Laugh Like a Kid. Life Is Short
Every wonder why people go to 12 Step meetings and come home acting just like before the meeting? This might just explain that…
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Baby Stepping Fourth: Fears Part 2, Column 3
Fear is like a bondage created by self.
Baby Stepping Fourth: Fears Part 1, Columns 1 & 2
Fears include the things that make me anxious, the things I dread and those that I worry about…
Share Your Journey
Looking for help with the 12 Steps? Take a look at these easy suggestions…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 7, Column 5
Want help with the 4th Step? Baby steps are easy with this 5 column Not Scary Worksheet…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 6, Column 4
What are my reactions to drama and to pain? This work can tell you what to change…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 5, Column 3
Looking for the reason you have issues? This may be just what you’re looking for…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 4, Column 2
Looking for help with that Step 4 of recovery? Look no further! This is simple…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 3, Column 1 Continued
We bury our resentments.
Not So Scary Resentments Worksheet of Step 4
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 2, Column 1
Start by listing the people you have resentments against.
Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 1, Get Ready
Using this method, complete your 4th in just 7 days.
Step 4: Distinctions Between Selfish and Self-Seeking in AA
Looking for the difference between selfish and self-seeking? Read this…
Dark Holidays? This One’s For You
Ready for a different kind of holiday? This worked for me.
You Don’t Say (to an addict)
When tied is a good thing.
Tips For Healing Part 4
Expectations and emotional baggage made the issue inevitable….
Tips For Healing Part 3
If I was afraid things were going to get drastically worse for me…
Tips For Healing Part 2
What causes our addictive behavior? Eliminate some of the pain…
Tips For Healing Part 1
Not addicted to a substance? In this article, see how you can think outside the bottles…
Election Reaction and 15 Minute Solution
The very churning of my gut and lack of ability to feel any deep peace are the stereo alarms of my body and heart.
Pause When Agitated?
As we go through the day we pause when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. Pause. Oh, no. Remember I’m a sprinter? Pauses break my […]
Whad ya mean….Selfish?
Who knew? Not me, not before doing Step 4.
Functional Alcoholic Signs
It’s so tricky to diagnose that I had friends telling me I couldn’t be alcoholic, even though I knew I was.
Step 10 and the Not So Scary Worksheet Part 2: Henry The VIII
…another opportunity to grow, to become loving and humble like Henry, my dog.
Step 1: Raising The White Flag
When I first quit drinking, I had a friend in AA that would wish ‘pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization’ on his drinking buddies.
What Do They Mean…Do The Next Right Thing?
Some people just naturally know what their NRT is. Do you?
Shrinking Self
The old ideas will be cast aside and a new set of motives will begin to dominate the mind ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p 27
Relationship Issue Has You Stumped?
This is true. There was a woman who found out from her mom that she’d been disinherited and the topic was skirted over like it shouldn’t be any big […]
Step 8: Amends Preparation Part 2
“A good fight first thing in the morning gets my blood going!”
Step 8: Amends Preparation Part 1
Need to clear up the past with someone?
Step 3: Part 6 The Director
It’s not my role to direct others. It’s my role to love them, support them by listening, and pray for them to find God’s direction
Everyone Is Addicted to Something
I was never in the gutter…not yet.
Not So Scary Worksheets
Want to start on the Steps and need some suggestions? Begin here…
Shipwrecked
A genuine voice
Step 3: Part 5 Lessons From The 70s on Willingness
My life lesson plan was handed to me with my bed tray at the age of 23!
Step 3: Part 4 Flat-Out Decision
The way out was to get a clue! I thought I was supposed to be in charge of my own life, so I was.
Step 3 Part 2: ABCs of AA
Bill’s principles of AA… I laughed out loud when I heard this. (Learn what hit the editor’s floor.)
Step 3: Part 1 Connected
My life wasn’t happy, but I felt like I was in control. For some reason, that made sense to me.
Step 3: Self-willed and Controlling? Who…Me?
I don’t understand the intricate workings of denial, but I’m at the same time, well-acquainted with it.
Step 3: Examine Inconsistencies
Here’s the confession: When I’m doing well, it’s not really me doing it. It’s the power within.
Step 3: Remodel Me
My most traumatic experience with remodeling isn’t filed in a picture database anywhere …
Step 3: I Swore I’d Never…
What did you resolve that you’d never do when you were a kid?
Step 3: In 2 Deep
What person causes you the most stress no matter what you try?
The Real AA: Chris and Myers R
Chris R’s AA speaker tapes are among the top-most downloaded in the world. Find out why.
Step 3: What’s Your Keystone?
Looking closely at this arch in Glendalough, Ireland, you can see there is no mortar…
Baby Stepping Fourth: Sexual Harms Part 2
We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them.
Baby Stepping Fourth: Sexual Harms Part 1
Take a deep breath and let’s git’r done!
Baby Stepping Fourth: Fears Part 4, Column 5
Fear feeds on dishonesty.
Baby Stepping Fourth: Fears Part 3, Column 4
Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other.
Step 4: Fear Inventory
I never knew anyone who was so afraid of everything!”
