We needed to ask ourselves but one short question.
Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?"
As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built. (BB 47:2)
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Step 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Chapter 4, WE AGNOSTICS, page 47.
"Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe,
that there is a Power greater than myself?"
Chapter 4, WE AGNOSTICS, page 53.
When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self imposed crises we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't. What was our choice to be?
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You get your sanity back in step 10 !
Chapter 7, INTO ACTION, page 84.
And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--
even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZdeYp3mnY
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Bob D. from Las Vegas, NV and Kerry C. from Harrison, NJ
Q & A session at the CPH12 v8 Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark - May 5th 2007
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxepfXwqnrg
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Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 6, INTO ACTION, page 86.
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four
hours ahead.
We consider our plans for the day.
Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking,
especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity,
dishonest or self-seeking motives.
Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use.
Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
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In morning meditation, write down YOUR guidance.
If it passes ALL 4 Absolutes, it's God directed guidance.
Must pass ALL 4 Absolutes of HONESTY, PURITY (motive), UNSELFISHNESS, LOVE.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFEsKca8vU
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Brian & Katherine Workshop
STEPS 3, 4 and 5
----- Take all 12 steps of AA
// 5-20-2019
Download / Listen to 12 Step Workshop Audio
CLUB FORMAT - 5 Minute Chair Intro / Lord's Prayer - End Meeting
http://www.spiritualsteps.com/12steps.html
Brian & Katherine Workshop
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2 - http://www.spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5 - http://www.spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10 - http://www.spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11- http://www.spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12 - http://www.spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2005.mp3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07d6uvHwqM