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A Dozen Steps

May 15th, 2008

Bacchus Boomeranged On Us

Bacchus? Who the heck is Bacchus?
From page 57 in the 12&12;
“Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn’t quite belong. Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we […]

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May 12th, 2008

Whatever Is Done Is Over

I’ll try to make use of my imagination because this feels like one of “those” statements that I probably heard many dozens of times when I was drinking and either blew it off out of hand or denied the daylights out of it. I had to have my way of perceiving it for some dark, […]

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May 9th, 2008

How To Do A Fifth Step

I am grateful to whoever did the Lijit search for “How To Do A Fifth Step.” It helped me find a resource within a resource I already knew. Now I’ll pass that on…
Dr. Paul O’s Step Study Program
The guide begins with;
“Welcome to The Land of Beginning Again! If you aren’t satisfied with the way your […]

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May 8th, 2008

5th Step Prayer

Very short and sweeeeet… from Silkworth.net;
5th STEP Prayer
God I thank you from the bottom of my heart that I know you better. Help me become aware of anything I have omitted discussing with another person. Help me to do what is necessary to walk a free man at last. AMEN
(p. 75 BB)
Tags: 5th-step, admitted to […]

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May 7th, 2008

The Fifth Step

“Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it?”
Don H. would tell us when he shared that “AA has changed. Used to be that you’d throw your problems out on the table in a meeting then you’d wait to hear the solution. Now, you throw your problems out on the table and then […]

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May 5th, 2008

Bragging Not Allowed!

This is probably for all you lion taming, white knucklers out there…
From the 12&12 of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 55;
“So intense, though, is our fear and reluctance to do this (talk to somebody), that many A.A.’s at first try to bypass Step Five. We search for an easier way - which usually consists of the general […]

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May 5th, 2008

Activity Does Not Equal Action

I first heard it from Fr. Martin…
Many people mistake activity for action. I think Fr. Martin relates it somewhat like this: I have to do a Fifth Step. Admit it to God, to myself and another human being. Well, I’ll go to another meeting and share about it there. And then another meeting, and another, […]

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May 2nd, 2008

Report For Duty - Suit Up And Show Up

No, sorry, not a military reference (btw - offer a soldier thanks today wouldya’?).
Today’s reflection speaks to page 124 in our basic text;
“Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands the dark past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and […]

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