tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post5524857537964089034..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: Entirely readyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-30406160870569594472007-05-02T17:29:00.000-04:002007-05-02T17:29:00.000-04:00Step 6&7 is a lot like a "Pick and Shovel". There...Step 6&7 is a lot like a "Pick and Shovel". There are no directions on them....but you can tell just by looking at a pick and shovel...that there is going to be a lot of hard work involved.<BR/>I enjoy your blog.Pammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513814300181006348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-86359133240410045152007-05-02T16:10:00.000-04:002007-05-02T16:10:00.000-04:00It's like an ever widening circle of spiritual enr...It's like an ever widening circle of spiritual enrichment huh? The steps keep leading us right back to work them again and again at a deeper level....amazing stuff when we are willing to surrender to the processMeg Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602413688150495642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-37832131259954707352007-05-02T15:57:00.000-04:002007-05-02T15:57:00.000-04:00What's to say after that? The steps are incredibl...What's to say after that? <BR/><BR/>The steps are incredibly complex. And all linked. They are each as important as the other.Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-12494064937827936962007-05-02T15:35:00.000-04:002007-05-02T15:35:00.000-04:00I adore your recovery from the Al-Anon side. Somet...I adore your recovery from the Al-Anon side. Something that you wrote that jumped out to me:<BR/><BR/>"Then I talk to my sponsor or another trusted person in the program about the exact nature of my wrongs as well as the good things about myself."<BR/><BR/>I have heard this, but for some reason have been stuck on the idea that I needed to share my 4th w my sponsor. After I slipped she told me that she encouraged me to share it with someone, cuz the program was based of one alcoholic (AlAnon in your case) talking/working with another. I heard her, but not really. :) <BR/><BR/>and LOL Irish Friend, gotta love her wisdom and experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-60951978026510617712007-05-02T13:37:00.000-04:002007-05-02T13:37:00.000-04:00steps 6 and seven are very quick with my sponsees,...steps 6 and seven are very quick with my sponsees, as by the time they have completed all their step 5 appointments. (15 or 20? or so of 2hr appointments) they are TOTALLY fed up of their defects and resentments, so they are already 'entirely ready' to have them removed. Step 7 is just saying the step 7 prayer kneeling with myself, like in step 3, so its very short. but yeah, it takes a lot of work in 4 and 5 to get there! everyones different. i only do it like that because thats how i did it with my sponsor. i wouldnt know any other way to do it quite frankly!An Irish Friend of Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781376087404079818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-49009905583198618292007-05-02T11:00:00.000-04:002007-05-02T11:00:00.000-04:00I remember reading about Step Six in the 12 X 12, ...I remember reading about Step Six in the 12 X 12, and realizing that I was not willing to give up my defects, because I thought there would be nothing left of me!<BR/>I like how you said that it is giving up the things that are holding us back (in recovery). I think I can do that! Great Share!<BR/>HUGSlushgurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169403631552159238noreply@blogger.com