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Step Seven Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. C2C reading page 249 "When I take the Seventh Step, I pray that whatever interferes with my Higher Power's will for me will be removed. I don't have to have all the answers. I just need to be willing." My share. I have worked many Seventh Step in my l...

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Step nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others" C2C page 163 states "I need not make direct amends to those I've injured,if in doing so, I might cause further injury. If we feel direct amends are inappropriate, we can trust that HP w...

JosefLauence · JosefLauence

Just recently, I received my 11 year chip and by the Grace of G-d, I have a loving family, successful business and transformed my life out of pain & chaos to beyond my wildest dreams. With that being said, it has come to my attention that over the years, since I got hooked on pain pills twice, after ago...

hotrod · hotrod

Step eight,Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 299 " making amends is not just saying I'm sorry it means responding differently from our new understanding." My shareI did have to be very careful of working this step for the first time because I...

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Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable C2C page 32. Al-Anon helped me to learn that I am powerless, I cannot stop the alcoholic from drinking. If I choose to stop contributing to the problem, I do so because it seems to be the right thing to do somethi...

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Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 4Made a Searching and Fear...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...

pushmepullme · pushmepullme

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol ( addiction, drugs, people, places, things) and that our lives (minds) have become unmanageable.I have tried to work on the steps for over at least 6 months. I have been going to F2F meetings for 3 years. I feel like it is too painful to think about this stuf...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 7Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings--- From Alanon : Reaching for Personal FreedomWhen we humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings, we admit that our power is limited. Although we may achieve some changes on our own, we come to realize that genuine transformation is only possible t...

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Step Three Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Reading in the C2C page 350 There are no guarantees that life will turn out the way would like. But the program has shown me God's will is the only way, it is up to me to work with him and turned my life an...

REALITYJM · REALITYJM

This is my first post and admittedly I'm not even sure I should be posting here, or if this is the right board. Don't get me wrong, I'm positive I belong in Al-Anon (I've attended meetings in the past),I'm just not sure if this forum is the right place. So forgive me If I've hijacked your board. My husband i...

hotrod · hotrod

Step two Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity Step 2 Reading. C2C reading page 307 . First we come to meetings, then we come to and then we come to believe. The journey towards a Higher Power has been gradual for most of us and we have been unaware of the pr...

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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.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in step 12. We acknowledge the results of our efforts, a spir...

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Step 11Sought 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.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...

hotrod · hotrod

Step2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity C2C page 307 the journey towards a Higher Power has been so gradual for me that I have been unaware of much of it. There has been no burst of light,no burning bush- just a gradual clearing of the thoughts that I lived in...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 10Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it C2C reading page 164," on this new day, let me quickly reflect and search out any negative feelings that are left over from yesterday. Old resentments will interfere with my serenity today. Perhaps it's tim...

Starkravingsober · Starkravingsober

Greetings! I am new to this forum, and have joined because I'd like more perspective. Every time I do a third step, my sponsor gives me this assignment. "Ask as many people as it takes to accumulate 300 years how they know they're doing God's will." As an alcoholic who had answered this question, it's a n...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others C2C reading page 196, I can't make past wrongs disappear. But I can take actions that will help me to let them go. When I make amends, I do what I can to correct the situation. Then I can put the p...

hotrod · hotrod

Step Eight: made a list of ll persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. C2C page 101 ; " with this step we sort out our part taking responsibility for our actions but also releasing ourselves from the burden of falsely held responsibilities My Share. It is very imp...

hotrod · hotrod

Step 7 Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings Courage to change, page 295 "after years of asking only for a particular solution to a problem, such as, please make the alcoholic stop drinking. I need to learn a better way to ask for help. Today I will meditate for a few minute on what I need, and the...

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	Al-Anon Step Seven (5-31-2017) (Preview) Step Seven Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings. C2C reading page 249 "When I take the Seventh Step, I pray that whatever interferes with my Higher Power's will for me will be removed. I don't have to have all the answers. I just need to be willing." My share. I have worked many Seventh Step in my l...	hotrod	6	4940	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 9 ( 6-26-2017) (Preview) Step nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others" C2C page 163 states "I need not make direct amends to those I've injured,if in doing so, I might cause further injury. If we feel direct amends are inappropriate, we can trust that HP w...	hotrod	4	5269	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Confused in Vegas (Preview) Just recently, I received my 11 year chip and by the Grace of G-d, I have a loving family, successful business and transformed my life out of pain & chaos to beyond my wildest dreams. With that being said, it has come to my attention that over the years, since I got hooked on pain pills twice, after ago...	JosefLauence	1	4450	Jul 5, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 8 alanon (6-13-2017) (Preview) *Step eight,Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all C2C page 299* " making amends is not just saying I'm sorry it means responding differently from our new understanding." My shareI did have to be very careful of working this step for the first time because I...	hotrod	4	3251	Jun 24, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 1 (1-2016) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Step 1We Admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable *C2C page 32. Al-Anon helped me to learn that I am powerles*s, I cannot stop the alcoholic from drinking. If I choose to stop contributing to the problem, I do so because it seems to be the right thing to do somethi...	hotrod	59	4919	Jun 20, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 4 (Preview) Alanon 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 1 IN ALANON WE BELIEVE LIFE IS FOR GROWTH -PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL Step 4Made a Searching and Fear...	hotrod	6	5306	Jun 12, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 6 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (2017-05-11) (Preview) 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. We don't just have habits. We fall in love with them or define ourselves by them. If I have to stop pleasing people, stop putting others first, stop going along to get along, then I won't be myself. So even though we find through w...	JamesCT	0	5243	May 11, 2017 by JamesCT
	Step 1 (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over alcohol ( addiction, drugs, people, places, things) and that our lives (minds) have become unmanageable.I have tried to work on the steps for over at least 6 months. I have been going to F2F meetings for 3 years. I feel like it is too painful to think about this stuf...	pushmepullme	8	4596	May 10, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 7 (Preview) Step 7Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings--- From Alanon : Reaching for Personal FreedomWhen we humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings, we admit that our power is limited. Although we may achieve some changes on our own, we come to realize that genuine transformation is only possible t...	hotrod	9	8921	Apr 13, 2017 by hotrod
	Step 3 alanon (4-2-2017) (Preview) *Step Three* Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. *Reading in the C2C page 350* There are no guarantees that life will turn out the way would like. But the program has shown me God's will is the only way, it is up to me to work with him and turned my life an...	hotrod	4	4370	Apr 9, 2017 by hotrod
	I have young children. (Preview) This is my first post and admittedly I'm not even sure I should be posting here, or if this is the right board. Don't get me wrong, I'm positive I belong in Al-Anon (I've attended meetings in the past),I'm just not sure if this forum is the right place. So forgive me If I've hijacked your board. My husband i...	REALITYJM	1	4380	Apr 6, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 2 (3-12-2017) (Preview) Step two Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity *Step 2 Reading*. C2C reading page 307 . First we come to meetings, then we come to and then we come to believe. The journey towards a Higher Power has been gradual for most of us and we have been unaware of the pr...	hotrod	6	6001	Mar 22, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 12 (2-1-2017) (Preview) *Step 12*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.Paths to Recovery. It can be said that the entire Al-Anon program is summed up in step 12. We acknowledge the results of our efforts, a spir...	hotrod	8	4960	Mar 8, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 11 (Jan 1-17-2017) (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 that out.Paths to recovery.This relationship we have with the God of our understanding, compared to when we first walked t...	hotrod	5	4426	Feb 5, 2017 by hotrod
	ALANON STEP 2 (Sept 18,2016) (Preview) *Step*2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity C2C page 307 the journey towards a Higher Power has been so gradual for me that I have been unaware of much of it. There has been no burst of light,no burning bush- just a gradual clearing of the thoughts that I lived in...	hotrod	30	8124	Feb 1, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 10 (1-5-2017) (Preview) *Step 10Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it* C2C reading page 164,"** on this new day, let me quickly reflect and search out any negative feelings that are left over from yesterday. Old resentments will interfere with my serenity today. Perhaps it's tim...	hotrod	3	5179	Jan 24, 2017 by hotrod
	How do you know when you're doing God's Will? (Preview) Greetings! I am new to this forum, and have joined because I'd like more perspective. Every time I do a third step, my sponsor gives me this assignment. "Ask as many people as it takes to accumulate 300 years how they know they're doing God's will." As an alcoholic who had answered this question, it's a n...	Starkravingsober	4	4599	Jan 16, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 9( 12-26-2016) (Preview) Step Nine:" Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others C2C reading page 196, I can't make past wrongs disappear. But I can take actions that will help me to let them go. When I make amends, I do what I can to correct the situation. Then I can put the p...	hotrod	3	2325	Jan 16, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 8 (12-11-2016) (Preview) Step Eight: made a list of ll persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. C2C page 101 ; " with this step we sort out our part taking responsibility for our actions but also releasing ourselves from the burden of falsely held responsibilities My Share. It is very imp...	hotrod	4	2594	Jan 9, 2017 by hotrod
	Alanon Step 7 (11-28-2016) (Preview) Step 7 Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings Courage to change, page 295 "after years of asking only for a particular solution to a problem, such as, please make the alcoholic stop drinking. I need to learn a better way to ask for help. Today I will meditate for a few minute on what I need, and the...	hotrod	9	5447	Dec 27, 2016 by hotrod
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