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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...

Daily Affirmations

by Kathleen S. | May 1, 2023 | ACA Toolbox

“We are much like other people” in fellowship. In practical terms, the AA program’s view that “we are in this together” and “we are the resources that are there for each other” is a baseline I can make use of, whether I ever was a drinker or addict or not. When the AA...

Tips for Step 10

by Kathleen S. | May 1, 2023 | ACA Toolbox

“Gradual Progress Is Progress.” I face unpleasant circumstances as the motivation for joining a 12-Step program (or going to therapy, where I am referred to one, as a follow-up for that work). Do adverse experiences end when I come to recognize them? Wouldn’t that be...

Engine-Like

by Geneviève R. | Apr 15, 2023 | ACA Toolbox

I know nothing about engines, except the four-stroke combustion cycle: 1) induction (fuel enters), 2) compression, 3) explosion, 4) expansion (exhaust out). At the emotional level, things worked similarly for me: Induction: my father’s and other authority...

SELF-DOUBT NO MORE

by Geneviève R. | Mar 15, 2023 | ACA Toolbox

As an Adult Child, I have always been consumed by self-doubt (see daily meditations of June 27, September 08, November 06). Double-binds were the rule in my family, along with lies, secrets, enmeshment, triangulation (= no direct communication, always tell a third...

Mon Dieu, donnez-moi…

by Geneviève R. | Jan 15, 2023 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine

Mon Dieu, donnez-moi de découvrir ce que signifient ces cinq mots : ils sont si mystérieux, si étranges, si inconnus, si exotiques… Mon Dieu, donnez-moi…LA FOI……pour rester “abstinente à la peur” quoi qu’il arrive.(outils : 2ème Etape, alimentée en cultivant la...

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