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Recovery from Alcoholism: Father Joseph Martin on the 12 Steps of AA

Let's begin at the beginning. "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable." Ladies and Gentlemen, powerless is an ...

How to Correctly Do Step One and Surrender - All In Solutions

Step one in AA is about surrender: " We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.”

A.A. Myths: The Myth of Sponsorship - Big Book Sponsorship

Assist the newcomer with his or her amends. Work together on the newcomer's amends. Be the first person the newcomer sees after an amends is made. Once again, ...

How Long Does It Take to Go Through the 12 Steps of AA?

When you participate in the 12-step program, you will typically work with a sponsor. The idea of the sponsor came about from the very beginning ...

Step 8 of AA: Make a List of Those You've Harmed - Sober.com

Uncovering the Purpose of AA Step 8 · Taking the First Step Toward Making Amends · Tips for Starting and Working Step 8 of AA · How Do I Make Amends to Those I've ...

AA Step 4 Guide to Fourth Step Inventory | Worksheet | Prayers

Make a decision to turn your will and your life over to the care of God as you understood Him. Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself. Admit ...

Step Two - Big Book Recovery

What do we do now? The following actions are all consistent with the principles of the Steps and represent the best start we can make. We found that they laid ...

Step Three is Only a Beginning - Personal Stories - AA Cleveland

After twenty-eight years of mind-obliterating alcoholism, I finally attended my first AA meeting. Within a few weeks, I became capable of memorizing the ...

The 12 Steps of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)

To find Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings near you, you have options. You can start by visiting the official AA website, which includes local ...

Make Your Small Groups Like A.A. - Discipleship.org

As previously stated, don't start with the whole church. If you are the lead minister/pastor, start with the elders or staff. Start with a group of people who ...

If your day is crap -- restart it. - Mr. SponsorPants

But here's an excellent suggestion from the fellowship of AA that has served me well over the years: If your day starts badly, and continues to ...

How Long Are Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Meetings? FAQ's and ...

If you're new it will be the first time you hear the AA introduction, “Hello my name is Marcia, and I am an alcoholic.” You may also hear the ...

Reshaping the AA Culture - AA Agnostica

Am contemplating starting a free thinkers AA meeting. It's my understanding that the fastest growing segment of AA is us agnostics, atheists, ...

Step 1 - Take The 12

From the Foreword of the 12 & 12: “A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the ...

Building A New Life - Early Morning Zoomers

I'd never felt so good, like I'd never had a drink. I went to the treatment sessions and listened to everything that was said. They took us out to A.A. meetings ...

The Patriarchy of Alcoholics Anonymous - The New York Times

Submitting to the rules of A.A. was the last thing I needed. Instead, I tapped into a combination of existing approaches to recovery. I focused ...

Daily Recovery Readings March 8

TURNING IT OVER Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.

A 12-step program only took me so far – faith helped me stay sober

At 51, I am doing better than ever – without sitting in on AA meetings. ... We need to start talking about alcohol at church. I have friends ...

Twelve-step program - Wikipedia

Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, aided its membership to overcome ...

Now You Know Me – How the 5th Step of A.A. Changed My Life

At first I'm terrified. The mere notion that any of these embarrassing and shameful secrets see the light of day is enough to make me twitch. The implication of ...


United States Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.

Tinder

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Tinder is an online dating and geosocial networking application launched in 2012. On Tinder, users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles, which include their photos, a short bio, and some of their interests.

Gulliver's Travels

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Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.

Gmail

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Gmail is the email service provided by Google. As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active users worldwide, making it the largest email service in the world.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta.

The Wind in the Willows

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The Wind in the Willows is a classic children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr.