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August 3, 2023 - May 21, 2024
Mental obsession plus physical allergy.
Step Two “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” What can we believe in? A.A. does not demand belief; Twelve Steps are only suggestions. Importance of an open mind. Variety of ways to faith. Substitution of A.A. as Higher Power. Plight of the disillusioned. Roadblocks of indifference and prejudice. Lost faith found in A.A. Problems of intellectuality and self-sufficiency. Negative and positive thinking. Self-righteousness. Defiance is an outstanding characteristic of alcoholics. Step Two is a rallying point to sanity. Right relation to God.
Willingness is the key.
instincts
in·stinct n. an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli: birds have an instinct to build nests; maternal instincts. <SPECIAL USAGE> - a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking: they retain
Assets can be noted with liabilities.
Self-justification is dangerous.
Inventory reviews relationships. Importance of thoroughness.
Twelve Steps deflate ego.
honesty and realism about ourselves.
Necessity for complete honesty.
Danger of rationa...
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Delay is dangerous.
humility?
HUMBLE= to ask for HELP
Step Seven is change in attitude which permits us to move out of ourselves toward God.
ob·jec·tive adj. 1 (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts: historians try to be objective and impartial. Mature in response
Step Eight is the beginning of the end of isolation.
A tranquil mind is the first requisite for good judgment.
Good timing is important in making amends.
Pru...
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pru·dent adj. acting with or showing care and thought for the future: no prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose.
responsibility for well-being of others is spirit of Step Nine.
“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Self-searching becomes a regular habit. Admit, accept, and patien...
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Examination of motives.
First result is emotional balance.
Love that has no price tag.
An intense feeling of deep affection
What is spiritual awakening?
Becoming suddenly aware
Rewards of helping other alcoholics. Kinds of Twelfth Step work.
Growing spiritually is the answer to our problems.
spiritual
spir·it·u·al adj. 1 of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things: I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare; the spiritual values of life.
Domination and overde...
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Plus or minus personality
unity.” Without unity, A.A. dies.
“The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.”
re·quire v. [trans.] need for a particular purpose; depend on for success or survival: three patients required operations. <SPECIAL USAGE> - cause to be necessary: it would have required much research to produce a comprehensive list.
“The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.”
de·sire n. a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen: [with infinitive] a desire to work in the dirt with your bare hands. <SPECIAL USAGE> strong sexual feeling or appetite: they were clinging together in
Early intolerance base...
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To take away any alcoholic’s chance at A.A. was sometimes to pronounc...
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Any alcoholic is a member of A.A. whe...
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Every group manages its affairs as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
The group, like the individual, must eventually conform
principles that guarantee...
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“Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.”
Better do one thing well than many badly.
You can’t mix the Twelfth Step and money.
sacrifice= surrendering
TOOLS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PROGRAM =HONESTY PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE
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 obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.
Traditions
functions
society.
tenets
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