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Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 7, Column 5

2020by Heidi

Want help with the 4th Step? Baby steps are easy with this 5 column Not Scary Worksheet…

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Step 4, Step 4 Application, Step 4 Tips

Baby Stepping Fourth: Day 1, Get Ready

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Using this method, complete your 4th in just 7 days.

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12 Steps, Step 4 Tips

Whad ya mean….Selfish?

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Who knew? Not me, not before doing Step 4.

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Step 4, Step 4 Application, Step 4 Tips

Baby Stepping Fourth: Fears Part 4, Column 5

2020by Heidi

Fear feeds on dishonesty.

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12 Steps, Step 4 Tips

BABY STEPPING FOURTH: DAY 7, COLUMN 5

2020by Heidi

Hit it hard! Column 5 of the 4th Step worksheet

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12 Steps, Step 4 Tips

A Brain Reboot for the Venomous Virus

2020by Heidi

I’ve got several phrases that help me.

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AA, Step 11 Tips

Get Into The Cartoon!

2020by Heidi

… a typical Saturday with Loony Toons, the two of us in our footie pajamas eating breakfast as we sat so close we were in the action.

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Step 1 Application

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

STOP…GO…STOP!

2020by Heidi

So what do we do if we can’t trust our thinking?

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12 Steps, Step 1 Application

Step 4: Column 5 Peeling Back False Beliefs

2020by Heidi

I spent a lot of time with my grandparents absorbing survival skills: some good, some bad.

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12 Steps, Step 4, Step 4 Tips

Step 4: Column 5 Character Defects and The Foul Four

2020by Heidi

Putting out of our minds the wrongs other had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

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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: 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

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

Find a Retirement Home For Your Critic

2020by Heidi

What was the last critical statement that bothered you?

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12 Steps, Step 10 Tips

Lucky Unlucky Addicts

2020by Heidi

The following comment from Resentment Rats is too wonderful to leave in the archives of comments: So much lays beneath what we can easily see in ourselves. And how many […]

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Addiction and Relationships, Spirituality

Prison Of Self

2020by Heidi

The above picture is from a recent trip to Scotland. The gate makes me think of how my old thinking has kept me imprisoned. I took this picture during a […]

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12 Steps, Step 4 Application

HFA: Shhhh

2020by Heidi

I’m an HFA (High-Functioning Alcoholic). Who knew? No one. Sometimes that’s the point. Secrecy, silent suffering, and deadly choices all whirl towards the alcoholic drain that becomes the high-functioning alcoholic’s […]

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Addiction and Relationships, Relating to Addicts

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

Stop! Go to Step 3

2020by Heidi

I don’t think it matters whether your life path winds between empty bottles, baggies and syringes or is decorated by framed degrees and certificates of completion—or both. The message of […]

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12 Steps, Step 3 Tips

Alcoholics and Half-baked Relationships Part 6: Manipulating the Ingredients

2020by Heidi

Welcome to life with an alcoholic! Life with a dry (not sober) alcoholic is a challenge. I should know, I’m a recovering alcoholic and I’m still a challenge. Before I […]

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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

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

Fear: Courage on Steroids

2020by Heidi

Don’t mess with me, buddy!

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Spirituality, Step 4 Application, Step 6 Tips

Step 9: Part 1 The Cure for Remorse

2020by Heidi

My step 9 destiny all started when I was born with red hair.

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Step 9 Tips

Step 7: Myth of Control

2020by Heidi

I am once again focused on self, rather than on those around me.

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Step 7 Tips

What Bugs Me Is…

2020by Heidi

I’m thinking of doing a routine Saturday variation. Today is typically the low point in the statistics for the week concerning views. So why not mix it up a bit! […]

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Step 6 Application

Meditation: Part 5 Inspiration, Not Woo Woo

2020by Heidi

Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it. Page 87 I am so […]

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Step 11 Tips

Meditation: Part 1 Your Tugboat–You Decide

2020by Heidi

I like this photo I took in Boston. It’s clear that the little *tugboat is tethered to the oil barge. They are color-coordinated, so I assume they belong together. I […]

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Step 11 Tips

Dying For Recognition

2020by Heidi

We’ve looked at self-pity and deception two of the motives Bill warns us about in this excerpt from page 86. On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. […]

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Step 6 Tips

Beached By Self-Pity

2020by Heidi

On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that […]

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Step 6 Application

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