Step Work

JamesCT · JamesCT

1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Welcome to the start of a wonderful journey. One of my favorite lines from a movie was spoken by Barbara Billingsley in the movie Airplane, when she said "Chump d...

JamesCT · JamesCT

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. The purpose of this step is to attune you to your great...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP 10CONTINUE TO TAKE PERSONEL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE Were WRONG PROMPTLY ADMITTED ITODAT PAGE 213 A DAILY REVIEW OF MY PROGRESS IS AN ENCOURAGING EXERCISE FOR IT SHOWS ME THAT I AM GRADUALLY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH POISE AND SERENITYMy Share This is my favorite Step and although I was told that the...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...

JamesCT · JamesCT

10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.In·san·it·y 1. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result -- Old joke In computer programming, while in a logic loop, a way to exit the loop is through a break statement, where there i...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...

Lyne · Lyne

I have been in and out of recovery for many years. I never had a sponsor. When I read that someone on the stepboard was working with a sponsor online I realized I needed help to work the steps. I am powerless to help myself. I really get it. A wonderful person is helping me and I just welcome the help. I...

Kyle76 · Kyle76

I would really like to begin step work. Can anyone give me some guidance about how to go about that? Thanks!

luvinlife · luvinlife

I want to ask people what they think should be done about some stolen merchandise from places this person worked at 20 years go. Some of the places of employment are no longer in business and some still are. It was recommended that the items be returned. Obviously used....what about the items from comp...

JamesCT · JamesCT

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. the Hippocratic Oath You have taken an honest look at how your behavior has a...

johnnyb · johnnyb

I recently used step 8 to prompty admit my wrongoings to my girlfriend and her son. As a result I was tossed from house and living in a motel. Should I have lied?

hotrod · hotrod

Made a list of All Persons I had harmed and became willing to Make Amends to Them AllODAT PAGE 173WHO HAVE I INJURED? SURELY THOSE CLOSEST TO ME. I KNOW THAT MY HOSTILE REACTION TO THE ALCOHOLIC HAS BEEN HARMFUL. HAVE I DAMAGED MY CHILDREN? HAVE I COMMUNICATED MY ANGER AND RESENTMENT TO THEM? HAVE I...

JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. When I worked this step from the perspective of how my ACoA behavior affected the people around me, I realized that I owed amends to someone I didn't realize I had hurt. She didn't even realize she was damaged. But i...

johnnyb · johnnyb

I am a survivor of exual abuse at the hands of my parents. I took my dads rape of me as love. I have explored my sexuality via on-line phone hookups with men. I am male. I have discovered rape was not love and the thought of being gay is disgusting to me. my girlfriend found ot what I was doing an...

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. The Beatles: Help! You know, I need someone! Help! - John Lennon and Paul McCartney First, as always, read "God" as "Higher Power" if you have issues with religion. Next, while we have to do as much as we can to free ourselves from ou...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 7 HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSC2C PAGE 31I want to be ready for my shortcoming s to be removed, I will do what I can to prepare. I will develop a non judgmental awareness of myself, accept what I discover and be fully ready to change. I lack the power to heal myself Only my Higher Pow...

Tiggs2 · Tiggs2

I am working the ACoA Steps and it is slowly changing my life. Now that I am mid-way through Step 3, I realize that this is not a process that i can successfully comply without a sponsor. Unfortunately, I live in a relatively remote location. Although we do have a small weekly ACoA meeting here, I am fi...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Self-honesty is the best policy. While you're not trying to beat yourself up (as you are probably already well versed at that) you are trying to accept yourself and the includes accepting the exact nature of y...

ianmac · ianmac

I am a member and preparing a thesis for the CG Jung Institute on Carl Jung and AA. The title of the thesis is "The twelve steps as a journey of Jungian Individuation". Reading the archives in GSO in New York I came across multiple correspondence from members to Bill telling him of their s...

hotrod · hotrod

ADMITTED TO GOD TO MYSELF AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF MY WRONGSODAT 171To overcome my faults I must first know what they are, then I must admit to them and then finally with patient self correction diminish them even if I cannot set myself entirely free. My ShareAdmitted is a big wo...

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	Step 1 for ACoA (Preview) 1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. Welcome to the start of a wonderful journey. One of my favorite lines from a movie was spoken by Barbara Billingsley in the movie Airplane, when she said "Chump d...	JamesCT	15	1888	Feb 8, 2014 by alittlecloser
	Step 11 for ACoA (Preview) 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out. As always, replace God with Higher Power if the word bothers you. The purpose of this step is to attune you to your great...	JamesCT	2	961	Feb 6, 2014 by HoosierCat
	ALANON STEP 10 (Preview) STEP 10CONTINUE TO TAKE PERSONEL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE Were WRONG PROMPTLY ADMITTED ITODAT PAGE 213 A DAILY REVIEW OF MY PROGRESS IS AN ENCOURAGING EXERCISE FOR IT SHOWS ME THAT I AM GRADUALLY LEARNING TO LIVE WITH POISE AND SERENITYMy Share This is my favorite Step and although I was told that the...	hotrod	4	1138	Jan 30, 2014 by hotrod
	Step 6 for ACoA (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...	JamesCT	2	1120	Jan 26, 2014 by Sabin
	Step 10 for ACoA (Preview) 10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.In·san·it·y 1. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result -- Old joke In computer programming, while in a logic loop, a way to exit the loop is through a break statement, where there i...	JamesCT	2	1025	Jan 26, 2014 by Sabin
	Step 4 for ACoA (Preview) 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Please do this step. I have seen people procrastinate on this step, make excuses, skip, or even quit working the steps over it. I took a long time to do this step myself because I was afraid I'd start beating myself up and would never stop. H...	JamesCT	4	2316	Jan 24, 2014 by JamesCT
	step 1 (Preview) I have been in and out of recovery for many years. I never had a sponsor. When I read that someone on the stepboard was working with a sponsor online I realized I needed help to work the steps. I am powerless to help myself. I really get it. A wonderful person is helping me and I just welcome the help. I...	Lyne	4	1046	Jan 14, 2014 by alsdaddrank
	Step Work (Preview) I would really like to begin step work. Can anyone give me some guidance about how to go about that? Thanks!	Kyle76	4	1219	Jan 12, 2014 by hoping4us
	Step 9. Making amends stolen merchandise (Preview) I want to ask people what they think should be done about some stolen merchandise from places this person worked at 20 years go. Some of the places of employment are no longer in business and some still are. It was recommended that the items be returned. Obviously used....what about the items from comp...	luvinlife	1	907	Jan 12, 2014 by hoping4us
	Step 9 for ACoA (Preview) 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. the Hippocratic Oath You have taken an honest look at how your behavior has a...	JamesCT	1	945	Jan 7, 2014 by DavidG
	step 8 (Preview) I recently used step 8 to prompty admit my wrongoings to my girlfriend and her son. As a result I was tossed from house and living in a motel. Should I have lied?	johnnyb	4	987	Dec 25, 2013 by pp
	Alanon Step 8 (Preview) Made a list of All Persons I had harmed and became willing to Make Amends to Them AllODAT PAGE 173WHO HAVE I INJURED? SURELY THOSE CLOSEST TO ME. I KNOW THAT MY HOSTILE REACTION TO THE ALCOHOLIC HAS BEEN HARMFUL. HAVE I DAMAGED MY CHILDREN? HAVE I COMMUNICATED MY ANGER AND RESENTMENT TO THEM? HAVE I...	hotrod	6	2018	Dec 24, 2013 by hotrod
	Step 8 for ACoA (Preview) 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. When I worked this step from the perspective of how my ACoA behavior affected the people around me, I realized that I owed amends to someone I didn't realize I had hurt. She didn't even realize she was damaged. But i...	JamesCT	0	923	Dec 24, 2013 by JamesCT
	sex abuse survivors thinking they may be gay (Preview) I am a survivor of exual abuse at the hands of my parents. I took my dads rape of me as love. I have explored my sexuality via on-line phone hookups with men. I am male. I have discovered rape was not love and the thought of being gay is disgusting to me. my girlfriend found ot what I was doing an...	johnnyb	4	985	Dec 22, 2013 by johnnyb
	Step 7 for ACoA (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. The Beatles: Help! You know, I need someone! Help! - John Lennon and Paul McCartney First, as always, read "God" as "Higher Power" if you have issues with religion. Next, while we have to do as much as we can to free ourselves from ou...	JamesCT	1	984	Dec 17, 2013 by DavidG
	Step 7 Alanon (Preview) Step 7 HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGSC2C PAGE 31I want to be ready for my shortcoming s to be removed, I will do what I can to prepare. I will develop a non judgmental awareness of myself, accept what I discover and be fully ready to change. I lack the power to heal myself Only my Higher Pow...	hotrod	2	2047	Dec 13, 2013 by hotrod
	Working the ACoA Steps and in need of a Sponsor (Preview) I am working the ACoA Steps and it is slowly changing my life. Now that I am mid-way through Step 3, I realize that this is not a process that i can successfully comply without a sponsor. Unfortunately, I live in a relatively remote location. Although we do have a small weekly ACoA meeting here, I am fi...	Tiggs2	1	1086	Nov 28, 2013 by DavidG
	Step 5 for ACoA (Preview) 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Self-honesty is the best policy. While you're not trying to beat yourself up (as you are probably already well versed at that) you are trying to accept yourself and the includes accepting the exact nature of y...	JamesCT	0	868	Nov 19, 2013 by JamesCT
	Have you had a William James type spiritual experience (Preview) I am a member and preparing a thesis for the CG Jung Institute on Carl Jung and AA. The title of the thesis is "The twelve steps as a journey of Jungian Individuation". Reading the archives in GSO in New York I came across multiple correspondence from members to Bill telling him of their s...	ianmac	0	1020	Nov 18, 2013 by ianmac
	ALANON 5TH STEP (Preview) ADMITTED TO GOD TO MYSELF AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF MY WRONGSODAT 171To overcome my faults I must first know what they are, then I must admit to them and then finally with patient self correction diminish them even if I cannot set myself entirely free. My ShareAdmitted is a big wo...	hotrod	2	1406	Nov 15, 2013 by hotrod
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