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Making and Taking My Own Steps

by Jill O. | Feb 1, 2024 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

I worked the ACA Twelve Steps in a “fast” group in the first year I joined ACA. The experience was invaluable, opening my eyes to the big picture of intergenerational trauma and my childhood. Each time I worked a step in the yellow workbook, I wrote Tony A’s version...

Restored to Feeling

by Kathleen S. | Nov 15, 2023 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

Step Two is an action statement. When feelings do not exist: “We do not miss what we do not know is possible”, a member commented. Do “blanked out” states—lack of interest or desire—suggest that conditions diagnosed as depression or mood disorders may point to...

REPEATING PATTERN (RECOVERY & GROWTH)

by Tom M. | Nov 1, 2023 | ACA Toolbox

Ask for help. Attend a meeting. Serenity prayer. Admit and embrace my powerlessness. Repeat again. Climb out of my comfort zone. Attend a meeting. Show up and participate. Admit and embrace my powerlessness. Release my illusion of control. Climb out of my comfort...

Le Villian Petit Canard

by Geneviève R. | Aug 1, 2023 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

D’après mon conseiller spirituel, l’« ego » est la somme de nos croyances internes, enfouies dans notre âme. Elles sont devenues inconscientes : une sorte de réflexe pour le vilain petit canard que j’ai été conditionnée à être. Voilà pourquoi 4ème et 10ème étapes sont...

Step Eleven Is For Warriors

by Kathleen S. | Jun 1, 2023 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

How to win? “Lack of power was our dilemma,” AA’s original program affirms. How do I solve that lack, in personal recovery? Isn’t that the point? Do I want to win? Here’s a strategy for non-toxic, productive power that martial artists use that can be applied in Step...

Anonimity is a Spiritual Principle in Step Eleven

by Kathleen S. | May 15, 2023 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

It is a mistake to approach Step Eleven with the old idea that I know what it means to pray or to receive guidance in meditation. That is not to say that I do not have ideas or spiritual experiences I bring or can draw on in Step Eleven. No. I am a spiritual being in...

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