I am an Alcoholic

[mackmobile43]

The 12 Steps

• Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
• Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
• Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God
• Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
• Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
• Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
• Step 7 - Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
• Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
• Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
• Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
• Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out
• Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

Sobriety date: 11/27/94

 

[pro151]

The 12 Steps

• Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
• Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
• Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God
• Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
• Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
• Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
• Step 7 - Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
• Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
• Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
• Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
• Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out
• Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

Sobriety date: 11/27/94

Carry on Brave soul. (Don't always agree with you, but still applaud you) you can be of the most help to Undertaker since you know what it is like to overcome.

 

[mackmobile43]

Carry on Brave soul. (Don't always agree with you, but still applaud you) you can be of the most help to Undertaker since you know what it is like to overcome.

I hav'nt been to a meeting in 12 years, all it takes is the loss of something dear to one and the will to carry on.

 

[junon600]

Hell Bobby, You and I have been rounds by words a few times in diff forums. Words is words, and none of it is personal. If you have an issue with booze and are willing to man up to it then good on ya. We will go rounds again I'm sure, and I sometimes look forward to calling ya names, but it is all in the nature of good disagreement. Hope you can find the help you need, and can go on sayin the things that will send me after ya. Good luck man.

 

[kevin IB/379 Stringbean]

Ive had my bumps and bruises in life due to alchohol and drugs and my life is better for it now that Ive worked a program and changed my ways.Everyone can use a 12 step program as far as Im concerned in one form or another.Like dealer said,If you need some support in any way,feel free to call.My #'s down below.Im in San Diego so keep that in mind as far as the time goes unless its seriously important as far as staying sober or drinking,you may call 24/7.Good luck!!!!!By the way I havnt had a drink or a drug since 12/16/97

 

[KB1TPX]

So much for anonymity.

 

[mackmobile43]

So much for anonymity.

That only concerns other members identity and if one chooses to share his own experiences then all the better for the person in need.

 

[74IN]

We admitted we were powerless over our addiction

Not to sound unsympathetic, but that's a load.

You are the boss of your body, you are capable of amazing things.

I was forced by the court to attend a "drunk lecture", as I call it.

The guy killed another motorist.

He claimed "You can't quit without God".

BS.

God will allow wholesale slaughter around the globe, but he'll intervene with a bad habit?

It's will power and a final decision to say, "Enough is enough and it's time for a change".

Undertaker, you did it once, you can do it again.

If you like to drink "after 5", do it.

If it creates problems with your life, quit.

You have demonstrated the will to go for nine years before, nothing has changed.

You still have it, don't let anyone tell you any different.

You can do it, all by yourself.