Blog Entries tagged 'Step 1'

Taking A Personal Inventory. 14 Points to Ponder.

kenandjody@comcast.net — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

People living by the 12-step life-style recognize that our fifth step is one of the most powerful tools for recovery. It reads;

"We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."

Just as a review for you non-steppers, by the time we reach this step we have already admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, made the decisi [...]

Why Do "Big Boys" Have Trouble Admitting Powerlessness?

kenandjody@comcast.net — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

We are three men from Texas with over 40 years in Al-Anon (which is pretty unique), and we wrote this post the day before Halloween last year without the slightest thought that so many would read it. It is accounting for about 1/4 of the "hits" on our blog now, which has more than 60 posts, so it is obvious that men REALLY DO have trouble admitting powerlessness!

Please help us fuel this fire and help many other men by forwarding this post to any [...]