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Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 5th STEP Prayer
God I thank
you from the bottom of my heart that I know you better. Help me
become aware of anything I have omitted discussing with another
person. Help me to do what is necessary to walk a free man at
last. AMEN A QUICK
NOTE—there are several versions of these step prayers that float
around. You may have been given a copy by your sponsor at
sometime. Some versions claim to be "from the BIG BOOK". The
problem is some are written in the
Big Book "Alcoholics Anonymous" or in the "Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions", and others are only inspired
by or derived from what is in these books. To avoid confusion,
what is in the
Big Book (BB) or Twelve & Twelve (12&12), I'll put quote
marks around, the others I'll either give page numbers from
which the inspiration may have come, or quote that page first.]
LET GO To LET GO does not mean to stop
caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. MYSTERY QUESTION: Where do you find the suggestion to do a review of your day at the end of your day? |
“When we
retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we
resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology?
Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed
with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward
all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of
ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we
could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of
life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse
or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to
others. After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and
inquire what corrective measures should be taken.” ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ TRADITION THREE: The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
"Why
did A.A. finally drop all its membership regulations? Why did we
leave it to each newcomer to decide himself whether he was an
alcoholic and whether he should join us? Why did we dare to say,
contrary to the experience of society and government everywhere,
that we would neither punish nor deprive any A.A. of membership,
that we must never compel anyone to pay anything, believe
anything, or conform to anything?...
1952, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 141 Submitted by Jennifer D.
The Invisible Line From Redwood City, California THIS IS ABOUT the idea “Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle”. We in AA talk about crossing the invisible line into our alcoholism. What about crossing the invisible line into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous? In my first year of sobriety, I fought to stay sober. It was the hardest thing in my life. I had so many new feelings. And what do you do when you know nothing else but to drink? I went to meetings and shared my feelings. There were days when I’d feel okay, and then the next day I’d want to drink. Then, a year into my sobriety, the miracle happened. I was sitting in a meeting, and I said to myself, “Oh my God, I
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