Courage to Change: I’d read the Twelfth Step many times before I saw it. But there it was: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps...” What…
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Courage to Change: Before I discovered Al-Anon I often used other people’s problems as an excuse to avoid my obligations. I loved the drama of another’s crisis and talked about…
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Courage to Change: I will dare to be myself. I may be tempted to paste a smile on my face even though I am angry, in order to please another…
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Courage to Change: In Step Three we "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." This is a…
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Courage to Change: I tried so hard to learn detachment. Living with active alcoholism was confusing, and the idea of detachment seemed vague. The alcoholic in my life was a…
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