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    Step 6

    By Phillip | October 9, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Once again, willingness is the key to the successful completion of step 6. The step states that we were “entirely ready for God to remove all these defects of character.”  These defects of character are what we determined in steps 4 and five that were objectionable to us.  These are things that caused harm to

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    Step 2

    By Phillip | October 6, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Step 2 reads as follows: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” The implication here is that we come to believe.  We don’t have to know, figure things out, go anywhere or do anything in particular.  We just have to mentally agree that there is something outside of

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    Step 1

    By Phillip | October 1, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Moderation is not a word which is found in a practicing alcoholic’s vocabulary.  Usually, the mantra that is found is “more is better.”  For the alcoholic in their disease will take anything that may promise a better high.  Someone may offer the alcoholic a pill of some sort.  The typical reaction is to swallow the

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    Willing to Go to Any Lengths

    By Phillip | September 30, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    According to the Big Book of Alcoholics we have agreed to be willing to go to any lengths in order to gain and maintain sobriety.  Our first act is to take step 1 which states that “we admitted that we are powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.”  And we have to put

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    Commitment

    By Phillip | September 24, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Commitment seems to be something that most alcoholics shy away from.  We believe that the grass is always greener on the other side.  We use phrases like “I guess,” I’ll have to see,” and “call me later’ among others.  We feel like wild spirits free to roam the world as we please.  We feel stifled

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    Tools of the Program

    By Phillip | September 15, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    We hear a lot of talk around the program regarding the “tools.”  Just what are these tools and how do we use them?  Probably the first tool is to stop drinking or using and stay stopped.  Just how do we do this?  One way is to go to rehab for a period of time.  Most

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    Being of Service

    By Phillip | September 11, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    Being of service to others and the program is crucial to a program of recovery.  Services helps to diminish our selfishness and self-centeredness.  It also helps us gain in humility.  When we come into the program the only person, we are of service to is ourselves.  This helps to keep the cycle of drinking and

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    Your True Self

    By Phillip | September 9, 2022 | | 0 Comments

    To Thine Own Self Be True. This is a phrase we find on AA medallions and other related AA paraphernalia.  Just exactly what does this phrase mean?  What is this “self” they are referring to?  It appears that most AA members find their true self through the working and application of the 12 steps.   When

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