I’ve found it is so much easier to write about doing a 4th Step than it is to actually write a 4th Step. If you’re having trouble getting started on this vitally important Step, you’re not alone. I talk with people all the time who struggle with this Step. In fact, most comments have been about More
Doing the Prep Work for Your 4th Step
July 25, 2012
Step 4 12-steps, aa, al-anon, alcholism, alcoholics anonymous, Fourth Step, mental health, powerless, recovery, searching, Step 4, unity 12 Comments
Family Warfare vs Common Welfare
May 16, 2012
Tools of the Process, Tradition One, Traditions 12-steps, aa, acceptance, addiction, al-anon, alcholism, alcoholics anonymous, anger, Conference Approved Literature, family, grace, humility, Paths to Recovery, recovery, resentment, tradition, unity 3 Comments
When I first hit the doors of AA, it was not a stretch to admit that my life had become unmanageable. I was a divorced 30-year-old part-time mother who had just moved back home and was living in the basement. I say “part-time mother” because my two children lived with their father 9 months of the year. I worked the 12-steps like they told me and found a certain peace within myself and a renewed love of God. But I continued to settle for less than good relationships.
FAMILY WARFARE
My own childhood was a picture-perfect family–of the alcoholic kind, that is. My memories were that of More
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