STEP SEVEN: HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS When I first came into the rooms in 2012, I had misunderstood. Because I had connected the word ‘humility’ with ‘humiliated.’ I was angry back then and defiant. I was no longer willing to live in ways where I felt ‘less than’ or ‘weak.’ My role … Continue reading STEP SEVEN
STEP SIX: WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL DEFECTS OF CHARACTER. Willingness. I felt that in my O.A. fellowship and with my sponsor, Step 6 and 7 were almost rushed. It wasn’t until I heard Herb K. speak on Step 6 and Step 7 that I started to get more information about these steps. … Continue reading STEP SIX
I have been a member of Al-Anon since 10/2012. And in 2017 I became a member of Overeaters Anonymous I was a casual attender of meetings in O.A. since 2014. I used to think of O.A. as a sort of "diet club" where I could talk about my food issues with others. That was my … Continue reading “What is it like to work two 12 step programs?”
STEP FIVE: ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS. One might spend their whole lives running from the truth. That impious ego, edging God out, one day at a time, until the unfortunate person is in pitch darkness. There is the Solution/recovery OR there is the … Continue reading STEP FIVE
STEP FOUR: MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES. How I worked Step Four in Al-Anon: I worked the Step Four questions from "Reaching for Personal Freedom." When I was done with that, I went on to work the questions in “Blueprints for Progress.” I worked about a third of that book and then … Continue reading STEP FOUR
Since 10/2012 I have been collecting slogans I have heard in the rooms of Al-Anon. I love slogans because they are short, easy to remember, and to the point. Here are some of my favorites, not in any particular order. Let go and let God. Progress, not perfection. One Day at a Time. Keep it … Continue reading Al-Anon Slogans
STEP THREE: MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM. This is a powerful sentence. Whenever I read it, and hear it being read, the things that spring to my mind are: *Trust. *A relationship with a Power greater than myself *How I … Continue reading STEP THREE
