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Tipsy McStagger


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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.

Fine, I admit it, I'm powerless over alcohol and my life is an unmanageable mess because of it...surprise surprise

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

I believe, I sincerely believe.

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

Sure, why not...I'm not exactly doing much with it.

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

I'm a liar, I'm a shitty person, yadda, yadda, yadda...

Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Do you guys count as humans?

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Ready and waiting...rather impatiently.

Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Pretty please with a cherry on top.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Everyone I've ever met.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

I'm emailing their apologies now.

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

I'm still a liar, I'm still a shitty person, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

I sincerely do spend a great deal of time meditating about what my purpose my higher power has for me. I also sincerely want to help others who suffer.

As dumb as this may seem it's the closest I've ever come to actually doing the steps. It actually feels kind of good...like a mini breakthrough. I don't exactly feel cured or anything, I guess that takes a few tries but I do feel somewhat better.

Weird :)



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not bad TM but you skipped #11. do you have a concept of what you HP looks, sounds, and is for you?

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Tipsy, so you know anyone face to face you could sit down with and go through the steps in detail? I know something special happens when I am face to face with someone in AA. doing it on my own always means I miss something important. A year of complacency has proved that for me, and I don't want to go back to that. I can't do it on my own.

Joni

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I combined 11 and 12 because I was in a bit of a hurry.

And no, I don't know anyone I could sit down with to do them for real. I used to know AA people in the real world but whenever I would start to feel like I'd had enough of sobriety I would decide I didn't like them and tell them t to go to hell.

Like I said, I haven't been a very nice person hmm.gif

-- Edited by Tipsy McStagger at 13:05, 2007-12-12

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I have to say that even though I did this in what appears to be a facetious manner, and no doubt some of you will castigate me for not taking my sobriety seriously *cough* cooncatbob *cough*, I really wasn't kidding about t making me feel a little better. Something about physically sitting down, reading the steps and answering them made them feel more real to me.

I'm going to a meeting today.

Who knows maybe I'll meet someone who isn't a complete know it all jerk to be my temporary sponsor.

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TipMc I'm getting a sense you may want this so do yourself another service, sit down, concentrate & answer the questions in the attached file. They will help you break through your ego to a little surrender & serenity inside. Report back with your results. Good luck & God bless. Danielle

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that's right, Tipsy. Just take it one day and one Step at a time. I too hope you find someone in AA to sit down with. Or at least I hope they find YOU?? Keep an open mind.

Joni

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Sharing something with you Tip..ole boy..

I used to be a real self centered asshole...and Still can be some days...

There an old saying in AA...

"To keep it? We hafta give it away"

We have a lot of newcommers on here...

By sharing your experience, strength and hope with THEM?

You not only help them...but help yourself...

And the term "Noitalls?"

Thats bullshit.....

There are a lot of us that have been where youre at...and its as simple as that..:)

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Tipsy McStagger


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Sobrietyspell wrote:

TipMc I'm getting a sense you may want this so do yourself another service, sit down, concentrate & answer the questions in the attached file. They will help you break through your ego to a little surrender & serenity inside. Report back with your results. Good luck & God bless. Danielle





So I did your step one questionnaire. I spent a lot of time on it actually, really contemplating my answers and being as deeply introspective as I'm capable of and do wanna know something? It didn't make me feel very good at all. In fact it made me realize that things are even worse then I thought they were. That my drinking is even more out of control and causing more chaos in my life than I was willing to admit. Thanks a lot blankstare.gif

So do you have one of these for step 2?

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