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Step 6 address the issue of our readiness to have removed the defects of character we identified in Step 4. After the hard work of the previous two steps, this step seems quick and easy. Not much is required in terms of action, but a great deal is required emotionally and spiritually. This Step asks us whether we are willing or not to to behave different.

If we do not recognize a problem, we cannot solve it. Step 6 allows us to see the problem.  Step 6 focuses our attention on our willingness to give up defects of character, even defects that we enjoy. But we know that all character defects can lead us back to our addictions, even the character defects that we like. Step 6 allows us the ability to see even those pleasurable defects and encourages us to find a spiritual 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(s):

What are some of the character defects that you wanted to be rid of?
What character defect did you want to hold onto?

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

If you would like to listen to the live stream of the show on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Chat and Live Stream

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This week, the Recovered Podcast will continue our step study journey.  On Tuesday, February 9,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Step 5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

In this step, we admit to God, to ourselves, and to another person the exact nature of the wrongs we have committed as the result of our character defects.  It is one thing to admit these wrongs and defects secretly to ourselves and quite another to write them down on paper and see them in black and white.  It is still humbling to admit them to another human being.  That final admission makes them more real and more painful to us, while, at the same time, removes some of their power.

Step five is another action Step and ego-deflating experience.  The AA Twelve and Twelve tells us that “scarcely any Step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one.”  Although all of the Twelve Steps deflate our ego,, “when it comes to ego deflation, few Steps are harder to take than Five.”

This week, the Recovered Podcast will continue our step study journey.  On Tuesday, February 2,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Step 4.  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

The Fourth Step brings us to a specific course of action that the AA Big Book describes as “vigorous.”  It is a “personal house-cleaning which many of had never attempted.”  The Fourth Step strengthens the decision we made in the Third Step and helps us carry it out.  According to the AA Big Book, unless we make a “strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which have been blocking us,” our decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him can “have little permanent effect.”

If you would like to listen to the live stream of the show on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Radio Live Stream
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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.

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):

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. 

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

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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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Happy New Year!  Hope you are well and ready for the New Year.

On Tuesday, January 5,  2016, The Recovery Topic is Financial Insecurity

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Call and tell us and answer the following question:
What financial insecurity fears are (have) you experiencing (experienced)?
What recovery tools do you plan to use?
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 5, 2016 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Podcast Live Stream

I have attached show notes for your reflection.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, The Recovery Topic is making Plans in Recovery Call 1-734-288-7510 or tap Speakpipe (especially if outside U.S.) 

Call and answer the following questions:
What are your Recovery Plans for 2016?
What tools do you plan to use to achieve these plans?

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Tap HERE for the show notes to prepare for Tuesday’s show.

On Monday, December 21,  2015, The Recovery Topic is
Peace of Mind in Recovery

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

Call and answer the following question(s):
What are the things that threaten your serenity?
Are they different today compared to before program?
What tools of Recovery do you use to obtain Serenity?

Remember, we stream live every Tuesday at 6:30 pm est.  This week however, the show is on a Monday.  If you would like to listen to the live stream of the show on Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:30 pm EST, just tap Recovered Podcast Live Stream