The 12 Hopes and Promises By choosing to follow this program, you’ll unlock a new chapter within yourself. This journey comes with inherent promises, manifesting in their own time, to provide guidance and unwavering support. Draft version of the 12 Hopes and Promises (to be presented before 2026 ABC/M)
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As we use the Twelve Steps of SLAA in our recovery, many of us experience higher levels of self-esteem, and receive unexpected blessings we would not have known how to ask for.
01. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon SLAA unity. 02. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as this Power may be expressed through our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. 03. The only requirement for SLAA membership is a
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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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A tongue-in-cheek guide on what not to do in recovery. Source: AA Reviver Magazine June 2007, p32. 1. We admitted we were powerless over nothing and that we could manage our lives perfectly and those of anyone else who would allow us. 2. Came to believe there was no power greater than ourselves and the
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Most SLAA meetings – both in person and online – within Australia use the “HOW Concept.” Originally inspired by similar ideas within other 12-step fellowships, HOW is one particular way of working the steps. HOW began in Australia and has since spread to other SLAA groups around the world, but especially within the United Kingdom.
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