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Emergency pack: triangle check-list + resentment-/fear-/guilt- & shame-busters

Want to feel a little like this? The AA symbol—the triangle in the circle—represents the wholeness, the soundness of mind, body, and spirit, that comes from living inside the triangle it contains, the triangle of recovery, unity, and service. This will serve as a check-list for anyone concerned with slipping from the grace of God or identifying where the shortfall or deficiency may be in their application of the programme. Recovery Steps One–Nine Do I have a sponsor who practises the Twelve-Step programme of recovery set out in Alcoholics Anonymous ('Big Book')? Is my sponsor taking me through the first nine Steps? Which Step am I on? Which part of that Step am I on? What action am I taking today on that Step? If I am blocked, is that because I am unclear what to do next, or is the problem lack of willingness? How soon can I call my sponsor to discuss what action to take to remove the block? Steps Ten–Twelve Am I practising Step Ten today, throughout the day (see below)?

The gardener and the tenant

The beaten track

The fact of the matter

Drinking against one's will

Pop!

Diet

Desire

The failure of the planned economy

There is One who has all power and the question of free will

The only thing wrong ...

A talk on keeping it simple ...

Intimations of the truth

Selfish programme?

A bumper weekend!

Forgiveness

I drank because

It ain't personal

Being true to oneself

Dissatisfaction

Unmanageability from an Al-Anon perspective

What have we here?

Handbrake

The logic of Step Two

Step Five: Slap!

A rule of thumb

Resentment writ large

Devils and vacuum-cleaners

Teapots and thimbles

Identity

Putting 100% in with God

Rollercoaster

Keeping oneself to oneself

Traditions in Relationships Q&A: 05: Requesting help

A talk on detachment, disentanglement, and pausing ...

AA for atheists

A talk on planning and not trusting God ...

What is detachment?

Proodolatry

Sowing what I reap

Persecution for righteousness's sake

Less

A talk on Step Nine ...

The nonsense of emotional validation