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Please give serious consideration to the “effect” of the words he uses when writing the Fifth Step. (Pgs. 55-56 12 and 12)
“If we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than […]
Most of us have been in this place - we may just not have recognized it this way. I didn’t, until a wise sponsor was able to point it out.
We all, at one time or another, become frustrated because things aren’t going “our way.” Our literature talks about it at great length so there’s much […]
I often get chided for the things I repeat that the old-timers taught me. Oh well, their blood, sweat and tears helped get me where I am today!
They taught me that sober meant Son Of a Bitch Everything’s Real. Just because I was sober, every day wasn’t going to be a walk in the park […]
This is an attempt to be timely with an offer of “wisdom” to a new friend who has been having difficulty with life. Not my wisdom, but wisdom extracted from a wonderful book “The Road Less Traveled.” And I haven’t extracted it, this is more a case of timing because Anthony R at “These Rooms: […]
One that I feel HP apparently felt I needed to learn :-)
So, I have a small challenge for all of you… what step applies to the following quote?
Found at Lo-Fi Tribe;
“Listening deeply is something we have to learn to do. We can’t do it just like that. When the other person is talking he or […]
This one certainly deserves to be shared! Found at the Step12 forums;
Butt Prints In The Sand
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then a stranger print appeared.
And I asked the Lord, “What have we here?”
The print is large […]
From pg. 55 in the 12 and 12;
“All of A.A.’s Twelve Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires… they all deflate our egos. When it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five. But scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than […]
Hey, our friend JJ is having some difficulties and isn’t happy. I understand and I’d say that the majority of us also understand! JJ is two years sober. I’m years past that number yet I’m not always happy either and I’m living a miracle!
So, the point. No one has said this to JJ yet and […]
To Ourselves, And To Another Human Being, The Exact Nature Of Our Wrongs.
From pg. 72-73 in The BB;
“Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it?”
“We have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory.”
“If we skip this vital step, we may never overcome drinking.”
Tags: 5th-step, alcoholics-anonymous, Recovery, sobriety
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Bill W. had some comments relating to our Fifth Tradition in 1955. This particular one reminds me that pride ought to be something for which I maintain constant vigilance!
Fifth Tradition: Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
To which Bill commented in 1955 (among other […]
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery.
A Dozen Steps
A Hearty Life
Alzheimer's Notes
Autism Vox
Breaking the Mirror
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Diabetes Notes
Eating Fabulous
Genetics & Health
Grounded Fitness
Health and Men
Healthbolt
Help My Hurt
Kids Health Notes
Lively Women
Mental Health Notes
Pink Ribbon Review
Veggie Chic
Weighting Line
Womb Within
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