Dallas B. 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching … Read more
Edited on July 25, 2021 These are the original Fourth Step Guides and Work sheets used in the Dallas B., AA Big Book Study, the 4th Step Workshops, and the 12 Step Study Workshops. If you get these 4th Step Worksheets and Guides else — they are likely not the originals and may have been … Read more
The first step to solving any problem is to define the problem. To define the problem of alcoholic and/or alcoholism we need an operating definition. This sounds simple and easy enough, aye? Get on your favorite search engine and search for: ‘Official Medical Definition of Alcoholic and Alcoholism.’ On Google – I got 32,100,000 results. … Read more
Yes. You read that right. I said ‘Using the 12 Steps to Overcome ANY Addiction‘. You can use the 12 Steps to overcome ANY addiction. How do I know this? 1. I’ve personally used the 12 Steps to recover from my own addictions. 2. I began using the 12 Steps for recovery in 1986 – … Read more
For Sponsors, Sponsorship and Newcomer’s The original Clancy’s Seven Questions was something I wrote down, while I was talking with Clancy I., on the telephone during one of my weekly check-in calls with him. To keep the story short — I wrote down the questions WRONG! And, I had already posted them online in a … Read more
We sit in meetings emphasizing the importance of a complete and perfect First Step – and its Step One – that’s one of the most often misquoted Steps — of the 12 Steps. The word “and” is NOT in Step One. I hear it over and over and over again “We admitted that we were … Read more
I remember clearly the first time I saw A.A’s. 20 Questions. It was 16 years before I landed in A.A. Late one night, in a tiny little town called ‘Cave Junction, Oregon’ — for some reason, probably because I was intoxicated, I was alone in a coin-operated laundry. It must have been around two or … Read more
Intended for humor, because the results will be a tragedy! After reading the 12 Steps in Reverse, though — I can honestly say that there have been prime moments in my life when discovered that on some of the 12 Steps, I definitely was practicing them in reverse! 🙂 AA’s 12 Steps in Reverse It … Read more