When is the right time to take the Steps - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**nandm** · 01-17-2008, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nandm

Many times we hear people suggest we delay taking the step until we are "ready." We will hear things like: "first year, first step." This advice contradicts the experience of the authors. Here we see that this man took his Third Step on his third day. If we require a Power greater than ourselves to enable us to stay sober, it is best if we immediately set about establishing contact with this Power. The time to begin taking the steps is as soon as our heads clear from our last drunk. .

Too many times people think they have to understand the Steps before they take them. My experience has been understanding how they work comes as we experience the miracle of the spiritual experience. If I had waited until I could understand how the steps worked before I took them I would never have gotten or stayed sober. This is a simple program of action. Some of the best advice I was given in this program is keep it simple, don't over think it, it is not an intellectual program, and work the Steps in every aspect of my life. It is through the application of the steps in our lives that we gain an understanding of how they work. Don't wait, jump in with both feet just as we did when we drank it is only then that we can experience the miracle of a happy, joyous, and free sobriety.

WLDKATZ · 01-17-2008, 11:23 PM

I had to wait for the time in which I was able to understand em trust me it was a long time before I learned to start doing my steps let alone that I have to do them every day!!!!!

**nandm** · 01-17-2008, 11:24 PM

That is very understandable. I still do not completely understand them, I just keep applying them and I learn more each day.

WLDKATZ · 01-17-2008, 11:26 PM

LOL KNOW that feeling

**nandm** · 01-17-2008, 11:30 PM

Maybe a better title would be when is the best time to start applying the steps.....lol

WLDKATZ · 01-17-2008, 11:36 PM

I couldnt at first I so didnt want to see them and Big P kept his program right there in the wide open so I basically started getting used to seeing my flaws threw another persons eyes and the making amends and then it becomes second nature....lol

WLDKATZ · 01-18-2008, 01:13 PM

maybe I need to work a little harder on my steps.......

**nandm** · 04-30-2008, 11:35 PM

01-17-2008, 11:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
WLDKATZ Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI Posts: 3,354	I had to wait for the time in which I was able to understand em trust me it was a long time before I learned to start doing my steps let alone that I have to do them every day!!!!! __________________ Good Better best never let it rest until you kick the dog shi! out of the looser!!!!!!!!!

01-17-2008, 11:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
nandm Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 4,898	That is very understandable. I still do not completely understand them, I just keep applying them and I learn more each day. __________________ NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelou

01-17-2008, 11:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
WLDKATZ Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI Posts: 3,354	LOL KNOW that feeling __________________ Good Better best never let it rest until you kick the dog shi! out of the looser!!!!!!!!!

01-17-2008, 11:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
nandm Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 4,898	Maybe a better title would be when is the best time to start applying the steps.....lol __________________ NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelou

01-17-2008, 11:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
WLDKATZ Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI Posts: 3,354	I couldnt at first I so didnt want to see them and Big P kept his program right there in the wide open so I basically started getting used to seeing my flaws threw another persons eyes and the making amends and then it becomes second nature....lol __________________ Good Better best never let it rest until you kick the dog shi! out of the looser!!!!!!!!!

01-18-2008, 01:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
WLDKATZ Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI Posts: 3,354	maybe I need to work a little harder on my steps....... __________________ Good Better best never let it rest until you kick the dog shi! out of the looser!!!!!!!!!

04-30-2008, 11:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
nandm Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 4,898	__________________ NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again. - Maya Angelou

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