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Al-Anon - Step Six
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Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
From Paths to Recovery - Al-Anons Twelve Steps, Tradtions and Concepts. pg 67. (copyright 1997 by Al-anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headq...
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Step 1 Al-Anon
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"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanagable".
When I admit that I am powerless over alcohol, then I realize that no matter what I do, I can't control it. All I can do is take care of me and the effects of alcohol on me. When I acknowledge that my life is unmanagable t...
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Step 5 - AA
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From the "12 x 12"
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs"
short form
"Twelve Steps deflate ego. Step 5 is difficult but necessary to sobriety and peace of mind. Confession is an ancient discipline. Without fearless admission of defects, few c...
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hey, gammy wanna chat?
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I see we are both here
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I'll be back on Tuesday
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I'll have more time next week to put up the ACA and AA Steps. Thank you to everyone who has kept the Steps going and the shares. Thanks Dot and heather, and socal and shimo and alll of you
hugs and love in recovery,
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Step Five - Al-Anon
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Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
From - Pathways To Recovery - Al-Anons Twelve Steps, Traditions and Concepts. pg 53 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Limited use by written permission of Al-Anon Family...
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Tradition 5, SLAA
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"Each group has but one primary purpose, to carry its message to the sex and love addict who still suffers."
"We knew that in accordance with these Traditions, no one who needed S.L.A.A. could, or should, be denied access to the Fellowship. However we also knew, especially in the beginning,...
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First Step ACA, CoDA, SLAA
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I have been in and out of various 12 step programs since I was 18 (so for twenty years) -- completely out for the last ten years. I started in Al-Anon but also tried AA and NA when I was college, then tried CoDA and ACoA in my mid- to late-20s. Those latter two were the best fit for me, since I think ACA issues un...
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how this board works
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Hello to all those coming here for the first time. We are on Step 5 this week. Shares on Step 5 are welcome. The Steps we have already put up can be shared on, preferably on the threads that are down by that Step,,, so we can keep this organized looking. Thanks.
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Tradition 4
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From the AA "12 Steps and 12 Traditions"
"Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole"
"Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our 12 Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of eg...
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share on Step 4 for New Year
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I think it is very fitting that we are doing Step 4 as we come into the New Year,,, as many people make New Year's resolutions... We can do this with an aim to follow thru on this inventory with our following Steps in this New Year.
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Step 4 - AA
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From the AA "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" book:
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves"
"Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings... So these desires - for the sex relation, for material and emotional security, and for comp...
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share on holidays
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Here we go,,, tomorrow is Christmas Eve,,, Christmas week, then New Year's Eve.
How about some tips on what program things we do to make the best of the holidays in recovery?
I try to remember to "take it easy" and to watch for H.A.L.T - being Hungry, Angry, Lonely and/or Tired... and t...
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Step 1 - ACoA
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from "The 12 Steps for Adult Children"
"The ideas presented in Step 1 are overwhelming to most of us until we begin to see our lives as they really are. It is threatening to imagine that we could be powerless; that our lives could be unmanageable. Our life experiences remind us that our behavio...
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Step One Share
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When I came to the rooms of al-anon I wanted them to tell me how to help the a stay sober - he had gone to AA.
What a shock when they told me his sobriety was not my business - that my business was taking care of me. I didn't want to hear this - I had spent 30 years trying to make the a happy and felt there must be s...
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Tradition 3 - AA
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From the "12 Step and 12 Tradition" book:
"The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking"
"... AA is really saying to every serious drinker, 'You are an AA member if you say so. You can declare yourself in; nobody can keep you out. No matter who you are, no matter how low yo...
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Step Work
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I am new to this board and have only been in Al-Anon a short time. Is there a schedule for the step studies?
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Step 3 - AA
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From the "12 Step and 12 Tradition" book:
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him"
"Practicing Step 3 is like the opening of a door which to all appearance is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door...
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Step 2 - ACoA
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From "The 12 Steps for Adult Children"
"We prepare for Step 2 by acknowledging that we don't know everything about our Higher Power. Many of us have a distorted view of God. Although we are not quick to admit it, we may believe that God is like our abusive or absent parents or significant others...
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Step Two Share
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Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
This was a hard step for me as I wanted no part of religion and I was not comfortable with talking about God. But I had accepted my powerlessness in the First Step and I was willing to try.
First I had to admit t...
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