Step Work

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 it helpful. It's also easy for me to take each one as my own, because I think I am flawed or certainly did when I began Step work....

Vicky R · Vicky R

From "Paths to Recovery" pg. 54 (Copyright 1997 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permision of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) " The person to confide in needs to be chosen with care. Experience has shown it is best not to select our spouse , part...

LucyM · LucyM

Step One - We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. ************************* More details that fill in the meaning/context of unmanageable lives are spelled out in our "Problem:"&...

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...

LucyM · LucyM

Step 3 may be the hardest one to understand and to work for adult children: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. I know each part of this was a challenge for me. Part I: "Made a decision..." -- not contemplated, nor ten...

Kiana · Kiana

STEP TWO: CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY. Well this step is a big concept for me. I do believe in God, although over the years and especially right before I began the 12 steps, I had started to doubt God. I had started to feel that He had abandoned me in this c...

Tahir · Tahir

After having picked up the tool of my First Step, having accepted my powerlessness and unmanageability, when I moved on to Step Two with my Sponsor, I had to open my mind to a Power greater than my addiction that could restore me and everything that transpires in my daily recovery to sanity. Here, I ha...

Vicky R · Vicky R

Step 3 : Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him - How do I know who or what my Higher Power is ? - What consequenses have I had by obsessing on problems and other people ? - What can I do when my loved ones make decisions I don't like ? - H...

dot · dot

Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 1. What would it take to allow my concept of a Higher Power to change? 2. What do I hope to gain from accepting the concept of a Power greater than myself? 3. What does sanity mean to me? 4. Have I allo...

ML · ML

ML here....powerless over my emotions.....I didn't get what that meant until I started to look at my emotions as addictions......I didn't know where to start because I didn't have something concrete (so I thought) I needed to 'give up'. Then it dawned on me. I can be/am addicted to depressive th...

Vicky R · Vicky R

hi guys my internet connection was cut off for a few days and now I'm a bit behind with things ! this week the topic is step 3 : " Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him " if you're not sure what to share there is lots of interesting stuff in the C...

ML · ML

"To you whom I call my Higher Power, help me to believe You can restore balance to my life. Help me to avoid shading my understanding of You by molding You to my own ability to perceive." (April 8 Today meditation) ML here..........powerless over my emotions. Living in my head most of the time was a thr...

littledogs · littledogs

Hi, I'm new here, however, I have posted a

t Seekers. I thought this might be a good and helpful sight to h...

ML · ML

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." Since I was and am too fearful of using and I too am ACOA and codependa...

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 lives had bee...

Tahir · Tahir

"We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable" Working Step One with my first Sponsor actually gave me the permission to not use, for the first time in my life ever. It set me free through the realization that I cannot ever gain control over my using for the...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. When I first came to AA and I had to share on the second step, I would boldly declare,"My name is Mike, I'm an alcoholic, and I am not now, nor have I ever been insane." This despite years of performing such sane acts as...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children' "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it" "Our recovery is similar to a garden. Our lives once belonged to the weeds, our self-defeating behavior, but God has helped to plant a garden in our lives, pulled the weeds a...

Ms_Tea · Ms_Tea

The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable - How or what brought me to this realization? I can identify with everything I read. I knew I was powerless because nothing I said, did or the fact that I w...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Okay folks, I will admit to another form of powerlessness. I can't walk away from a turkey leg. I'm powerless. Help me. Please... Just kidding.... Happy Thanksgiving!!

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	STEP FOUR EA Defects & Assets.. (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 it helpful. It's also easy for me to take each one as my own, because I think I am flawed or certainly did when I began Step work....	ML	0	2606	Jan 1, 2007 by ML
	step 5 (Preview) From "Paths to Recovery" pg. 54 (Copyright 1997 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permision of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) " The person to confide in needs to be chosen with care. Experience has shown it is best not to select our spouse , part...	Vicky R	1	1013	Dec 29, 2006 by peggysnowmom
	Step One - ACoA/ACA (Preview) Step One - We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. ************************* More details that fill in the meaning/context of unmanageable lives are spelled out in our "Problem:"&...	LucyM	12	4959	Dec 27, 2006 by riley
	STEP FOUR Emotions Anonymous 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...	ML	1	1246	Dec 26, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 3 - ACoA/ACA (Preview) Step 3 may be the hardest one to understand and to work for adult children: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand God. I know each part of this was a challenge for me. Part I: "Made a decision..." -- not contemplated, nor ten...	LucyM	2	3686	Dec 25, 2006 by SheilaC
	Step Two: ACA/ACOA (Preview) STEP TWO: CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY. Well this step is a big concept for me. I do believe in God, although over the years and especially right before I began the 12 steps, I had started to doubt God. I had started to feel that He had abandoned me in this c...	Kiana	2	1205	Dec 18, 2006 by SheilaC
	NA Step Two (Preview) After having picked up the tool of my First Step, having accepted my powerlessness and unmanageability, when I moved on to Step Two with my Sponsor, I had to open my mind to a Power greater than my addiction that could restore me and everything that transpires in my daily recovery to sanity. Here, I ha...	Tahir	6	2275	Dec 17, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 3 questions (Preview) Step 3 : Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him - How do I know who or what my Higher Power is ? - What consequenses have I had by obsessing on problems and other people ? - What can I do when my loved ones make decisions I don't like ? - H...	Vicky R	0	1124	Dec 14, 2006 by Vicky R
	Step Two Questions (Preview) Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 1. What would it take to allow my concept of a Higher Power to change? 2. What do I hope to gain from accepting the concept of a Power greater than myself? 3. What does sanity mean to me? 4. Have I allo...	dot	6	1771	Dec 14, 2006 by twinkie
	Step 3 awakenings EA (Preview) ML here....powerless over my emotions.....I didn't get what that meant until I started to look at my emotions as addictions......I didn't know where to start because I didn't have something concrete (so I thought) I needed to 'give up'. Then it dawned on me. I can be/am addicted to depressive th...	ML	0	949	Dec 12, 2006 by ML
	Step 3 ... (Preview) hi guys my internet connection was cut off for a few days and now I'm a bit behind with things ! this week the topic is step 3 : " Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him " if you're not sure what to share there is lots of interesting stuff in the C...	Vicky R	2	1058	Dec 12, 2006 by hudsond
	STEP 3 Emotions Anonymous (Preview) "To you whom I call my Higher Power, help me to believe You can restore balance to my life. Help me to avoid shading my understanding of You by molding You to my own ability to perceive." (April 8 Today meditation) ML here..........powerless over my emotions. Living in my head most of the time was a thr...	ML	0	2074	Dec 6, 2006 by ML
	new (Preview) Hi, I'm new here, however, I have posted at Seekers. I thought this might be a good and helpful sight to h...	littledogs	2	1100	Nov 30, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 2 EA continued...... (Preview) 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." Since I was and am too fearful of using and I too am ACOA and codependa...	ML	0	903	Nov 29, 2006 by ML
	Step 2 -EA (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 lives had bee...	ML	0	1480	Nov 29, 2006 by ML
	NA Step One (Preview) "We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable" Working Step One with my first Sponsor actually gave me the permission to not use, for the first time in my life ever. It set me free through the realization that I cannot ever gain control over my using for the...	Tahir	4	7024	Nov 29, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 2 - AA (Preview) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. When I first came to AA and I had to share on the second step, I would boldly declare,"My name is Mike, I'm an alcoholic, and I am not now, nor have I ever been insane." This despite years of performing such sane acts as...	sheilasdad	1	1396	Nov 26, 2006 by Quetzal
	Step 10 - ACoA (Preview) from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children' "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it" "Our recovery is similar to a garden. Our lives once belonged to the weeds, our self-defeating behavior, but God has helped to plant a garden in our lives, pulled the weeds a...	amanda2u2	1	1384	Nov 25, 2006 by freedom
	Step 1 - Nar-Anon (Preview) The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable - How or what brought me to this realization? *I can identify with everything I read. I knew I was powerless because nothing I said, did or the fact that I w...*	Ms_Tea	4	6876	Nov 23, 2006 by Tahir
	Powerlessness (Preview) Okay folks, I will admit to another form of powerlessness. I can't walk away from a turkey leg. I'm powerless. Help me. Please... Just kidding.... Happy Thanksgiving!!	sheilasdad	0	734	Nov 23, 2006 by sheilasdad
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