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Sep 30, 2020

Step Four of AA’s Twelve-Step Program of recovery is infamously the “scary” one, probably because it’s a crucial step towards effective and lasting recovery. Since the overall philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous is that alcoholism is just a symptom of a spiritual disease, the real problem is in character flaws...


Sep 25, 2020

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Sep 25, 2020

When we’ve taken steps one and two we have learned and accepted that our lives are unmanageable, we are alcoholics and a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity.

What if we were to surrender the manageability part? We can surrender a lifetime of self-will run amok by making the decision to turn it all...


Sep 18, 2020

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Sep 16, 2020

The second step is about hope, a Higher Power, and dealing with reality.
This step logically follows step one in which we surrendered and gave up.

With surrender comes all kinds of unmedicated feelings. We have to face feelings we haven't dealt with in years or maybe ever. We likely will have to confront uncomfortable...