Step Six – Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
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- How do we explain to other people why we decided not to drink?
- What is our experience with aches, pains, sleeplessness or other physical symptoms in early sobriety?
- What was our experience of the first 10 days sober?
- What medical or other help did we need to initially stop drinking?
- How did we cope with the initial withdrawal from alcohol?
- Step One
- What does it feel like to have a craving for more after the first drink?
- How did our drinking affect other people?
- Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- How is our drinking different from the average drinker?
- Why did we decide to stop drinking?
- What lies did we tell about our drinking?
- What are some personal examples of having no defence against the first drink?
- When did we start to realise we drink differently to others?
- How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- How did we try to hide our alcoholic drinking?
- How do I know I'm an alcoholic?
- How has our drinking made our lives unmanageable?
- What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- What did we lose because of our drinking?
- Step Two
- When did we find hope?
- When did we realise that the drinking problem could be solved?
- How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- What does the AA program promise?
- Why do we need a Higher Power?
- What convinced us to try AA's 12 step program?
- How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Where did we find hope?
- How did we come to believe in a power greater than ourselves?
- What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Step Three
- What old ideas did we need to let go?
- What was our experience when taking step three?
- What are we deciding to do when we take Step Three?
- How did we become willing to take step three?
- What was the effect of taking Step Three?
- When were we ready to start the housecleaning steps?
- What did we do to start living on a spiritual basis?
- Step Four
- How are resentments dangerous to our sobriety?
- What made us balk at writing our Step Four inventory?
- What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Why is inventory necessary?
- How do we ensure our fourth step inventory is fearless and thorough?
- Step Five
- What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- How did we choose the person or people to hear our inventory?
- What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Step Six
- Step Seven
- Step Eight
- Step Nine
- Step Ten
- What growth have we gained by practicing Step Ten?
- How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- When did we feel that the drink problem had been removed (as promised in step ten)?
- How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
- How do we turn our thoughts to someone we can help?
- Step Eleven
- Step Twelve
- How is Step Twelve important to our sobriety?
- What are the joys of working with others?
- What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- How do we describe AA to someone who has never been to a meeting?
- What do we tell newcomers about our struggles to stop drinking?
- What solution are we offering to newcomers?
- How do we know we have had the ‘spiritual awakening’ promised in Step 12?
- Can an atheist have a spiritual awakening?
- What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
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