Old 04-06-2013, 08:41 AM
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Kindeyes
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Even though you cannot get to F2F meetings, you can buy a couple of great books on the steps. Here are my suggestions for working the steps without going to F2F meetings:

1. Pick up Melody Beattie's "Codependents Guide to the 12 Steps".
2. Pick up "How Al-Anon Works" and/or "Paths to Recovery"
3. Develop relationships with people on line who have a good base of recovery.
4. Ask one of them to sponsor you. With telephone calls now often being free with cell phones, landlines, and Skype, this is now a viable possibility.
5. Stick with it, take it slow, don't rush the process. It took me 1-1/2 years to go through the steps the first time.

Those are my suggestions for anyone who wishes to go through the steps without attending meetings. I suppose with Skype..it might even be possible to have an online 12 step group study (hmmmmm......interesting thought).

Good luck. It's a lot of hard work but it's worth it.....and so are you.

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