Getting well someone else's way
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 25 July, 2014 - 22:01Working the Steps with my sponsor and the AA Big Book has taught me how to submit to someone else's direction and way of doing things. The...
Working the Steps with my sponsor and the AA Big Book has taught me how to submit to someone else's direction and way of doing things. The...
The core of my recovery, that has worked for me and many others, is to work the Steps with a sponsor. In essence, I found someone who had what I wanted - long-term relief from the obsessive problems that beset me...
I just wanted to share some of my gratitude. I've just called my sponsor, who is always encouraging me to do Step work. He asked that we get together tomorrow morning, prior to our SA meeting, to discuss my...
Recovery began for me when I went to Nashville for 3 months, got sexually sober and worked the first 8 Steps, so that I could begin making my amends upon returning home. As our literature says: "When based on...
My rock bottom happened when I came to my senses just enough to realize that the things I was doing would likely kill me within a few months. Not "might kill me" but "would likely kill me." I was playing dangerous...
I love the AA Big Book. I loved it so much I kept one on my bookshelf for 25 years. It was in pristine condition but my life was not.
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Today I began writing my 4th step inventory. After an hour of writing, and another hour of experience, strength and hope from a member who is helping me, I had to stop from exhaustion. It is appears to be a very...