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The Ninth Step Promises
There are really Twenty :)
There are actually about 238 total in the Big Book
1. We are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. (77:2)
2. If our manner is calm, […]
From AA’s Twelve & Twelve, page 86;
“There can be only one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of the damage we have done. That will arise in the occasional situation where to make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends. Or - quite as […]
Doesn’t [always] mean I am guilty…
Listening to newcomers at today’s Noon meeting I heard it again. What I sounded like with the same amount of “sober” time. Especially when I attempted to speak about what my father “did” to me to make me drink. That is until an oldtimer asked me if my father poured […]
From today’s Daily Reflection;
“Made direct amends to such people wherever possible”
This reflection speaks of not being able to make amends to those folks who were casual acquaintances. People who passed through our lives briefly or barely. Like those neighbors I used to live near who no doubt heard my late night yelling…
“The only amends I […]
“Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”
First Things First - changing wherever to whenever gives a different meaning…
The Very Spirit;
“The readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is […]
It might be inevitable…
Those who don’t grow will inevitably go - back to drinking (drugging, overeating, etc.). Pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.
Let’s take a shot (and I mean shoot at it lol) at complacency. From today’s Daily Reflection;
“Sobriety fills the painful ‘hole in my soul’ that my alcoholism created. Often I feel so physically well that […]
That’s right - “Steps Eight and Nine are concerned with personal relationships.”
Thought - if you’re new and having troubles with your personal relationships and thinking of drinking, don’t keep it to yourself and think perhaps you can solve it on your own! Meetings, sponsor, oldtimers.
Make note - From the 12&12, page 77;
“First, we take a […]
Once upon a time when I was a car salesman I lost jobs because I was told I was too honest. Then, and now, I still see polls that show that one of the Top Ten Most Dishonest jobs is a car salesman. So, I’m grateful.
Naturally, I consider that, in “those days,” I was drinking […]
As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]
An honest-to-God, real live drunk showed up at our meeting last night followed closely by the men in blue…
He’s been here before. A few years ago. He was disruptive then and he was disruptive last night - but not too bad, thankfully. Our meeting went along with just a couple of bumps, then the […]
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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