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Step 1: Raising The White Flag

2020by Heidi

When I first quit drinking, I had a friend in AA that would wish ‘pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization’ on his drinking buddies.

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12 Steps, Step 1 Tips

Relationship Issue Has You Stumped?

2020by Heidi

  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 […]

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12 Steps, Relationship Skills, Spirituality

Can I Weep With Those Who Weep?

2020by Heidi

I’m not loving you if I try to brush aside your tears

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Step 1 Tips, Thinking Outside The Bottle: 12 Steps for Anyone

Step 1: How Do I Start?

2020by Heidi

You don’t have to be an addict or even know one to take the 12 Steps

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12 Steps, Step 1 Tips, Thinking Outside The Bottle: 12 Steps for Anyone

What Is God’s Will?

2020by Heidi

I no longer feel I have to ‘prove’ anything to you or to me

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AA, Step 1 Tips

Cupcakes and Sweet Security

2020by Heidi

A month into Al-Anon I find that I am losing my job.

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AA, Al-Anon, Codependents Anonymous, Step 1 Application

Little Fists Solution

2020by Heidi

Little Fists happen when I start to criticize myself.

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Step 2 Tips

Step 4: Column 4 Ya But…

2020by Heidi

Ya but… (wheeze) the other guy is the problem! You’re just the victim, here.

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Are You A Friend Among Friends?

2020by Heidi

I was not. I’m still learning. At one time I thought I had the perfect life but it was built upon the proverbial shifting sand of illusions about myself. The […]

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Application

Unconflicted and Better Than a Hallelujah

2020by Heidi

I agree with Chaz and his Unconflicted post. I am unconcerned about Bill’s personal life. He was a tool for getting the Biblical principles into our hands. I was not […]

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AA Big Book, Reblogged Inspiration, Step 12 Application

Forgiveness: One Weird Old Tip

2020by Heidi

If rejection were a mask it would be cruel, soulless and rigid: dead eyes and a mouth locked into a sneer.

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Spirituality, Step 9 Tips

What’s Your Struggle?

2020by Heidi

How do you feel about being an addict, co-dependent or having cancer? I’ve been asking this question and my favorite answer so far is below. Even though this dear friend […]

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Sober Living, Step 1 Tips, Step 12

Batter-y-up!

2020by Heidi

Given that the word why is used over 90 times in the Big Book of AA and in the 12×12, I assume it’s a big question for a lot of us.

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Step 2 Tips

Bootstraps or Pigtails

2020by Heidi

When new to recovery it is a good idea to locate some trusted friends. The kind that will not hesitate to call us on our self-absorption, our rationalizing attitudes and […]

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Sober Living, Step 12 Tips

Stop! Go!

2020by Heidi

Can I even think my way out of a paper bag? Nope.

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Sober Living, Step 6 Tips

Unhappiness: Part 2 Gerbil Wheel

2020by Heidi

I was focusing on the problem, not the solution.

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Step 6 Tips

Unhappiness: Part 1 The Way Out

2020by Heidi

What I wanted was for God to solve my unhappiness. When that didn’t happen I did a number of things that made me feel worse!

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Sober Living, Step 6 Tips

Unique Self: Part 8 The Little Engine Meets Reality

2020by Heidi

I was deceived by the Little Engine That Could!

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Sober Living, Step 3 Application

Unique Self: Part 7 – I Think Not

2020by Heidi

When I was little there was a book and a song about the Little Engine That Could. I realize the intent was to eliminate negative self-talk. But AA has taught […]

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Sober Living, Unique Self Series

Unique Self: Part 5 Perception Prisms A

2020by Heidi

In the Summer of 2008 I was sitting in a chapel beside a stain glass window that shed golden tones over my face, my hair and my hands clasped in […]

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Sober Living, Unique Self Series

Unique Self: Part 1 This Addict’s Dark Side

2020by Heidi

I desperately wanted answers to life. I knew only God had them but how would I get them?

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Unique Self Series

Step 1: Grieving

2020by Heidi

A.  You accept where you are by facing the reality of your situation. Do you agree that facing reality can be like grieving? I’ve had friends grieve the loss of […]

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12 Steps, Step 1 Application

The Case for Honesty

2020by Heidi

Truth is truth. Millions of people can attest to the fact that the AA program works just as well for those who are stuck in life as it does for […]

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12 Steps, Step 1 Application

How Can A Church Compete With AA for Acceptance?

2020by Heidi

Only after forgiving myself and others, can I begin to accept everyone else.

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Sober Living, Step 2 Application

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