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Letting Go
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Recovery: Letting Go
To "let go" does not meant to stop caring, it meansi can't do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off, its therealization that i can not control another.
To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To "let go" is to admit p...
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Looking for others like me
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I am 18 years old. I am an only child. My mom drank when I was a little kid, but I didn't know. Then she got help and quit. When I was about 8 years old she got in a relationship with a drinker and started drinking again. She has not stopped. She is still with the guy she got into a relationship with when I was 8. I l...
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New Here
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I'm new here. I'm 18. The A in my life is my mom. I think I want to learn about and maybe go through the 12 steps to help me recover.
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Step Nine - Share
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Step Nine - Made direct amends to such people whereever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
When I did step eight with my sponsor, she encouraged me to put myself at the top pf the list. I put myself first each day - making sure I got my rest - ate rght - got enough excercise - took r...
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Good Morning
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Hi everyone - I'm glad to be back from Florida - even if we do still have snow here in Mich. Spent a week with 5 AA/Al-anon couples - we've been friends for 20 years - was great. Also a week each with a niece and a nephew.
Two days befre I left, my web box died - got my new one hooked up yesterday so am back on bo...
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new gal
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I've been looking around at messages on several pages and I hope I have some idea of what I can do re' postings, if not kindly let me know. I'm new and so desprately need to be here. I have lived with an a for about 19 yrs. and my insanity just keeps on rolling. I found this on the net and thought I'...
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Step Nine (AA)
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I opted to insert an exert from the 2nd edition of AA's Big Book regarding Step 9 and will following this reading with a share of my personal experience working the 9th Step. I will post it within a day or two.
John
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Probably there are still some misgivings. As we lo...
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Newbie - where are we?
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Hi, I'm new to this forum. I had been going to face to face meetings but they are about an hour away from where I am living, so I was glad to find the ACOA forum, and thrilled also to find this!! But Help! I am having a hard time following what is going on! What step are we doing?&nbs...
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Step Eight Al-Anon
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Step Eight - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
From - How Al-Anon Works for Families and Friends of Alcoholics pg. 59 (copyright 1995 by Al-anon Family Group Headquarters Inc., Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group...
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Step 1 - With interpretations
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Further to a brief discussion on the other boards, I will be posting information I have found regarding the steps which has helped me to better understand them here for all that would like to use. On a separate post but at the same time I will post the questions to ask yourself and hopefully encour...
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think i need to start over
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hi guys,
i've been in acoa for nearly 5 months and feel i've hit a wall in my recovery and might need to go back to the start.
is anyone doing steps 1, 2, or 3?
i would appricate some help if theres anyone who could help me with this.
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Step 8 shares
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I have been in recovery for 16 years,,, and did all the Steps the first year, but am finding that in repeating them I find more and more and more,,, and I learn more and more and more. Recovery is, indeed, a lifetime process. I find that the reading I am doing to do my service to this board is benefitti...
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Step 8 - ACA
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from "The 12 Steps for Adult Children"
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all"
"Before entering the 12 Step program, many of us blamed our parents, relatives, and friends for the turmoil in our lives. We even held God responsible. In Step 8, we...
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Step 8 - AA
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from the "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" book
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."
"Steps 8 and 9 are concerned with personal relations. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous atte...
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Brand New...
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I am 36 years old, divorced for over 3 years, mother of 3 beautiful young girls and in a serious relationship for well over a year now with an alcoholic who does not live with us but is a big part of our lives. I've been in denial about his problem and its effect on me for so long and it's time for help.&n...
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samuel c
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Hi this is Samuel and I am an alcoholic. Generally I am a happy-go-lucky sort of guy, but at times I just get so 'full' of people. Let me explain it like this; - I go to the shop and buy 2 litres of ice cream, take it home, open the lid and eat the whole contents of the container. Hence I would be so full of ice crea...
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Hi all
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Just found this board, look forward to sharing with you all. You're a bit ahead of me I'm on my 4th step, but it can't hurt!
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Another New Member
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Hello,
I'm Di and I'm an al-anon participant. My dad, step-dad, sis and several relationships are/were alcoholic. I'm very co-dependent but trying hard to make changes. I was in Al-Anon several years ago and then stopped for quite some time. But I'm back now and lookin...
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New memeber
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I am new to this and do not know where to start.
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Step 7 - ACA
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From the "12 Steps for Adult Children" book:
"Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings"
"By Step 7 we have abandoned the illusion that we can help ourselves. The pain of our former way of life has caught up to us, and we lie wounded with a self-inflicted injury. We are certainly not interested in...
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