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Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 2, Column 1

2020by Heidi 1 Comment

Start by listing the people you have resentments against.

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Step 4 Tips

Election Reaction and 15 Minute Solution

2020by Heidi

The very churning of my gut and lack of ability to feel any deep peace are the stereo alarms of my body and heart.

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12 Steps, Step 10 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

Step 8: Amends Preparation Part 1

2020by Heidi

Need to clear up the past with someone?

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12 Steps, Relationship Skills, Step 8 Application, Step 8 Tips

To Quote My Favorite Philosopher, “NIP IT!”

2020by Heidi

She said, “Heidi, I don’t know why anyone calls you when they’re having problems.”

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AA, Step 12 Tips

Step 10 and the Not So Scary Worksheet Part 1: Anger is Just the Wrapping

2020by Heidi

Nearly any day contains prime resentment opportunities.

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AA, Step 10 Tips

Not in My Wheelhouse

2020by Heidi

After cleaning out my wheelhouse I find I’m a little lonely…

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AA, Al-Anon, Step 1 Tips

Step 4: Column 4 Tattletale

2020by Heidi

So, what’s wrong with being a Tattletale?

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Column 3 Buddy Burner Gut Ignites

2020by Heidi

I’m a Fighter from a long line of Fighters. I don’t know what happens to you when you’re angry…

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Column 2 The Cause Knot

2020by Heidi

Now that we have the first column naming people, institutions and principles we can move on to the second column.  (Refer to the Not Scary Resentments Worksheet of Step 4 in […]

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Why It Works Like a Sticky Trap For Rats of Resentment

2020by Heidi

Do you have an inexplicable feeling of pending doom? Do you feel deep down lonely…

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Application

Step 4: Column 1 Resentments, The Number One Offender

2020by Heidi

Take a good look at anything that riles you. What are your pet peeves?

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Dirty Urchins, Raggedy People and Drunks

2020by Heidi

Everything was dirty, broken, piled up and rusty. I kept gagging…

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12 Steps, Step 4 Application

Step 3: Questions and Directions

2020by Heidi

There is something in me that rebels against familiar authoritarianism. Do I really want someone else to tell me what to think again? I hope not.

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12 Steps, Step 3 Tips

Victim Veins Revisited

2020by Heidi

You call it love. For years, all I wrote was bad, tragic and tearful poetry. Then life got better because I got sober and I gave up poetry. Suddenly, this […]

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12 Steps, Step 12 Application

After Stepping Fourth!

2020by Heidi

The truth will set you free, to the extent that you recognize it and cooperate with it.

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12 Steps, Step 5 Tips

Angry Birds Words 4: Red Birds

2020by Heidi

The Red Bird is the iconic bird that appears on the app icon and is the first one you’ll see in the beginning levels. Typical. They would have to be […]

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Relationship Skills

Angry Birds Words 2: Level Failed

2020by Heidi

The games of Angry Birds and Angry Words are both frustrating and fascinating time drains. Whether you are a wet alcoholic (still drinking) or a dry alcoholic (not drinking or […]

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Relationship Skills

Angry Birds Words 1: The Game

2020by Heidi

Dealing with angry people is alternately scary, risky, unpredictable and frustrating. So frustrating, In fact, it reminds me of the Angry Birds video game. In September 2010, IGN named Angry […]

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Relationship Skills

Lipstick Forgiveness

2020by Heidi

When I was 5, my best friend and I got matching tubes of candy lipstick.

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12 Steps, Step 5 Application

Irish Serenity Prayer: Part 2 Battle for Liberty

2020by Heidi

Our homes have been battle grounds many an evening. ~ AA p 105 As I stated previously, besides being an alcoholic in recovery, I am a survivor of abuse. Therefore, […]

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Sober Living, Step 3 Tips

Alcoholics and Half-baked Relationships Part 4: Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

2020by Heidi

Lies and deceitful games have nothing to do with the shared reality and richness of intimacy. True intimacy in relationships is reserved for people who are determined to hear and […]

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Addiction and Relationships, Sober Living

Alcoholics and Half-baked Relationships Part 3: You’re Getting Warmer

2020by Heidi

In the previous post, I compared heat in bread making to honest communication in relationships. The yeast could be comparable to love and commitment. Without the right amount of heat, […]

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Addiction and Relationships, Sober Living

Alcoholics and Half-baked Relationships Part 2: Why the Drama?

2020by Heidi

I never made a lot of bread until I got a machine to knead it for me because I have very weak arms. It is not fun to knead bread […]

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ACOA, Addiction and Relationships, Sober Living

Poodle or Schnoodle?

2020by Heidi

So when I feel like barking, it alerts me that something is wrong.

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12 Steps, Step 6 Application

Freeze Dry the Drunk

2020by Heidi

If I wanted to stay angry with myself and hostile to those around me, I could have just kept drinking.

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Addiction and Relationships, Sober Living

The Fighting Alcoholic Meets The Cowardly Lion

2020by Heidi

At first, I thought of really cutting and accurate remarks that I could make to her in my defense and then I surprised myself by realizing that I don’t want to do that.

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Addiction and Relationships, Sober Living, Step 10 Application

Step 8: Resentment Prayer

2020by Heidi

I wanted to find some wisdom shared with me by an old Hippie with long blond hair and beard who was from Dubuque, Iowa.

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12 Steps, Step 4 Application, Step 8 Tips

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