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  • The old you.

    Step Ten – Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families "Continued to take personal inventory and when we are wrong, promptly admitted it." "Step Ten is where we continue to inventory our behavior and thinking. With this Step we continue to let… Continue reading

  • Step Nine.

    Step Nine – Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.  "As we stand there with our Eighth Step list, we are astonished by a perspective we never imagined possible.… Continue reading

  • Step Eight

    Step Eight – Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. "While making such a list, we are also mindful of our Inner Child and the need to protect the… Continue reading

  • Step Seven

    Step Seven – Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. The speak of bringing in balance and removing our defects. Continued Defects               Balance/Reparent with Self-Centered                                Selflessness Not always honest                      Rigorous Honesty… Continue reading

  • In Reverence…

    “You can’t know my world until you are there”  Nisargadatta   This is my latest Lady quilt, the final touch I added today, a cross that bears the words, "The Old Me"  As I look upon this quilt, I am… Continue reading

  • Step Six

    Step Six – "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." "For years, in meetings, I struggled with my survival behavior thinking it was a defect of character.  In reality my survival traits were deeply rooted… Continue reading

  • Step Five

    Step Five…"Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." "Rule and Found Freedom" "The fifth Step was by far my most difficult Step. I remember when I grew up my father would… Continue reading

  • Handed off to my children.

    More from Step Four….Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families. "We avoid blame because we are aware of the generational nature of family dysfunction. Our parents passed on the seeds of shame and fear given to them. They were once children without… Continue reading

  • Let Him In

    "Step Three – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understand God." Let Go. Let God.  "We do not believe our brains are missing any elements. We start with… Continue reading

  • Change the Pattern

      Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity…from the book, "Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families". "In one respect, Step Two implies that we had sanity and lost it when in reality… Continue reading