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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...

ML · ML

ML here....powerless over my emotions....... quotes from EA book titled "It Works If You Work It": (pg 34 - 35) ...."But we soon realize that on our own we had not be able to solve our problems; willpower and resolve had not changed our negative behaviors and attitudes. We see that our...

Dot · Dot

Hi all - Sorry to be gone so long. For quite a few months the site server could not accept postings from my webtv. Consequently our web master (John) had to receive and add my posts to the board. I now have a computer - not very literate yet - so will do my best. Also have had problems with my neck - Drs tr...

Vicky R · Vicky R

"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." hi everyone thanks for all the shares. I chose this quote from a step 12 page - it illustrates one of the reasons I found Al-Anon helpfu...

Blessed · Blessed

Happy NEW YEAR. I am certainly grateful for the past year. That I can look back today with more Wisdom that I had a year ago. Why do I have a years worth of Wisdom? Because I am a year older another year Sober and that qualifies me right there. But it takes more than just having a Birthday to attain Wisdom....

Vicky R · Vicky R

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 that out." Hi everyone, looks like Dot might be busy so I thought I'd put up the topic. Al-Anon contains many rea...

dot · dot

Step Three - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. From "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics" pg. 49 (Copyright 1995 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permision of Al-Anon Family Gro...

russman · russman

STEP 10 CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL AND WHEN WE WERE WROUNG PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT. Step 10 which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along . We vigorously commence this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of th...

dot · dot

Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. From Paths to Recovery - Al-Anon's 12 Steps, Traditions and Concepts, pg 19. (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Grou...

Blessed · Blessed

Hey everyone, We pray that you all had a very Merry Christmas and that your upcoming New year is glorious. Today was filled with travels to each of our parent's homes. Mine then my husband's, and the Sister-in laws. The best part of the entire Christmas Day. Well, it was going to a ricketty Old Chapel si...

ML · ML

ML here....powerless over my emotions.....I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. This is just about my experience with my Program. Take what you need and leave the rest. I always have a choice. I always have a choice to use Program. I always have a choice of ask for HP's will or follow my own. I can...

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	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	2508	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	7643	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	5464	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	1510	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	1225	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	1438	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	1782	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	1509	Jan 29, 2008 by ML
	STEP TWO - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) ML here....powerless over my emotions....... quotes from EA book titled "It Works If You Work It": (pg 34 - 35) ...."But we soon realize that on our own we had not be able to solve our problems; willpower and resolve had not changed our negative behaviors and attitudes. We see that our...	ML	0	1049	Jan 29, 2008 by ML
	Hi to all (Preview) Hi all - Sorry to be gone so long. For quite a few months the site server could not accept postings from my webtv. Consequently our web master (John) had to receive and add my posts to the board. I now have a computer - not very literate yet - so will do my best. Also have had problems with my neck - Drs tr...	Dot	1	1017	Jan 27, 2008 by Vicky R
	Al-Anon Step Twelve (Preview) "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." hi everyone thanks for all the shares. I chose this quote from a step 12 page - it illustrates one of the reasons I found Al-Anon helpfu...	Vicky R	2	1675	Jan 24, 2008 by getoverit
	Happy New Year (Preview) Happy NEW YEAR. I am certainly grateful for the past year. That I can look back today with more Wisdom that I had a year ago. Why do I have a years worth of Wisdom? Because I am a year older another year Sober and that qualifies me right there. But it takes more than just having a Birthday to attain Wisdom....	Blessed	2	1076	Jan 8, 2008 by Blessed
	Al-Anon Step Eleven (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 that out." Hi everyone, looks like Dot might be busy so I thought I'd put up the topic. Al-Anon contains many rea...	Vicky R	8	2268	Jan 6, 2008 by Vicky R
	Step Three - Al-Anon (Preview) Step Three - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. From "How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics" pg. 49 (Copyright 1995 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permision of Al-Anon Family Gro...	dot	7	2048	Jan 4, 2008 by cookie1971
	STEP 10 -AA (Preview) STEP 10 CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL AND WHEN WE WERE WROUNG PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT. Step 10 which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along . We vigorously commence this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of th...	russman	4	8225	Jan 4, 2008 by PatchesPal
	Step Two Al-Anon (Preview) Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. From Paths to Recovery - Al-Anon's 12 Steps, Traditions and Concepts, pg 19. (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Grou...	dot	8	3126	Jan 3, 2008 by cookie1971
	Christmas behind RAZORWIRE (Preview) Hey everyone, We pray that you all had a very Merry Christmas and that your upcoming New year is glorious. Today was filled with travels to each of our parent's homes. Mine then my husband's, and the Sister-in laws. The best part of the entire Christmas Day. Well, it was going to a ricketty Old Chapel si...	Blessed	2	1127	Jan 2, 2008 by Blessed
	USING PROGRAM OR BEING 'DISTRACTED' (Preview) ML here....powerless over my emotions.....I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. This is just about my experience with my Program. Take what you need and leave the rest. I always have a choice. I always have a choice to use Program. I always have a choice of ask for HP's will or follow my own. I can...	ML	5	1262	Jan 1, 2008 by Tahir
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