Step Work

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. Let's parse this brief sentence. Humbly -- We become so relentlessly self-reliant that we get very good at making things happen and we begin to believe we can handle anything. We develop hubris and contort our reasoning or logic to keep from admitting t...

hotrod · hotrod

Step SixWere entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of characterPaths to Recovery ( page 65)We know we have character defects and have some idea of the pain and difficulties they cause. Step six does not rid us of these defects , it only asks us to become ready. Are we ready? With the gui...

Annemarie · Annemarie

Hi there I wanted to go through the 12 steps but don't know we're to start or ask?

hotrod · hotrod

Step fourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselvesPaths to Recovery page 38Steps 1,2 and three taught us about the disease of alcoholism. They stressed our powerlessness over the disease and suggested that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity if we so desire....

Lu · Lu

I was told that there would be a meeting here tonight at 9 pm

hotrod · hotrod

Step eightMade a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.Step eight gives us the opportunity to raise our awareness of our past behaviors. Our application of the previous steps has shown us that we have indeed harmed others by our words and actions. Just as im...

hotrod · hotrod

Step six Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of characterReaching or Personal FreedomBeing entirely ready for God to work in my life was a very scary and I hesitated a long time before taking this step. I like the idea that God would remove my character defects I and I wouldnt have t...

hotrod · hotrod

STEP ONE 1We admitted we were powerless over ALCOHOL and our lives had become unmanageableODAT PAGE 32"TAKING THE FIRST STEP IS NOT THE MATTER OF READING THE WORDS--BUT OF IMPRESSING THEM SO DEEPLY ON OUR CONSCINESS THAT THAT THE ADMITTING WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF OUR THINKING AND FEE...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon Book: Reaching for Personal Freedom Step FiveAdmitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.The idea of admitting our wrongs to God, to ourselves and to someone else has deterred many from completing step five. However, when we take the risk of e...

hotrod · hotrod

Step ThreeMade a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood himPaths to Recovery page 28 the first phase of step three, made a decision shows us that we have choices. We make this distinction when we are ready. Everyone works through the steps at their own pace and in ma...

hopeful777 · hopeful777

Ok just wanna vent! Now that I am here I just fell flat. I have been working the steps, stuck now on 8 and 9. I still struggle with accepting some responsibility for my AH drinking. I was angry this morning when he came home, so drunk passed out, has been awhile since that has happened, and he went out with m...

tracy · tracy

Al anon has various literature to take you through the step. I have done step work in a group and I am now doing it with a sponsor. I never truly did my complete steps till in 5 years wow!!! I grew more that year than all the others together it's amazing u find your hp and yourself xxxxx

veronicag · veronicag

How do I carry the message to my family and friends when they resist the ideas?

hotrod · hotrod

Step 12Having 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. Reaching For Personal FreedomAfter working step one through 11, we have progressed far beyond our first spiritual awakening to the ide...

hotrod · hotrod

Alanon New Book: Reaching for Personal FreedomStep OneWe admitted we were powerless over alcohol that OUR LIVES had become un manageable.For those affected by the disease of alcoholism, step one can be a daunting task. Because our thinking is often distorted we can fall prey to the illusion of c...

hotrod · hotrod

Step FourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselvesStep four helps us to find the truth about ourselves. If we blame others for our own shortcomings, we continue to live as victims. But if we look at our own behavior, perceptions and attitudes with genuine honesty, we realize much of...

hotrod · hotrod

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 it out.:" Paths to recovery page 110 " The relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared t...

terri216 · terri216

Hello all, I have never posted on line. I attended Alanon meetings for several years in the past when my younger son, then a teen was addicted to Xanax, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana.I found the meetings tremendously helpful and a life saver. For the past nearly 3 years I have been involved with a 48 y...

2muchofamuchness · 2muchofamuchness

Dear Al-anon angels, I am a long-time member of this incredible program, but find myself at loose ends tonight. Glad I found y'all. Husband 10 years clean. First couple of years were very tough and I learned a LOT. Seems like a dry drunk relapse is going on and I find myself sucked back into the ins...

Sabin · Sabin

Powerless over the effect of alcoholism and becoming para alcoholic this is a new way to look at what happened to me and get out of the blame game. Trying to be invisible was one of the behaviours I used to keep safe. As an adult this trait as well as otheres has created an unmanageable life. I can see how I tr...

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	Adult Children of Alcoholics Step 7 (Preview) 7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. Let's parse this brief sentence. Humbly -- We become so relentlessly self-reliant that we get very good at making things happen and we begin to believe we can handle anything. We develop hubris and contort our reasoning or logic to keep from admitting t...	JamesCT	3	1430	Nov 10, 2014 by JamesCT
	ALANON STEP 6 (Preview) Step SixWere entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of characterPaths to Recovery ( page 65)We know we have character defects and have some idea of the pain and difficulties they cause. Step six does not rid us of these defects , it only asks us to become ready. Are we ready? With the gui...	hotrod	2	1699	Nov 8, 2014 by hotrod
	12 steps? (Preview) Hi there I wanted to go through the 12 steps but don't know we're to start or ask?	Annemarie	2	1218	Oct 27, 2014 by martin D
	ALANON STEP 4 (Preview) Step fourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselvesPaths to Recovery page 38Steps 1,2 and three taught us about the disease of alcoholism. They stressed our powerlessness over the disease and suggested that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity if we so desire....	hotrod	8	7876	Oct 17, 2014 by hotrod
	Are there 12step meetings here?? Tonight?? (Preview) I was told that there would be a meeting here tonight at 9 pm	Lu	1	1126	Oct 14, 2014 by JamesCT
	ALANON STEP 8 (Preview) Step eightMade a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.Step eight gives us the opportunity to raise our awareness of our past behaviors. Our application of the previous steps has shown us that we have indeed harmed others by our words and actions. Just as im...	hotrod	2	2990	Oct 13, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 6 (Preview) Step six *Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of characterReaching or Personal Freedom***Being entirely ready for God to work in my life was a very scary and I hesitated a long time before taking this step. I like the idea that God would remove my character defects I and I wouldnt have t...	hotrod	11	5679	Oct 5, 2014 by hotrod
	STEP ONE ALANON (Preview) STEP ONE 1We admitted we were powerless over ALCOHOL and our lives had become unmanageableODAT PAGE 32"TAKING THE FIRST STEP IS NOT THE MATTER OF READING THE WORDS--BUT OF IMPRESSING THEM SO DEEPLY ON OUR CONSCINESS THAT THAT THE ADMITTING WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF OUR THINKING AND FEE...	hotrod	25	2695	Oct 4, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 5 (Preview) Alanon Book: Reaching for Personal Freedom Step FiveAdmitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.The idea of admitting our wrongs to God, to ourselves and to someone else has deterred many from completing step five. However, when we take the risk of e...	hotrod	13	3192	Oct 4, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 3 (Preview) Step ThreeMade a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood himPaths to Recovery page 28 the first phase of step three, made a decision shows us that we have choices. We make this distinction when we are ready. Everyone works through the steps at their own pace and in ma...	hotrod	8	5268	Sep 29, 2014 by hotrod
	Ah Well, just emotions after all (Preview) Ok just wanna vent! Now that I am here I just fell flat. I have been working the steps, stuck now on 8 and 9. I still struggle with accepting some responsibility for my AH drinking. I was angry this morning when he came home, so drunk passed out, has been awhile since that has happened, and he went out with m...	hopeful777	2	1182	Sep 26, 2014 by hopeful777
	Steps (Preview) Al anon has various literature to take you through the step. I have done step work in a group and I am now doing it with a sponsor. I never truly did my complete steps till in 5 years wow!!! I grew more that year than all the others together it's amazing u find your hp and yourself xxxxx	tracy	0	1031	Sep 10, 2014 by tracy
	Step 12 question 9 (Preview) How do I carry the message to my family and friends when they resist the ideas?	veronicag	2	940	Aug 31, 2014 by yogalifer
	Alanon Step 12 (Preview) Step 12Having 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. *Reaching For Personal Freedom*After working step one through 11, we have progressed far beyond our first spiritual awakening to the ide...	hotrod	10	5925	Aug 17, 2014 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP ONE ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Alanon New Book: *Reaching for Personal FreedomStep OneWe admitted we were powerless over alcohol that OUR LIVES had become un manageable.*For those affected by the disease of alcoholism, step one can be a daunting task. Because our thinking is often distorted we can fall prey to the illusion of c...	hotrod	53	10207	Aug 3, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 4 (Preview) **Step FourMade a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves**Step four helps us to find the truth about ourselves. If we blame others for our own shortcomings, we continue to live as victims. But if we look at our own behavior, perceptions and attitudes with genuine honesty, we realize much of...	hotrod	14	5822	Jul 31, 2014 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 11 (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 it out.:" Paths to recovery page 110 " The relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared t...	hotrod	8	5718	Jul 26, 2014 by hotrod
	This is the start of healing I hope... (Preview) Hello all, I have never posted on line. I attended Alanon meetings for several years in the past when my younger son, then a teen was addicted to Xanax, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana.I found the meetings tremendously helpful and a life saver. For the past nearly 3 years I have been involved with a 48 y...	terri216	1	1306	Jul 2, 2014 by hotrod
	Oh Lordy, there's a dry drunk in the house and it ain't pretty! (Preview) Dear Al-anon angels, I am a long-time member of this incredible program, but find myself at loose ends tonight. Glad I found y'all. Husband 10 years clean. First couple of years were very tough and I learned a LOT. Seems like a dry drunk relapse is going on and I find myself sucked back into the ins...	2muchofamuchness	1	1448	Jun 26, 2014 by hotrod
	Doing the steps AC big book way step one (Preview) Powerless over the effect of alcoholism and becoming para alcoholic this is a new way to look at what happened to me and get out of the blame game. Trying to be invisible was one of the behaviours I used to keep safe. As an adult this trait as well as otheres has created an unmanageable life. I can see how I tr...	Sabin	1	1081	Jun 25, 2014 by Mr_David
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Learn how the 12 Steps work. Participate in your own recovery as well as the recovery of others, by being active on this board as we go through the 12 Steps of recovery together! We discuss each of the Twelve Steps In the order they are written, one step at a time, every two weeks.