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Call Recovered About Step 3

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This week, the Recovered Podcast will continue our step study journey.  On Tuesday, January 26,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Step 3.  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

With the first step, we accepted the fundamental problem we face as alcoholics, our powerlessness over alcohol and the unmanageability of our lives.  In the second step, we found the nature of our solution: a Power greater than ourselves who could restore us to sanity.  In the third step, we discover how to make use of that solution by turning our will and our lives over to the care of that power.


Step 3 has been summarized as:  I can’t, God can, I think I’ll let him.


The 12 and 12 says, “… the effectiveness of the whole AA program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.”


Steps 1, 2, and 3 are the foundation of our program.

Let’s talk about this solution.  Tap Speakpipe (especially if you are outside the Unites States) or call 1-734-288-7510 and answer the following question(s):

What does it mean to make a decision?


What does the phrase “God as we understood him” mean to you?

Recovered Podcast is live online every Tuesday at 6:30 pm as we record the show.  Join the fun and be part of the show. 


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Step 2 – Recovered 666

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

The second step is about hope, a Higher Power, and dealing with reality.

This step logically follows step 1 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 emotions like

our fear, anger, hopelessness.

For us with chemical dependency,

we have to face these things without alcohol and drugs.

For us with codependency,

we have to face these emotions without blame, shame, and self harm

If all of us in this room are powerless,

how can we solve these problems?

How can we cope?

That is why we need step 2, we need a power greater than ourselves.

Let’s go to you first Kayla.

Welcome back to the studios

where have you been?

What is your sobriety date?

where is you home group?

who is your sponsor?

What are your initial thoughts?

Where do you want to begin?

What does the phrase “Power greater than ourselves” mean to you?

What does the term sanity in this step mean to you?

Why does the step say that a Power greater than ourselves

could restore us to sanity rather than

would restore us to sanity?

On the Power greater than yourself issue, where did you start in your belief?

Has your belief system changed?

How?

What is willingness and how does that work in this step?

Have you ever had to be willing to be willing to make a start?

Addiction is a disease of loneliness, how does this fellowship help?

How has the fellowship helped you?

We have calls

first call

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Jen

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Russ

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Sarah

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Clyde

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Kurt

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Jeanie

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How is sanity and reality related?

Tell us about your step 2 story?

What would you say to the new person about step 2?

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Call Recovered About Step 2

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This week, the Recovered Podcast will continue our step study journey.  On Monday, January 18,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Step 2.  Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

The second step is about hope, a Higher Power, and dealing with reality.  In Step 1 we discovered we were powerless over our problem, “Lack of power, that was our dilemma.”  In Step 2, we are given the solution.

Let’s talk about this solution.  Tap Speakpipe (especially if you are outside the Unites States) or call 1-734-288-7510 and answer the following question:

What does the phrase, “Power greater than ourselves” mean to you?

Recovered Podcast is live online every Tuesday at 6:30 pm as we record the show.  Join the fun and be part of the show.  Remember, this week only we will podcast on a Monday night.

If you would like to listen to the live stream of the show on Monday, January 18, 2016 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Radio Live Stream

Click Show Notes so you can prepare for this week’s show!

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Step 1 – Recovered 664

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The Big Book devotes 2 whole chapters to Step 1;
Chapter II, There is a Solution and Chapter  III, More About Alcoholism

Step 1 is an admission of the central problem we face as alcoholics.
Once we can admit our powerlessness,
a door opens to the solution to our problem.

What does it mean to you to admit something?
Why do you think the step says, “We admitted”
rather than “I admitted?”

What does the term “powerless over alcohol”  mean to you?
What are some of you experiences?
What does the term “our lives had become unmanageable” mean to you?
What are some of your experiences?

On page 30 of the big book, it reads,
“We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.”

The book tells us that we had to learn that we had to being powerless to alcohol..
Where did you learn your powerlessness? (big book, meetings, open talks, podcasts, etc)
What does fully concede mean to you?
concede – admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it.
What should a person do if they are not sure they are alcoholic?
Who are we to admit our alcoholism to? Who really matters? Why?

We have Calls

Tony
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Russ
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Buddy
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Bill from NJ
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from kurt
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Jeanie
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When you took step one,
was it an intellectual acceptance or
was it more like an emotional acceptance?

The Big Book and the 12 and 12 describe the process of step 1 as:
utter defeat
bankruptcy
hopelessness and
hitting bottom
Why does it have to be this painful? (12 and 12, p. 24)

What did the first step accomplish for you?

What would you say to the new guy about step 1?

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Call Recovered About Step 1

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This week, the Recovered Podcast will begin the first week of a 12 week series of the 12 steps.  On Tuesday, January 12,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Step 1.  We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.

Call 1-734-288-7510 or tap Speakpipe (especially if outside U.S.)

Call and answer the following question(s):
What does powerless mean to you?
What does unmanageable mean to you?

Remember, we stream live every Tuesday at 6:30 pm est.  If you would like to listen to the live stream of the show on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Podcast Live Stream

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Premium Member Only Open Talk Mark W – Recovered 663

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12 Steps Covered in the Next 12 Weeks

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Over the next 12 weeks, we will discuss our experience, strength, and hope regarding the 12 steps of recovery.

We need your voice so that this adventure is as rich as possible.  A diverse community is a healthy, growing community.  This is true in the biological world, this is true in the recovery world, and can be true for the Recovered Podcast Community.

So add your voice to the discussion.  Tap Speakpipe and let us know your experiences.

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