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Step 8: Creating an Amends List

by Paul Tucker | Mar 14, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Company Updates, Detox, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

  Step Eight of the Twelve Steps involves making a list of all those who were harmed by our addictions. The traditional wording of Step Eight is: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” The Alternative 12 Steps...

Step 7: Embracing Humility

by Paul Tucker | Mar 4, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles, NA, Sober Living

  Step Seven in the Twelve Steps asks us to embrace humility and remove our shortcomings. In the traditional wording, Step Seven reads: “Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.” In the Alternative Twelve Steps: A Secular Guide to Recovery, step seven reads:...

Step 5: Admitting the exact nature of our wrongs

by Paul Tucker | Feb 11, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Info Articles, Interventions, NA

  Once we’ve examined our lives and come to an open, and honest, inventory of how our lives are going, it’s time to “face the music.” Step Five is: “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” Put another way, Step...

Step 2: Finding Hope After Realizing There’s a Problem

by Paul Tucker | Jan 20, 2017 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Info Articles

Following step one, admitting that one is powerless when faced with one’s addiction and that said addiction has rendered one’s life unmanageable, we come to “hope.” The second step, according to AA is: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore...

ALUMNI RECOVERY GROUP

by Paul Tucker | Dec 12, 2016 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, Industry News, Info Articles, NA

The Importance of Your Alumni Recovery Group One of the best ways to continue your recovery journey while having supportive people around you is to maintain your relationship with your alumni recovery group. After meeting your recovery milestone, it is important to...

Alcohol Addiction: Have You Made Good Decisions Lately?

by Paul Tucker | Oct 29, 2016 | AA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Alumni, Detox, NA

It’s not your imagination that people affected by alcohol addiction have difficulty making good choices and finding ways to resolve problems. Maybe you want help for yourself and you know that somehow your emotions and frustrations bear a direct relationship to your...
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