Step Work

concernedmom · concernedmom

I am a mother of a 34 year old daughter who just got out of 101 days of re hab last week and has already relapsed. Is this enough of a concern that she should go BACK to re hab? Or is this maybe normal and needs to be sure and get to her meetings? She so far is refusing to go back to rehab, she says she made a mistake a...

Jules · Jules

What is the ettiquite for getting a sponsor? I have been working the steps without one, and there are definitely times that I think it would be nice to have one, and/but I do not know who/how I would get or find one. Jules

Vicky R · Vicky R

Hi Al-Anon, looking at the posts on the front page here we seem to have done Steps 1, 2 and 3 recently so I figured we might be on step 4 now. Quote: 'How can I benefit from doing an inventory? I want to relieve myself of those self-defeating attitudes and behaviors that block me from living life t...

cleanandsoberfemale · cleanandsoberfemale

hello, i am a member of alcoholics anonymous, i am clean and sober, for 22 months. very nice to be on this website. Thankyou.

Sean C. · Sean C.

Hello. I'm new her and as of tomorrow I will be one week away from a year - sober and clean. Because my first AA birthday includes the leap year of 2008, therefore 366 days of sobriety, I was wondering if there was any folklore attributed? Thanks.

sunshine · sunshine

Hello, I,m new here. I am a member of my hometown Al-Anon. When is the step work being done and please where can I find it. I am very interested. Regards, sunshine

Jules · Jules

My life does not suck. I am loved, desired, admired. I am a good person. And, yet, I have been to meetings for my entire life...been drawn to them by those I love. Have found something there, sometimes...as well as rejection. So, I'm left thinking: "What the f*** am I doing here?" I do not bel...

Vicky R · Vicky R

Hi everyone, I didn't see any Al-Anon shares here today, but we're on Step 2 next. What came to mind when reading this passage was some things I read about training dogs. Without expert coaching, sometimes the animal feels 'over-responsible' ! I so relate to that. Now that I have a Higher Power ( which i...

sober091206 · sober091206

I'm new here - obviously. I feel strongly that working the steps is essential in staying sober. I attend a 7am meeting everyday that reads from the Twelve and Twelve 3 days a week, the Big book for two and has one day of open discussion. Without this structure I probably wouldn't have done the reading I...

getoverit · getoverit

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slowlearner · slowlearner

Hello, I'm very new at this but have lived with alcoholics all my life. My life is now a mess. I suffer from depression and health problems that the doctors feel are stress related. I have no ambition to do anything and feel trapped in my life. I need to find the strength to change things and would like...

slowlearner · slowlearner

I am writing this post because my husband (who is an alcoholic) is also very Catholic. I am also a religious person but not where I feel that I have to go to church every week. I have God in my life everyday in my own way. But anyway my H becomes very upset when I do not choose to go to church and also guilts an...

MollyB · MollyB

I'm brand-new here, and am going to do the same thing I do if I show up to a meeting in a new town and nobody's there: turn on the lights and open How Al-Anon Works to Step 1. If someone shows up, they find a meeting. Conveniently, it's Sunday, and if I understand correctly, there's a 2-week rhythm for each st...

MelissaMetalHead · MelissaMetalHead

So I'm 18 and unfortunately have been in manic depression since I was 8 years old. I don't feel like getting into the details, but I know that I AM powerless to the decions I make, and the people I make feel bad. I make others feel bad to make myself feel better, but in turn in only makes me feel worse. I have...

Future · Future

I am very new to AL-NON and decided to start attending because I am involved in a relationship with someone who does not think they have a drinking problem but has had several dwi's. I have found that it is hard to say the right things to this person without them getting mad. I always word things wrong i...

angel66 · angel66

I know that I asked this before in another message but I was under the assumption (I dont know why) that on the step board, there would be 1 step worked on at a time and I am confused b/c people on the boards are all talking about different steps etc. Is there any order to this? Is there a moderator of the steps...

tlcate · tlcate

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Well, this should be a fun discussion. It is another late night - so I am going to start this and post more later on my thoughts around the subject. Peace. tlc

maryellen · maryellen

This is the result of a previous post by me. For some reason, I am not able to post under my old post. In Step 2, I learned that my view of God is distorted. I either see God as Scrooge with a nasty anger management problem or as a Grandpa in a rocking chair who winks at sin. I don't know all the particulars, b...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

Step 2 - ACoA from "The Twelve Steps for Adult Children" "Step One, if worked properly, leaves us feeling empty. We have admitted our own powerlessness and the unmanageability of our lives. So we are left saying, 'If I am powerless and cannot manage my life, who can?' God can! ... This...

tlcate · tlcate

Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Thank you everyone for your discussions around step 1. Here we go with step 2! I just found a sponsor - so I will be visiting step 1 and 2 more over the next bit of time and posting more to both threads. Tonight this is all I...

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	Question (Preview) I am a mother of a 34 year old daughter who just got out of 101 days of re hab last week and has already relapsed. Is this enough of a concern that she should go BACK to re hab? Or is this maybe normal and needs to be sure and get to her meetings? She so far is refusing to go back to rehab, she says she made a mistake a...	concernedmom	12	1641	Jan 29, 2009 by MillieB
	About Sponsors (Preview) What is the ettiquite for getting a sponsor? I have been working the steps without one, and there are definitely times that I think it would be nice to have one, and/but I do not know who/how I would get or find one. Jules	Jules	4	1345	Jan 29, 2009 by MillieB
	Al-Anon Step 4 (Preview) Hi Al-Anon, looking at the posts on the front page here we seem to have done Steps 1, 2 and 3 recently so I figured we might be on step 4 now. Quote: 'How can I benefit from doing an inventory? I want to relieve myself of those self-defeating attitudes and behaviors that block me from living life t...	Vicky R	3	4790	Jan 28, 2009 by Vicky R
	aa (Preview) hello, i am a member of alcoholics anonymous, i am clean and sober, for 22 months. very nice to be on this website. Thankyou.	cleanandsoberfemale	3	1588	Jan 18, 2009 by mrg77
	AA Folklore (Preview) Hello. I'm new her and as of tomorrow I will be one week away from a year - sober and clean. Because my first AA birthday includes the leap year of 2008, therefore 366 days of sobriety, I was wondering if there was any folklore attributed? Thanks.	Sean C.	0	1333	Jan 12, 2009 by Sean C.
	steps (Preview) Hello, I,m new here. I am a member of my hometown Al-Anon. When is the step work being done and please where can I find it. I am very interested. Regards, sunshine	sunshine	0	1121	Jan 1, 2009 by sunshine
	Pre-Step 1 (Preview) My life does not suck. I am loved, desired, admired. I am a good person. And, yet, I have been to meetings for my entire life...been drawn to them by those I love. Have found something there, sometimes...as well as rejection. So, I'm left thinking: "What the f*** am I doing here?" I do not bel...	Jules	4	1478	Dec 30, 2008 by Jules
	Al-Anon Step 2 (Preview) Hi everyone, I didn't see any Al-Anon shares here today, but we're on Step 2 next. What came to mind when reading this passage was some things I read about training dogs. Without expert coaching, sometimes the animal feels 'over-responsible' ! I so relate to that. Now that I have a Higher Power ( which i...	Vicky R	2	3688	Dec 29, 2008 by Vicky R
	Hello (Preview) I'm new here - obviously. I feel strongly that working the steps is essential in staying sober. I attend a 7am meeting everyday that reads from the Twelve and Twelve 3 days a week, the Big book for two and has one day of open discussion. Without this structure I probably wouldn't have done the reading I...	sober091206	0	908	Dec 22, 2008 by sober091206
	Sweet forgiveness is woven into them steps (Preview) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps-vfl...	getoverit	1	1078	Dec 6, 2008 by concernedmom
	On Step One (Preview) Hello, I'm very new at this but have lived with alcoholics all my life. My life is now a mess. I suffer from depression and health problems that the doctors feel are stress related. I have no ambition to do anything and feel trapped in my life. I need to find the strength to change things and would like...	slowlearner	8	1646	Nov 28, 2008 by Jules
	Too much religion for me!!! (Preview) I am writing this post because my husband (who is an alcoholic) is also very Catholic. I am also a religious person but not where I feel that I have to go to church every week. I have God in my life everyday in my own way. But anyway my H becomes very upset when I do not choose to go to church and also guilts an...	slowlearner	1	1265	Nov 22, 2008 by Vicky R
	Al-Anon: Step 1 (Preview) I'm brand-new here, and am going to do the same thing I do if I show up to a meeting in a new town and nobody's there: turn on the lights and open How Al-Anon Works to Step 1. If someone shows up, they find a meeting. Conveniently, it's Sunday, and if I understand correctly, there's a 2-week rhythm for each st...	MollyB	14	22686	Oct 8, 2008 by baileyboop98@sbcglobal.net
	Help needed. An 18 year old girl trying to beat depression. (Preview) So I'm 18 and unfortunately have been in manic depression since I was 8 years old. I don't feel like getting into the details, but I know that I AM powerless to the decions I make, and the people I make feel bad. I make others feel bad to make myself feel better, but in turn in only makes me feel worse. I have...	MelissaMetalHead	6	1941	Oct 6, 2008 by bri4444
	New to this (Preview) I am very new to AL-NON and decided to start attending because I am involved in a relationship with someone who does not think they have a drinking problem but has had several dwi's. I have found that it is hard to say the right things to this person without them getting mad. I always word things wrong i...	Future	3	1215	Oct 4, 2008 by baileyboop98@sbcglobal.net
	Step Work - where are we ? (Preview) I know that I asked this before in another message but I was under the assumption (I dont know why) that on the step board, there would be 1 step worked on at a time and I am confused b/c people on the boards are all talking about different steps etc. Is there any order to this? Is there a moderator of the steps...	angel66	4	1276	Oct 3, 2008 by trueakitalover
	AA - Step 3 (Preview) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Well, this should be a fun discussion. It is another late night - so I am going to start this and post more later on my thoughts around the subject. Peace. tlc	tlcate	1	4492	Sep 29, 2008 by quikenuf
	Finally, what I've learned in step 2 (Preview) This is the result of a previous post by me. For some reason, I am not able to post under my old post. In Step 2, I learned that my view of God is distorted. I either see God as Scrooge with a nasty anger management problem or as a Grandpa in a rocking chair who winks at sin. I don't know all the particulars, b...	maryellen	2	1916	Sep 23, 2008 by russman
	Step 2 - ACoA (Preview) Step 2 - ACoA from "The Twelve Steps for Adult Children" "Step One, if worked properly, leaves us feeling empty. We have admitted our own powerlessness and the unmanageability of our lives. So we are left saying, 'If I am powerless and cannot manage my life, who can?' God can! ... This...	amanda2u2	5	1456	Sep 17, 2008 by hope1
	AA - Step 2 (Preview) Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Thank you everyone for your discussions around step 1. Here we go with step 2! I just found a sponsor - so I will be visiting step 1 and 2 more over the next bit of time and posting more to both threads. Tonight this is all I...	tlcate	1	3081	Sep 12, 2008 by tlcate
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