help on this question please
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help on this question please
ideas please i struggle with god stuff
my answer to the last one (spirituality is : ghosts could i have nature as a answer too???
heres the question
examples!
Writing for Step 2a: Make a list of powers greater than yourself within the following three classes:
Physical: (Examples: alcohol, pistols, policemen, bosses, cancer....)
Mental: (Examples: alcohol obsessions, greed, anger, pride, lust...)
Spiritual: (God...)
my answers!
PHYSICAL , ALCOHOL, ILLNESS(COLD,WARTS,CANCER) COURTS, WEATHER
MENTAL , OBSESSIONS, OCD, GREED, ANGER, LUST,
SPIRITUAL , GHOSTS, THE WONDER AND ENERGY OF LIFE ((NATURE (SEA, SOLAR SYSTEM, TREES))
my answer to the last one (spirituality is : ghosts could i have nature as a answer too???
heres the question
examples!
Writing for Step 2a: Make a list of powers greater than yourself within the following three classes:
Physical: (Examples: alcohol, pistols, policemen, bosses, cancer....)
Mental: (Examples: alcohol obsessions, greed, anger, pride, lust...)
Spiritual: (God...)
my answers!
PHYSICAL , ALCOHOL, ILLNESS(COLD,WARTS,CANCER) COURTS, WEATHER
MENTAL , OBSESSIONS, OCD, GREED, ANGER, LUST,
SPIRITUAL , GHOSTS, THE WONDER AND ENERGY OF LIFE ((NATURE (SEA, SOLAR SYSTEM, TREES))
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I think they sound fine, too, but I'm not in AA.
We have a special link that deals with the AA Steps: Alcoholism-12 Step Support - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information.
Good luck!
We have a special link that deals with the AA Steps: Alcoholism-12 Step Support - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information.
Good luck!
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I'm not quite sure what you are struggling with. There are a zillion things more powerful than me. I don't count amongst them an invisible mythical old guy in the sky though. Personally I choose AA itself and specifically my local group to be that power AA refers to.
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What do you choose; a slow alcoholic death or a spiritual way of life?
step 2 Are you willing to believe
or
Are you willing to set aside your old beliefs
that a power greater than you might exist?
or
Are you willing to stop insisting there is no god?
move to the decision in step 3 Do you believe the steps will help you?
then step 4, 5, 6 & 7.
it's not rocket science.
The steps help us to find a relationship with a power greater than ourselves via a spiritual experience. This experience can happen by working those steps!
step 2 Are you willing to believe
or
Are you willing to set aside your old beliefs
that a power greater than you might exist?
or
Are you willing to stop insisting there is no god?
move to the decision in step 3 Do you believe the steps will help you?
then step 4, 5, 6 & 7.
it's not rocket science.
The steps help us to find a relationship with a power greater than ourselves via a spiritual experience. This experience can happen by working those steps!
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It's what I was asked when working the steps in a very simple manner. It eased the anxiety in trying to fully comprehend what was an experience. 
I can't and don't try to understand my higher power, but I certainly know there is one since working through those steps. Step 2 "came to life" when I worked through step 7. Now that was an experience which can not be explained; but not a craving nor desire to drink or use since day 16, the day after I worked those steps quickly, for relief.
I can't and don't try to understand my higher power, but I certainly know there is one since working through those steps. Step 2 "came to life" when I worked through step 7. Now that was an experience which can not be explained; but not a craving nor desire to drink or use since day 16, the day after I worked those steps quickly, for relief.
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step 2 is very simple: came to believe in a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. a power that can help us with our problems.
this sentence from "we agnostics":
Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.
tells me all I have to do is believe. I don't have to make it any more complicated than,"yes, I believe" and then continue with the rest of the steps.
I started with the belief.
that grew to faith
which grew to trust.
this sentence from "we agnostics":
Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.
tells me all I have to do is believe. I don't have to make it any more complicated than,"yes, I believe" and then continue with the rest of the steps.
I started with the belief.
that grew to faith
which grew to trust.
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