reading: God is present in all His creatures, but all are not equally aware of His presence.MY SHAREI belie...

Desirae · Desirae

What led me to believe in a power greater than myself? One day, I asked a group to pray for me that I would find strength while I was going through a tough situation. There was an elder who then asked me, Why do you pray for strength? I replied, I just need the mental capacity to get through this. I know it w...

hotrod · hotrod

Learn How The Twelve 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 togethe Step 6 questionswere entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of CharacterODAT PAGE 172 God make me entirely...

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	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	1274	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	1420	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	1051	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	1509	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	12461	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	3911	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	5191	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	1425	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	955	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	1158	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	1466	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	1430	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	1728	Apr 21, 2014 by davette
	step 4 (Preview) Hello my name is JOJO i am chairing a meeting this week on the 4th step. Although i am still relatively new<1 year> i have chaired 3 meetings. I still find it rather intimidating to chair but i do enjoy it!! i always learn something new about myself, mostly from listening to others sharing!!...	jojo167	2	1019	Apr 21, 2014 by davette
	sharing experience strength and hope as we lead groups through the steps. (Preview) I was involved in 2 different groups in key west which both broke up while working step 4. Im now in northwest florida. I started a new group because the closest was 60 miles away. we are finishing our step one work and I wish i knew the right way to finalize step one.	davette	7	1022	Apr 14, 2014 by davette
	Step 12 for ACoA (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. If you've been working the steps along with these postings, congratulations. However, you might be saying to yourself &quo...	JamesCT	1	1049	Apr 1, 2014 by Sabin
	How does this site work? (Preview) I have tried several times to locate the step the site is working on but every time I go to the post the date is over a month old. Step 1 that I just found started 12 days ago. One part of the site says you work on the step for 2 weeks another says 1 week. Is there a simple way to understand and follow this? Please h...	MsAL	4	1050	Mar 30, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 11 (Preview) 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.ODAT Reading: God is present in all His creatures, but all are not equally aware of His presence.MY SHAREI belie...	hotrod	13	4356	Mar 30, 2014 by hotrod
	My Step 2 Answers (Preview) What led me to believe in a power greater than myself? One day, I asked a group to pray for me that I would find strength while I was going through a tough situation. There was an elder who then asked me, Why do you pray for strength? I replied, I just need the mental capacity to get through this. I know it w...	Desirae	1	1267	Mar 25, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 6 (Preview) Learn How The Twelve 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 togethe *Step 6 questionswere entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of CharacterODAT PAGE 172* *God make me entirely...*	hotrod	12	1659	Mar 23, 2014 by hotrod
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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.