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passinby · passinby

Admit complete defeat, powerless over alcohol, honest with self and God.

angel66 · angel66

Hi, So today is Monday, June 30 and I'm wondering which step we are working on during this 2 wk period. I cant seem to find a consistent conversation on a certain step going on. John, I thought you said that we would be doing and talking about 1 step every 2 wks and I just cant seem to find which step is going...

grmat3 · grmat3

Hi, I'm new to this and am just looking for some relief. Am I an alcoholic? Addict? Codependent? Generally messed up? Hurting? Alone? Too proud to let anyone know how messed up I am on the inside? Feeling like a victim without hope? Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I just don't know what to do. A friend suggested a 12...

Vicky R · Vicky R

Step 8 : "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all" From: Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - pg 50 - (copyright 1981, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headq...

Blessed · Blessed

You know that I was just diagnosed with Cancer yesterday and I have 14 years Sobriety. I am in pain physically but I Love My Lord so much that I know he will get me through this, " One Day at a time". Love to you all and no matter what happens in our lives here on earth GOd Loves us! He is in control, he...

ML · ML

Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. ML here....powerless over my emotions... It's the same 12 Steps in each recovery program, but the focus may be a bit different from Program to Program. With Emotions Anonymous it is our emotions which we are p...

ML · ML

Step Ten "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." Amanda (AA) wrote this wonderful & quoted this information regarding Step 10 that I am paraphrasing here.... "A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to l...

Vicky R · Vicky R

" We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. " Hi to everyone on Miracles in Progress. I don't know if there are any moderators here at the moment, and just to update you I am not one. I will put up the topic when I can and answer some of the Al-Anon s...

ML · ML

I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing a 'tidbit' of what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY g...

airborne8t2nd · airborne8t2nd

My wife has recently return from inpaitient rehab for Alcoholism. I have been walking on eggs shells as to not upset her or stress her because she told me that the first night home she was was stressed and made her want to drink. i have a few question for anyone to help... Should i expect apologies from my w...

ML · ML

Step Three reads: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him" My little prayer from literature I just came across: "To you whom I call my Higher Power, help me to believe You can restore balance to my life. Help me to avoid shading my underst...

Dot · Dot

Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. From: Al-Anon Works - pg. 52 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) All of these Steps, including the Fourth, are m...

Vicky R · Vicky R

Step 7 : Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings From: Paths to Recovery - pg 77 - (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) 'At meetings I heard, "If you think you have humility, you don't re...

ML · ML

Step 7 : "Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings" In step 6 I become acutely aware of my defects and I begin to develop a willingness to 'let them go'.....my 'shortcomings' are my actions caused by my character defects (as my EA book describes it).......I like the humble part of how this s...

ML · ML

I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY group here and...

Dot · Dot

Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. From: Al-Anon Works - pg 56 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Sometimes we have to try to make these chan...

Dot · Dot

From:Al-Anon Works pg 49 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc.) Some of us already have a comfortable relationship with a Power greater than ourselves. But the concept of a God or a Higher Power can b...

Dot · Dot

Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 54 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) The person to conf...

Danny08 · Danny08

Can't quite beleive i've made it. I have a clear memory of when i first came around seeing someone get up for their 6 months and thinking to myself i will never make that. That self doubt stayed with me for quite a while telling me that i was going to use anyway and the last three weeks telling me that i was goi...

Betty · Betty

Hey all Thsi is my first ever "chat" experience. I have been married to an alcoholic for 16 years-for most of them he was an active alcoholic. He just recently returned home from one of the best treatment centers in the country. However, after just 10 days-he relapsed. He is jobless...

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	Step 1 (Preview) Admit complete defeat, powerless over alcohol, honest with self and God.	passinby	8	1800	Jul 7, 2008 by wahmliz
	steps (Preview) Hi, So today is Monday, June 30 and I'm wondering which step we are working on during this 2 wk period. I cant seem to find a consistent conversation on a certain step going on. John, I thought you said that we would be doing and talking about 1 step every 2 wks and I just cant seem to find which step is going...	angel66	1	1164	Jul 6, 2008 by Sincerely
	I'm new and this feels like the end of the road (Preview) Hi, I'm new to this and am just looking for some relief. Am I an alcoholic? Addict? Codependent? Generally messed up? Hurting? Alone? Too proud to let anyone know how messed up I am on the inside? Feeling like a victim without hope? Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I just don't know what to do. A friend suggested a 12...	grmat3	4	1380	Jun 20, 2008 by Vicky R
	Al-Anon Step 8 (Preview) Step 8 : "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all" From: Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - pg 50 - (copyright 1981, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headq...	Vicky R	1	2169	Jun 20, 2008 by Vicky R
	Cancer (Preview) You know that I was just diagnosed with Cancer yesterday and I have 14 years Sobriety. I am in pain physically but I Love My Lord so much that I know he will get me through this, " One Day at a time". Love to you all and no matter what happens in our lives here on earth GOd Loves us! He is in control, he...	Blessed	3	1287	Jun 20, 2008 by sallyo
	EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS - STEP 10 Continued (Preview) Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. ML here....powerless over my emotions... It's the same 12 Steps in each recovery program, but the focus may be a bit different from Program to Program. With Emotions Anonymous it is our emotions which we are p...	ML	0	1390	Jun 12, 2008 by ML
	EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS - Step 10 (Preview) Step Ten "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." Amanda (AA) wrote this wonderful & quoted this information regarding Step 10 that I am paraphrasing here.... "A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to l...	ML	0	1511	Jun 12, 2008 by ML
	Al-Anon Step 1 (Preview) " We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. " Hi to everyone on Miracles in Progress. I don't know if there are any moderators here at the moment, and just to update you I am not one. I will put up the topic when I can and answer some of the Al-Anon s...	Vicky R	10	2082	Jun 11, 2008 by SheilaC
	EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS - STEP 8 AND STEP 9 (Preview) I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing a 'tidbit' of what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY g...	ML	0	4937	May 25, 2008 by ML
	Apologies.... (Preview) My wife has recently return from inpaitient rehab for Alcoholism. I have been walking on eggs shells as to not upset her or stress her because she told me that the first night home she was was stressed and made her want to drink. i have a few question for anyone to help... Should i expect apologies from my w...	airborne8t2nd	2	1539	May 25, 2008 by ML
	STEP 3 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) Step Three reads: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him" My little prayer from literature I just came across: "To you whom I call my Higher Power, help me to believe You can restore balance to my life. Help me to avoid shading my underst...	ML	1	1975	May 16, 2008 by presto
	Step Four Al-Anon (Preview) Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. From: Al-Anon Works - pg. 52 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) All of these Steps, including the Fourth, are m...	Dot	16	3431	May 13, 2008 by dawg
	Al-Anon Step 7 (Preview) Step 7 : Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings From: Paths to Recovery - pg 77 - (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) 'At meetings I heard, "If you think you have humility, you don't re...	Vicky R	1	8832	May 5, 2008 by dawg
	STEP 7 - EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) Step 7 : "Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings" In step 6 I become acutely aware of my defects and I begin to develop a willingness to 'let them go'.....my 'shortcomings' are my actions caused by my character defects (as my EA book describes it).......I like the humble part of how this s...	ML	0	1284	May 2, 2008 by ML
	STEP 6 EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS (Preview) I am a grateful member of Emotions Anonymous. I DO NOT speak for Emotions Anonymous as a whole. I am here sharing what strikes ME as important in EA literature about each step. I am not an authority. I hope my shares encourage those seeking answers to go to the source (for themselves) of ANY group here and...	ML	0	1493	May 2, 2008 by ML
	Step Six Al-Anon (Preview) Step Six - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. From: Al-Anon Works - pg 56 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) Sometimes we have to try to make these chan...	Dot	6	1681	May 1, 2008 by Vicky R
	Step Three Al-Anon (Preview) From:Al-Anon Works pg 49 (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Hdqtrs, Inc.) Some of us already have a comfortable relationship with a Power greater than ourselves. But the concept of a God or a Higher Power can b...	Dot	8	2394	May 1, 2008 by cookie1971
	Step Five Al-Anon (Preview) Step Five - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 54 - (copyright 1995, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) The person to conf...	Dot	8	1649	Apr 29, 2008 by Blessed
	NA- Getting the first year (Preview) Can't quite beleive i've made it. I have a clear memory of when i first came around seeing someone get up for their 6 months and thinking to myself i will never make that. That self doubt stayed with me for quite a while telling me that i was going to use anyway and the last three weeks telling me that i was goi...	Danny08	2	1372	Apr 20, 2008 by PatchesPal
	Need some ideas and to vent a bit (Preview) Hey all Thsi is my first ever "chat" experience. I have been married to an alcoholic for 16 years-for most of them he was an active alcoholic. He just recently returned home from one of the best treatment centers in the country. However, after just 10 days-he relapsed. He is jobless...	Betty	1	1465	Mar 28, 2008 by Blessed
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