so,who wants to do a step workshop?i have learned several ways to work the steps,and can start posting differant worksheets.some approved some not...but they work.
give me feedback on this.
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dalin a unity means oneity...one god, one fellowship,one sponsor,one program...many gifts
Will do this Dalin and I really needed to read this part:
To get a better understanding of addiction, we must look at the disease concept of addiction. From that standpoint, addiction is a disease of attitudes, personality & a general negative outlook that is rooted in fear, insecurity & low self-esteem. The main ingredients of addiction are obsession & compulsions. Obsession - that fixed idea that takes us back time & time again to our particular drug, or some substitute (anything that makes us feel good & offers instant gratification, such as money, power, sex, food, anger) to recapture the ease & comfort we once knew. Compulsion - once having started the process with one fix, one pill, one drink or one substitute, we cannot stop through our own power of will. Because of our physical sensitivity to drugs & anything that makes us feel good, we are completely in the grip of a destructive power greater than ourselves.
Dalin this has helped me get thru today better, understanding my condition I had no idea that my obsession over things had so much to do with my illness and now i see how powerless over it I am.
Everytime today when I thought about obsessing over something that i have been doing for MONTHS now (Ex girlfriend) it stopped me from doing it what I do and contacting her and KILLING myself inside . I have been tearing my self down with that obsession and now I have to say " I am powerless over my obsession and my life is unmanageable" which gives me the power back.
I don't have the NA book but I will be getting it soon so I can do some reading.
I'll begin with a few questions that are asked I believe they are simple answer yes or no.
Are we sure we want to stop using? YES Do we understand that we have no real control over drugs? YES Do we recognize that in the long run, we didn't use drugs - they used us? YES Did jails & institutions take over the management of our lives at different times? YES Do we fully accept the fact that our every attempt to stop using or to control our use failed? YES YES Do we know that our addiction changed us into someone we didn't want to be: dishonest, deceitful, self-willed people at odds with ourselves & our fellow man? YES Do we really believe that we have failed as drug users?YES
Just read chapter 5 thats all of it in a nutshell right there thanks I needed to do some reading this morning my mind is trying to kill me again BUT NOT GOING TO TODAY...
hey man.we will take this sort of slow,see if anyone else shows up and wants to work them as well.i will answer some tommorow.we have 4 step one worksheets here,so we are gonna practice living the steps,making them a true part of who we are.all of our experiance makes us who we are.
this step sheet is about knowing the basic text,and seeing that we can stay clean no matter what happens.
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dalin a unity means oneity...one god, one fellowship,one sponsor,one program...many gifts
Cool man and thanks for all your help this is helping me little by little step by step this is about the only place I am really active at at the moment but I am going to start attending more outside meetings. I have lost most contact with my sponsor for now just not the right guy for me but we are friends still .
Oh I have 36 days clean today :) thanks too all of you God bless Dalin
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIG 36 MIRACLES! WAY TO GO! KEEP THE MIRACLE ALIVE! IT WORKS, YOU ARE THE PROOF!
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
Dalin, I have just now printed Step One Worksheet and intend to work it over this week. As you said, let's go a bit slow on this step work so that I can stay on par with all of you. I look forward to this step work group and can't wait to reap the benefits. Thanks for the initiative. I understand that I must read the worksheet for a week before I begin my answers, is that so? Please clarify. Hugs.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.