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12 Steps of Recovery

12 Steps of Recovery

By "i am an alcoholic"

12 Steps of Recovery is a limited podcast series helping alcoholics & addicts understand the Big Book (4th ed.) and Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in order to achieve permanent sobriety. Each ad-free episode examines a Step from the literature—and Ilya shares his experience, strength, and hope as it relates to the reading. Because everybody deserves a real chance at staying sober! Questions/Comments: 12StepsOfRecovery@comcast.net Supplemental Handouts & Worksheets (Dropbox Drive): https://tinyurl.com/rzkt7af

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The Family Afterward

12 Steps of RecoveryOct 20, 2019

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The Family Afterward

The Family Afterward

An examination of the recovering family after the cessation of drinking.

Oct 20, 201901:03:01

Step 12: A Vision For You

Step 12: A Vision For You

An examination of having & keeping a spiritual awakening vs. being trapped in our disease.

Oct 07, 201941:50

Step 12: Working With Others

Step 12: Working With Others

An examination of how & why we try to carry this message of Alcoholics Anonymous to newcomers.

Oct 04, 201901:11:22

Step 12: 12&12

Step 12: 12&12

“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

Sep 29, 201901:17:04

Step 11: 12&12

Step 11: 12&12

"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."

Sep 26, 201901:06:60

Steps 10&11: Into Action

Steps 10&11: Into Action

Examining how Steps 10&11 are interwoven to achieve conscious contact with your Higher Power.

Sep 21, 201959:42

Step 10: 12&12

Step 10: 12&12

"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."

Sep 19, 201901:02:51

Step 10: Into Action

Step 10: Into Action

A summary of the previous nine Steps and why we continue to grow in effectiveness and understanding.

Sep 15, 201959:21

Step 9: 12&12

Step 9: 12&12

"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."

Sep 12, 201953:48

Step 8: 12&12

Step 8: 12&12

"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."

Sep 11, 201959:54

Steps 8&9: Into Action

Steps 8&9: Into Action

An examination about willingness & making amends to those we have harmed.

Sep 04, 201955:22

Step 7: Into Action — 12&12

Step 7: Into Action — 12&12

"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."

Aug 11, 201901:01:09

Step 6: Into Action — 12&12

Step 6: Into Action — 12&12

"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."

Aug 09, 201901:03:47

Step 5: 12&12

Step 5: 12&12

"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."

Aug 07, 201954:20

Step 5: Into Action

Step 5: Into Action

An examination about admitting our character defects.

Aug 06, 201957:20

Step 4: 12&12

Step 4: 12&12

"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."

Aug 05, 201941:25

Step 4: How It Works (Sex & Harm)

Step 4: How It Works (Sex & Harm)

An examination about the inventory process and why it is necessary (Part 3).

Aug 04, 201951:35

Step 4: How It Works (Fear)

Step 4: How It Works (Fear)

An examination about the inventory process and why it is necessary (Part 2).

Aug 01, 201954:40

Step 4: How It Works (Resentments)

Step 4: How It Works (Resentments)

An examination about the inventory process and why it is necessary (Part 1).

Aug 01, 201901:01:21

Step 3: 12&12

Step 3: 12&12

"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."

Jul 28, 201930:15

Step 3: How It Works

Step 3: How It Works

An examination on how to make a decision to proceed with ALL 12 Steps of the program.

Jul 27, 201950:31

Step 2: 12&12

Step 2: 12&12

"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."

Jul 22, 201924:42

Step 2: We Agnostics

Step 2: We Agnostics

An examination about spirituality, lack of power & insanity.

Jul 20, 201956:46

Steps 1&2: There is a Solution

Steps 1&2: There is a Solution

An examination about the solution and the obsession of the alcoholic mind.

Jul 18, 201938:04

Step 1: 12&12

Step 1: 12&12

"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol―that our lives had become unmanageable."

Jul 16, 201947:27

Step 1: More About Alcoholism

Step 1: More About Alcoholism

An examination about the problem and the obsession of the alcoholic mind.

Jul 14, 201934:53

Step 1: The Doctors Opinion

Step 1: The Doctors Opinion

Dr. William D. Silkworth, a chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital writes a letter endorsing the 12 Steps.

Jul 12, 201919:44

Introducing: 12 Steps of Recovery

Introducing: 12 Steps of Recovery

A limited podcast series from a recovered alcoholic named Ilya.

Jul 12, 201915:15