Step Work

Tahir · Tahir

"We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable" Working Step One with my first Sponsor actually gave me the permission to not use, for the first time in my life ever. It set me free through the realization that I cannot ever gain control over my using for the...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. When I first came to AA and I had to share on the second step, I would boldly declare,"My name is Mike, I'm an alcoholic, and I am not now, nor have I ever been insane." This despite years of performing such sane acts as...

amanda2u2 · amanda2u2

from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children' "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it" "Our recovery is similar to a garden. Our lives once belonged to the weeds, our self-defeating behavior, but God has helped to plant a garden in our lives, pulled the weeds a...

Ms_Tea · Ms_Tea

The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable - How or what brought me to this realization? I can identify with everything I read. I knew I was powerless because nothing I said, did or the fact that I w...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Okay folks, I will admit to another form of powerlessness. I can't walk away from a turkey leg. I'm powerless. Help me. Please... Just kidding.... Happy Thanksgiving!!

janna p · janna p

My sponser asked me to write down everyday things I`m grateful for...And 10 priorities.I`m 57 days clean.:) I`m looking at a blank sheet of paper lol I`m grateful for being clean today,just seems i don`t even know what to write about.I`ve been 57 meetings in a row,all i do is ~tears Fallen~ Don`t even k...

curious · curious

Okay, first I want to thank you for this forum. I look forward to working the steps here often. My question about step 12, however, is a little complicated. How do we know the difference between spreading the word and helping others and interfering and making decisions for others...

Leighahh · Leighahh

Ok so i have been in the program for a while now i have 3 years and 2 months and i had a sponsor but then i got back together with my husband and i isolated myself, i have started going back to meetings but i can seems to find a sponsor that has the time for another sponsee. What am i suppose to do i need to st...

liza · liza

We admitted we were powerless over __drugs_____--that our lives had become unmanageable. (*See Note At bottom) I worked step one almost one year ago, and it took me over a month to complete. In working this step I not only learned that I was powerless over my loved ones addiction to drugs, b...

jenny · jenny

Hi, I am new here, have been a "spectator and minor contributor" at al-anon and more than ever I really want to work the steps. I have written my 1st step out about 3 years ago and then as my 2nd child was born and my A SO relasped I relapsed as well. I have never been able to find a sponsor, had a temp who moved af...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Hi all, Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic. My recovery in AA started when I took the first step. For me, I think this occurred when I attended my first AA meeting. Mind you, I was...

ML · ML

ML here......powerless over my emotions. One of my stumbling blocks is/was my negative self-talk which can directly affect my emotions - or vice versa, any way you slice it it's a mud pie. In the EA published book "It Works if You Work It" is a wonderful section I use called Talking The Talk that I enjoy r...

ML · ML

I have found some of these very helpful, either as an exercise for journalling or talking with a fellow member or my sponsor about.... Copied from the "Step by Step" guide for EA, page 4, 5 onward..... "Before beginning it is important to understand that working this step is not a confession of cha...

sheilasdad · sheilasdad

Hi. I'm Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston, MA. Is this board only for Al-anon or is it for alcoholics too? I'd love to participate but don't want to violate the integrity of the board. I've been sober 10 years and am looking for a good online step site. Thanks, Mike

ML · ML

This is something I wrote some time back about Step One for me in Emotions Anonymous.. ML here....powerless over my emotions.... .just my personal experience.. ...not the 'truth' of Emotions Anonymous... .just my journey..... take what you need and leave the rest..... STEP ONE...

dot · dot

Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 1. How can I let go of others problems instead of trying to solve them? 2. In what situations do I feel excessive responsibility for other people? 3. What brought me into Al-Anon? What did I hope to...

carosie · carosie

I'm new to this board. Not new to Al-anon. I began my alanon work a year and a half ago when my AH was in the hospital for alcohol. I was a wreck. One day at a time sounded good to me. I started the steps with a sponsor. I did step 1 and my brain got the concept but not my heart. This past August after a year of sobr...

Kiana · Kiana

This step says: We admitted we were powerless over_________________--that our lives had become unmanageable. I think this is a tough concept for me. It seems as though there are so many things to fill in that blank. It also seems like I will never fully master this step. ...

yubalover · yubalover

Greetings friends. I'm an alcoholic from northern California and my friends call me CiCi. I'm in my 6th year of sobriety. My sponsor (who helped save my life) was/is from what some call 'old school AA', but what I call AA as it was written in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.&nb...

shaz · shaz

At the moment I am on step 1. I was given some medication from my dr which makes you really ill if you have a small amount of alcohol. If you have a large amount of alcohol it could kill you. No kidding! It seems to be doing the trick for me. I haven't drank a drop for 4 whole days. Shaz

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	NA Step One (Preview) "We admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable" Working Step One with my first Sponsor actually gave me the permission to not use, for the first time in my life ever. It set me free through the realization that I cannot ever gain control over my using for the...	Tahir	4	7657	Nov 29, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 2 - AA (Preview) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. When I first came to AA and I had to share on the second step, I would boldly declare,"My name is Mike, I'm an alcoholic, and I am not now, nor have I ever been insane." This despite years of performing such sane acts as...	sheilasdad	1	1579	Nov 26, 2006 by Quetzal
	Step 10 - ACoA (Preview) from 'The 12 Steps for Adult Children' "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it" "Our recovery is similar to a garden. Our lives once belonged to the weeds, our self-defeating behavior, but God has helped to plant a garden in our lives, pulled the weeds a...	amanda2u2	1	1564	Nov 25, 2006 by freedom
	Step 1 - Nar-Anon (Preview) The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable - How or what brought me to this realization? *I can identify with everything I read. I knew I was powerless because nothing I said, did or the fact that I w...*	Ms_Tea	4	7378	Nov 23, 2006 by Tahir
	Powerlessness (Preview) Okay folks, I will admit to another form of powerlessness. I can't walk away from a turkey leg. I'm powerless. Help me. Please... Just kidding.... Happy Thanksgiving!!	sheilasdad	0	901	Nov 23, 2006 by sheilasdad
	NA (Preview) My sponser asked me to write down everyday things I`m grateful for...And 10 priorities.I`m 57 days clean.:) I`m looking at a blank sheet of paper lol I`m grateful for being clean today,just seems i don`t even know what to write about.I`ve been 57 meetings in a row,all i do is ~tears Fallen~ Don`t even k...	janna p	2	1209	Nov 20, 2006 by Tahir
	Step 12 question (Preview) Okay, first I want to thank you for this forum. I look forward to working the steps here often. My question about step 12, however, is a little complicated. How do we know the difference between spreading the word and helping others and interfering and making decisions for others...	curious	6	1532	Nov 19, 2006 by peggysnowmom
	Need Sponsor (Preview) Ok so i have been in the program for a while now i have 3 years and 2 months and i had a sponsor but then i got back together with my husband and i isolated myself, i have started going back to meetings but i can seems to find a sponsor that has the time for another sponsee. What am i suppose to do i need to st...	Leighahh	8	1401	Nov 19, 2006 by peggysnowmom
	Step one (Preview) We admitted we were powerless over __drugs_____--that our lives had become unmanageable. (*See Note At bottom) I worked step one almost one year ago, and it took me over a month to complete. In working this step I not only learned that I was powerless over my loved ones addiction to drugs, b...	liza	1	1210	Nov 19, 2006 by peggysnowmom
	Please help, my way isn't working (Preview) Hi, I am new here, have been a "spectator and minor contributor" at al-anon and more than ever I really want to work the steps. I have written my 1st step out about 3 years ago and then as my 2nd child was born and my A SO relasped I relapsed as well. I have never been able to find a sponsor, had a temp who moved af...	jenny	7	1230	Nov 19, 2006 by peggysnowmom
	Step One - AA (Preview) Hi all, Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. My name is Mike and I'm an alcoholic. My recovery in AA started when I took the first step. For me, I think this occurred when I attended my first AA meeting. Mind you, I was...	sheilasdad	3	1566	Nov 16, 2006 by sheilasdad
	Talking the Talk (EA affirmations/communication tips) (Preview) ML here......powerless over my emotions. One of my stumbling blocks is/was my negative self-talk which can directly affect my emotions - or vice versa, any way you slice it it's a mud pie. In the EA published book "It Works if You Work It" is a wonderful section I use called Talking The Talk that I enjoy r...	ML	0	1171	Nov 14, 2006 by ML
	Step One Questions EA (Emotions Anonymous) (Preview) I have found some of these very helpful, either as an exercise for journalling or talking with a fellow member or my sponsor about.... Copied from the "Step by Step" guide for EA, page 4, 5 onward..... "Before beginning it is important to understand that working this step is not a confession of cha...	ML	0	1657	Nov 14, 2006 by ML
	This board (Preview) Hi. I'm Mike and I'm an alcoholic in Boston, MA. Is this board only for Al-anon or is it for alcoholics too? I'd love to participate but don't want to violate the integrity of the board. I've been sober 10 years and am looking for a good online step site. Thanks, Mike	sheilasdad	7	1601	Nov 14, 2006 by ML
	STEP ONE from an Emotions Anonymous Member (Preview) This is something I wrote some time back about Step One for me in Emotions Anonymous.. ML here....powerless over my emotions.... .just my personal experience.. ...not the 'truth' of Emotions Anonymous... .just my journey..... take what you need and leave the rest..... STEP ONE...	ML	3	4538	Nov 13, 2006 by ML
	Step One Questions (Preview) Step One - Admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. 1. How can I let go of others problems instead of trying to solve them? 2. In what situations do I feel excessive responsibility for other people? 3. What brought me into Al-Anon? What did I hope to...	dot	5	1975	Nov 13, 2006 by demilas
	Step One Reality (Preview) I'm new to this board. Not new to Al-anon. I began my alanon work a year and a half ago when my AH was in the hospital for alcohol. I was a wreck. One day at a time sounded good to me. I started the steps with a sponsor. I did step 1 and my brain got the concept but not my heart. This past August after a year of sobr...	carosie	3	1440	Nov 13, 2006 by ack
	Working through Step One (Preview) This step says: We admitted we were powerless over_________________--that our lives had become unmanageable. I think this is a tough concept for me. It seems as though there are so many things to fill in that blank. It also seems like I will never fully master this step. ...	Kiana	2	1401	Nov 13, 2006 by chardbay
	AA Step One Experience-what happened, what it was like... (Preview) Greetings friends. I'm an alcoholic from northern California and my friends call me CiCi. I'm in my 6th year of sobriety. My sponsor (who helped save my life) was/is from what some call 'old school AA', but what I call AA as it was written in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.&nb...	yubalover	0	2866	Nov 13, 2006 by yubalover
	I'm sober! Yeah! (Preview) At the moment I am on step 1. I was given some medication from my dr which makes you really ill if you have a small amount of alcohol. If you have a large amount of alcohol it could kill you. No kidding! It seems to be doing the trick for me. I haven't drank a drop for 4 whole days. Shaz	shaz	1	1064	Nov 13, 2006 by yubalover
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