Step Three Part One - Making A Decision

›
Why is making a decision central to working this step? I think deciding is an act of will and also the start point of a willingness to fol...

Step Two: Part Seven Moving On

›
What action can I take that will help me along the process of coming to believe?  This is a difficult one but I guess just more of the sam...

Step Two Part Six: Spiritual Principles

›
What is having a closed mind harmful to my recovery?  In so many ways!!! I think and then I over-think, analyse ... see potential problems...

Step Two Part Five: Restoration to Sanity

›
What are some of the things I consider examples of sanity?  Responding rather than reacting. Taking time to think things through, to look ...

Step Two Part Four: A Power Greater Than Ourselves

›
Do I have problems accepting that there is a Power or Powers greater than myself? Not in the broad sense no. I don't have any problem ...

Step Two Part Three: Coming to Believe

›
Do I have any fears about coming to believe? I am afraid of everything! Do I have any fears about coming to believe? Yes, I do. Specifical...

Step Two Part Two: Insanity

›
Did I believe I could control my drinking? What were some of the experiences with this, and how were my efforts unsuccessful? I tried for ...

Step Two Part One: Hope

›
What do I hope about today? I hope that I can work the steps and learn to apply the principles consistently. I hope that I can learn to li...

Step One Part Nine: Moving On

›
How do I know it is time to move on? I don't. I need to talk this out with someone in AA that I trust. What is my understanding of S...

Step One Part Eight: Spiritual Principles

›
If I've been thinking about drinking or acting out my addiction in some other way, have I shared it with my sponsor or told anyone else?...

Step One Part Seven: Surrender

›
What am I afraid of about the concept of surrender if anything?  I think the only thing that really frightens me is that I will be require...

Step One Part Six: Reservations

›
Have I accepted the full measure of my disease? I absolutely recognise that I've got an addiction, and that this means that I will nev...

Step One Part Five: Unmanageability

›
What does unmanageability mean to me? Outwardly my life seems mostly OK. There are signs of this unmanageability ... frequent absenses fro...

Step One Part Four: Powerlessness

›
Over what exactly am I powerless? When I drink I always want to drink enough to get drunk. The only time that doesn't happen is when t...

Step One - Part Three: Hitting Bottom: Despair & Isolation

›
What crisis bought me to recovery? I knew for a while before I joined BrightEye that I had a drink problem. There was no crisis as such. I...

Step One - Part Two. Denial.

›
Have I given plausible but untrue reasons for my behaviour? What have they been? When I drank I often lied about the reasons I was drinkin...

Step One - Part One. The desease of addiction

›
What does "the disease of addiction" mean to me? To me it means that there is a strong compulsion on my part to repeatedly act i...