Step 1

A Program For All

on Sunday, 04 October 2015. Posted in Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, Step 4, Step 5, Step 6, 12 Step Attitude, Step 7, Step 8, Step 9, The Steps, Step 10, Step 11, Step 12

AIM: A life lived one day at a time in conscious contact with G-d.

Define Surrender

on Wednesday, 19 August 2015. Posted in Step 1, Questions & Answers, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

When we talk about "surrender" in the first step, it doesn't mean "falling", at all.

 

Define Surrender

on Sunday, 04 October 2015. Posted in Step 1, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

Giving up? or giving In?

Giving up the Actual Desire

on Monday, 07 September 2015. Posted in Step 1, Turning it Over, Step 3, The Steps

It's about giving the very desire itself to G-d, along with his right to act out and all expectations of ever receiving that desire.

How can I tolerate living in an impossibly hard situation?

on Monday, 21 September 2015. Posted in Step 1, Questions & Answers, The Steps

I understand the "dropping guard for a second" business, but how do you tolerate living in an "impossibly hard" situation to begin with?

I'm an Addict, Now What?

on Wednesday, 16 September 2015. Posted in Step 1, Inspiration , Step 2, Motivation, Step 3, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

"I was once a cucumber, now I'm a pickle, and I'll never be a cucumber again."

It's Not About Bad

on Sunday, 20 September 2015. Posted in Step 1, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

"Badness" is not what defines how sick we are. It has very little to do with whether we are "addicts".

Mentally Letting Go

on Thursday, 01 October 2015. Posted in Step 1, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

A meditation

Much More to Working the Steps

on Sunday, 04 October 2015. Posted in Step 1, Step 2, Inspiration , Step 3, Step 4, Step 5, Step 6, Step 7, Step 8, The Steps, Step 9, Step 10, Step 11, Step 12

Lessons learned from the values behind the Steps

Our Ability to Choose

on Monday, 07 September 2015. Posted in Step 1, 12 Step Attitude, The Steps

Has an addict lost the ability to choose?

STEP ONE

on Wednesday, 21 January 2015. Posted in Step 1, The Steps

STEP ONE - We admitted we were powerless over [acting out]- that our lives had become unmanageable.

The Big Book explains that the reason we choose to act out stems from the initial feeling of RID; being restless, irritable, or discontent. It follows that unless we find something to substitute those feelings, we will never be satisfied.

Surrendering in Step One

on Sunday, 08 March 2015. Posted in Step 1

Before moving on to step two, there are certain truths we must be willing to admit to ourselves. 

The Art of Trapping Monkeys

on Sunday, 08 March 2015. Posted in Step 1, 12 Step Attitude

Learning what 'surrendering' really means.

The Cliff

on Monday, 09 March 2015. Posted in Step 1, Turning it Over, 12 Step Attitude

Do any of these statements ring true?  "Why can't it just go away!" "Why do I keep falling!?" "It's like I am two different people...One side of me hates this, yet I keep coming back to it."

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