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Luminous Darkness When we try to live in solidarity with the pain of the world—and do not spend our lives running from necessary suffering—we will surely encounter various forms of “crucifixion.” Many say pain is merely physical discomfort, but suffering comes from our resistance to, denial of, and our sense of injustice or wrongness about
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I hear the same answer from someone who has just relapsed: “I was working on my fourth step.” It reminds me of Jim’s story in “More About Alcoholism”. Our Big book tells us that Jim admitted that he was an alcoholic. He even had much knowledge of the condition. However, he found himself drunk because
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Step Four directs us to “Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves,” but without the steps immediately preceding this step and the steps that follow this step, we are surely to experience the ‘nil’ results indicated in the instruction portion of the book aptly named “How It Works.” Step One is just the beginning
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“Being convinced we were at Step Three, which is we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.” Pg. 60 in the Big Book This is a lofty goal for alcoholics and addicts. We have been living only to benefit us and our addictions. Turning our will and
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Coming to believe that a Power greater than myself can restore me to sanity is much easier than it sounds once I fully grasp that Step Two isn’t asking me to understand, or define that Power. All it’s asking me to understand is that I alone, cannot restore myself to sanity. And I desperately need
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1. We admitted we were powerless over all mind altering substances – that our lives had become unmanageable In my first year and a half of recovery, my understanding of the first step was quite different from what it is today. Then, it was a generic idea of being powerless and unmanageability caused by my
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At the Launching pad, we recognize the significance of AA’s three legacies – Recovery, Unity, and Service – which signify the three sides of the Triangle in the Circle & Triangle symbol. This symbol has ancient spiritual roots and represents Mind, Body, and Spirit together as one. We have been not only mentally and bodily
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From “The Doctor’s Opinion” to the end of “More About Alcoholism” the Big Book discusses the first part of Step 1, which states, “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (Insert the substance that brought you to your knees)”. We’ve discussed, studied, and internalized material from the “Doctor’s Opinion” to page 23 to see how
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We buried him yesterday. The County Coroner had published the required notices for the next of kin and no one claimed the body. It was just myself, and his sponsor, not even a preacher – the county doesn’t pay for those. Not much of a sendoff and not one that David had asked for –
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My experience and attitude with steps 2-12 is simply a reflection of what I experience in step one. If I am honest with myself in step one, I cannot escape the truth. I cannot escape the reality that there is nothing I can do to keep myself sober. I will see that I am guaranteed
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