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What is the Big Book and where I can get it
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Can someone tell me what is the Big Book and were can I get it. Any other suggiestions: reding materials for beginner. Please suggest things which I can buy over the net as I am unable to drive or walk at the moment .
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Having surgery
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Hi all - I'll be out of commission for awhile - having a third surgery on my neck. If all goes well I hope to be back in a month.
I've asked Vick R to step in for me and I know she will welcome your help.
Thank you all for supporting this board. It's taken us some time to get it going but I'm excited about t...
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Step Two - Narcotics Anonymous
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"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" Working this step and applying it to my life has created an inexplainable sense of peace and calm within me. It allows me to believe in a power that i can hand it all over to. Through admitting this power exists...
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Step Two - Al-Anon
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Step Twp - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 18 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we consider Step Two, it is...
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step III n II n I - reverse - and in one spot - lol
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Hi, Welcome to my third step - I've been sticking steps into other's share/s however, its long story short - I am powerless over the a, no matter what activity the a is in the throes of, abuse, alcohol, drugs, etc., makes for an a in my book. And I am powerless over that situation. Now it seems to make less co...
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I need a sponsor
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I need an online Alanon sponsor to help me work the steps. I have been in Alanon for 2yrs and need help working the steps. Any volunteers?
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Powerless over Alcohol
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If we were really powerless over alcohol, we could have never escaped from our alcoholism. This proves that we do have power to change our lives. Also, maybe it was, actually, US who allowed ourselves to exhibit alcoholism. Alcoholism is nothing in reality, because alcoholism cannot be diagnos...
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Gurl25, Step 1 (Al-anon)
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I am powerless over my sister's and my husband's addictions, I am powerless over alcohol and drugs being in my loved ones lives -- my life has become so unmanageable. 1. Do I recognize that the alcoholic is an individual with habits, characteristics and ways of reacting to daily happenings that are d...
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Hangovers and Blackouts.
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Recovery, for me, has been very mental at first. My recovery has been one with relapses. But I don't know what the relapses mean. Certainly, my behavior has become very childish and criminal when was last in the blackouts. I mean, it was the hangover and the blackout which, ultimately, persu...
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12 Step Questions to consider
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12 Step Questions1. Have I experieced a Spiritual awakening?2. In what ways do I downplay my spiritual growth?3. What can help me aciknowledge it?4. How am I living the message of the program?Love to you all - DotJohn is still posting for me - thank you John
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Help with step 2
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I just celebrated 4 months clean and sober, but I don't think I am doing the work on the steps the way I should be. My sponser relapsed after 12 1/2 years of sobriety. I was never a very religious person and I am finding it very hard to give myself to a higher power. Has anyone ever felt like this?? Pleas...
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Step 11 - AA
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from 'sober transitions' Step Eleven "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." Prayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious...
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to ack and anyone else...healing and curing
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the thread for step 11 is down the list now because it's taken me a while to get back to reply ... so starting this new thread. I had said that I'm grateful that the god of my understanding will lead me to the circumstances where I may be (not cured necessarily but) healed over time -- or actually healed in an...
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Gurl25, Step 2 (Al-anon)
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I have come to believe that a Power greater than myself, greater than my sister's and my husband's addictions, greater than anything I am capable of, can restore me and my loved ones to sanity - but I think it's got to start with me (especially in my husband's case). 1. Have past experiences affected m...
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Step 2 - NarAnon
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"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity" I know my life had become insane and unstable, all my actions were not of a sane person...going to the places where I might find my addict or reacting to his "uncaring attitude" toward reality were n...
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friends
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If there is anyone from okc if you are allowed to say where your from that would be cooooool MUST BE FEMALE AS I AM FEMALE thanks Ellen from okc invisible:and if anyone else wants to talk I need friends in the program, by the way I am alanon. Do people ever IM
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STEP 2 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS
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"Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Some excerpts from 'Step by Step, A guide for working the steps of Emotions Anonymous' I am paraphrasing and shortening this information. Please check the actual literature for complete accuracy a...
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Step 12 - Alanon
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Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. I don't know about this one, I am too new.
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Step 12 - ACOA
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Service in ACOA is extremely easy - just share your stuff. I learned to trust by hearing other people share their success and their troubles. We may often feel like we are stumbling our way through recovery but it works by sharing and listening. There is no miracle cure for what ails us. We help others by...
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Step Twelve -Al-Anon
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Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principals in all our affairs.From: Al-Anon Works pg 63 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permissio...
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