The final three steps are sometimes called the maintenance steps – because it is in practising these steps that we remain in recovery. Although it is possible to complete these steps relatively quickly, we continue to work these steps for the rest of our lives. The HOW questions in this section refer to additional AA […]
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In Steps 6 & 7 we begin to deal with the character defects (some prefer to call them character defences) that were highlighted by Steps 4 & 5. In Steps 8 & 9 we begin to acknowledge our side of the street – that we hurt people (including ourselves) by our addictive behaviour and start
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Once we had completed the first three Steps in the program, it was time to start on Step Four. This could often seem a daunting undertaking and it was one of the Steps in the program where many of us faltered, evaded, and occasionally slipped. Our sponsor’s experience, love, support and encouragement were all the
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The first step after finding a sponsor is to begin looking at your sexual acting out. What are the behaviours that are most problematic? What are the things that continue to get you into trouble? What brings the most shame? The first 7 days The first seven days are dedicated to this process – called
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Finding a Sponsor Starting out in recovery for many of us was overwhelming. It is a huge gift to find a sponsor to be honest with on our journey. To start working the Twelve Steps we needed to find a sponsor who had already finished at least Step Three. We found the best way to
A series of 13 videos presenting insights into recovery from sexual addiction from an Australian Christian & Catholic perspective.Features Paul Ninnes, James Parker, Shayne Bennett, Steve Stokes and Robert Falzon among other speakers.
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One of the common realities of men in recovery is the discovery of an emotional life. So often as children, we learnt that emotions were bad and expressing them was even worse. So we suppressed our emotions and many even lost the ability to name what it was that we were feeling. All emotions are
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1. How does anonymity work? SLAA is very protective of the anonymity of its members. Accordingly, meetings are normally closed to outsiders and those who are merely curious. At meetings and for all program matters, we only identify ourselves by our first name (and the initial of our surname, to avoid confusion with others who
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What is anorexia? We offer this definition: “As an eating disorder, anorexia is defined as the compulsive avoidance of food. In the area of sex and love, anorexia has a similar definition: Anorexia is the compulsive avoidance of giving or receiving social, sexual, or emotional nourishment.” Patrick Carnes, the pioneering author on addiction and recovery,
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