All Addictions
12-Step Study
Workshop
12-Step Study
Workshop
2/25/2016 0 Comments Recording For February 25, 2016(week 117) 25 February 2016 12 Step Study All Addictions Big Book Workshop 12 x 12 Step 7: ‘Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.’ Page 72: Paragraph beginning ‘This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result. ..’ until end of paragraph: ‘’That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God’s will, was missing.’ Call back: 641 715 3900 For a summary of the steps: dial the same main number. For part 1 add pin no. 235934# for part 2 pin no. 578290# If you wish to donate towards the upkeep of the website please send to: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 NOTE: Sue is compiling a brand new members’ list so if you would like to be included whether you are an existing or new member please send your name, phone number, time zone and if you wish, times to call, along with your email to: [email protected] If you do not have email, telephone her on: 434 987 4349 soul work Look up: grovelling despair liberation paralyzing grip admission aversion ‘For us, the process of gaining a new perspective was unbelievably painful. It was only by repeated humiliations that we were forced to learn something about humility. It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we began to feel humility as something more than a condition of grovelling despair. Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realises for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralysing grip.’ Q1 Go over that paragraph, personalise and own it for your own story. Q2. Where are you on self-reliance and if you make a mistake, how are you handling it? Are you humiliating yourself, lying to cover up your mistakes? Are you out there saying: Yes I made a mistake. Are you in denial, pointing fingers at other people: They made me do it because of xyz. [It is good to put the finger on the pulse of self-reliance. Self-reliance is defiance – all about me]. Q3. First paragraph page 73 underline and circle: ‘To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time.’ Q4. What does humility mean to you? Wealth? Power? A perfect size 4, perfect hair, perfect relationship, that friend? Where are you when you think about humility? [We either come with humility or one day we will end up in grovelling despair. You can take your pick!)
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