Month: December 2020

The willingness we gained through our acceptance of personal responsibility made it possible for us to make our Eighth Step list. That list was our practical preparation for working the Ninth Step. – Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides, p. 81, 89

The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God. – A.A. Big Book, p. 76

If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. – A.A. Big Book, p. 76

“God already knows that stuff”, we rationalized. Although He already knows, the admission must come from our own lips to be truly effective. Step Five is not simply a reading of Step Four. – Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, Chapter 4/Step 5

The man himself. A must listen.

Face-to-Face AA Meetings in Chautauqua County (as of November 9, 2020) (Download PDF here) Sunday Open discussion meeting, Methodist Church, 3 Park St., Forestville at…

“Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in our selves which had been blocking us.” – Big Book pg. 64