A Dozen Steps

May 15th, 2008

There’s No Longer A Need To Be An “est.”

According to today’s reflection…
It’s Okay To Be Me
“Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives… they have turned to easier methods… But they had not learned enough humility.”
So, I had to find a level of humility that would lead me out of the place where I believed there […]

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May 10th, 2008

Top Five All-Time Posts

Theses entries have been, and remain, at the top of the statistics for most viewed every month here at A Dozen Steps…
Nonsense Gods of Recovery
“Covers the origins of what I call the “nonsense gods of recovery” that have crept into our fellowship…Alcoholics may be sick but they are not stupid… Demonstrating the absurdity of the […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Significant May Dates in A.A. History

Significant May Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
May 1919 - Bill returns home from service.
(Dec 1934 to) May 1935 - Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is still sober.
March-May 1938 - Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
May 1939 - Lois W […]

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May 1st, 2008

Trippin’ Over Your Tongue?

Simply a short collection of tongue twisters heard at meetings… :)
“If we are panic-stricken about this phase of our development..” (BB, Ch 6)
“Rarely have we seen a person in jail who has thoroughly followed our path” (BB, Ch 5)
“Thoroughly have we seen a person fail who has rarely followed our path” (Big Book, Ch 5)
“What! […]

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April 29th, 2008

For My New Friends Who Visit For The First Few Times

It has been my distinct pleasure and honor to have had new friends from the Savannah area visit A Dozen Steps for the first time. The first thing they tell me is they “read” my Blog and I get a chuckle out of the comment. I am so grateful that you guys even stop by! […]

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April 27th, 2008

Heard The Pop Yet?

For those who might not understand - the pop is a sound heard when someone’s head makes a sudden, strained, and loud emergence from the nether regions of your ****ole! anal cavity!

Heard something else at a meeting today and I loved it. Why? Because it came from the mouth of someone who is a […]

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April 10th, 2008

Fourth Step Prayers

From Silkworth.net;
4th STEP Prayers
WHEN IN DOUBT
“I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Set It To Paper

It had been some time since I last heard someone do this…
A Fourth Step meeting. A newcomer. Not on the Fourth Step yet. “But, I’ve been thinking.”
And this is one of those times when everything after “but” is BS. You simply ought not even attempt to “do” a Fourth Step in your head!
“In dealing with […]

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April 2nd, 2008

No One’s Self-Awareness Is Permanent

Returning to yesterdays’ Daily Reflection… (sarcasm ahead)
Looking Within
Ambivalent feelings: “Simultaneously feeling opposing or contradictory feelings.”
“By discovering what my emotional deformities are, I can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for me.”
Contentment? I’m not sure I know what the word means…
“the neuro-physiological […]

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April 1st, 2008

The Fourth Step

The Fourth Step;
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
“We took stock honestly.” Which no doubt is one of the reasons “they” strongly suggested that, in doing a Fourth Step, we do it with a sponsor!
“First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure.” Which no doubt is another reason […]

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