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This topic was put forth to us from listener Bronte.

Bronte writes

I would really like to hear people Share about their own personal evidence of a higher power acting in their lives.

Bronte writes that she would like to hear what their evidence is today,

Bronte would like to hear stories, testimonies, your experiences.

Bronte writes,

It’s good to notice the beauty and grace in our Recovery even when things may seem insurmountable or when we are questioning whether our Higher Power exists.

I think the topic could reinforce people’s hope.

Thanks, just a thought.

Awesome thought Bronte.

So, let’s start with a discussion on Step 2

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

Did you come into the program with a belief in a higher power?

How did your understanding of a higher power change change when you came into the fellowship?

What evidence do you have that your higher power is active in your life?

How has your attitude influenced your relationship with a higher power?

What specific things do you do to be in touch with your higher power?

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How has your experiences affected the way you live?

To those who are having a difficult time believing, what would you say?

How do tragedies in your life affect your relationship with your higher power?

How does your higher power keep you sober?

How does your higher power help you in your everyday life?

How does your higher power help you when bad shit happens?

How does your higher power help you when good shit happens?

How does your higher power give you hope?

What would you say to the newcomer who is confused how a higher power helps.

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Difficult Relationships in the Fellowships – Recovered 534

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October 8, 2014

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Go to enough meetings, and you are likely to see someone you didn’t know was in AA.

Stay in the program long enough and you may have the distinction of being at a meeting with your kid.

Being at a meeting with your parent will probably affect your share.

What are you initial thoughts on this topic of relationships in AA?

Before you went to your first meeting but after you had decided that you were going to go Alcoholics Anonymous, did you ever worry that you would see someone that you would know at your first meeting?

Did someone take you to your first meeting?

Was that awkward or comforting?

Have you ever been to a meeting with a desire to share about a resentment with someone, but that someone was at the meeting?

What is your experience?

If you have not had this experience, how do you think you would handle it?

If you have had this happen, what was your experience?

If you were to face that situation again, what would you do different?

What would you do the same?

Have you ever seen someone you know socially at an AA meeting, but did not know they were in AA?

What was your experience?

What would you do different?

What would you do that same?

What advice would you give to the new guy?

Have you been to a meeting with a close relative?

What was that like the first time?

Have you been to al-anon?

Have you ever felt awkward being an alcoholic at an al-anon meeting?

Do you have relationships with people in a 12 step fellowship other than your own?

Do you talk program with these people?

Even though you don’t share the same addiction, is there a connection?

What is your experience?

Do you know anyone who goes to Al Anon because of you?

Have you ever been to an Al-Anon meeting with them?

Have you ever had someone approach you and say, “I saw you at a meeting…”

What was that experience like?

How did you react?

What is the closest relative that has attended your open talk?

What was that like?

Is there anyone you would feel awkward to have attend your open talk?

Why or why not?

Talk to the new guy who would like to go to their first AA meeting but is afraid that someone he knows will recognize him.

Talk to the person who feels shame about going to the meeting and being found out.

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Traverse City Fall Roundup 2014

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September 27, 2014

Anna and I are really looking forward to sharing our experience strength and hope in our life of recovery with you at the Traverse City Fall Roundup 2014. The conference will be held at the beautiful Park Place Hotel in fabulous Traverse City, Michigan from Friday October 31 through Sunday November 2.

We hope you can join us and support the recovering community in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Drinking Dreams – Recovered 530

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September 23, 2014

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Alright Cristie, let’s begin with definitions.

What is a drinking dream?

A psychologist once said, “Drinking dreams are a natural part of the anxieties that come along with being sober.” “They’re a sign of the battle sober people have with admitting complete powerlessness over alcohol or drugs,”

Your thoughts?

Do you remember ever having using dreams before getting sober?

Describe your drinking dream experiences

During your dream, did you experience guilt?

During your dream, was the experience celebratory?

During your dream, were you sneaking your drinks?

During your dream, were you drinking normally?

Was your dream vivid?

Describe those feelings when you are in that semi conscience dream-state and you really thought you relapsed.

When you thought that the slip was real, did you think about how to keep it secret?

When you in that state that you thought the dream was real, did you feel remorse, loss, grief, and/or guilt?

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Describe your feelings when you realized that it was just a dream and that you did not lose your sobriety.

Did the dream trigger the desire to use?

Do you talk to your sponsor about these dreams?

Do you talk about drinking dreams at meetings?

Should they be discussed at meetings?

Have you ever processed the drinking dream experience?

Have you journaled about your drinking dreams?

Have you ever thought about why you had that dream in context of what is going on in your life?

Have you noticed the relationship between stress and drinking dreams?

Have you noticed a relationship between success and drinking dreams?

Are you hanging with using friends?

Are you visiting old places where you used to use?

Final thoughts about drinking dreams.

Did you have them more frequently when you were new?

Do you have them now?

For you, are drinking dreams a red flag symbolizing something is wrong in your program?

What would you say to the new guy who just had his first drinking dream?

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September 23, 2014

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