Step Two: Finding Faith

December 14, 2023Posted inAlcoholism
Step Two: Finding Faith When people first encounter AA, many struggle with Step Two and the idea of submitting to a "Higher Power." Those with no faith may see this as impossible. Die-hard atheists may be offended. And former believers who have lost faith don't see the point. But an…

Step 1 in modern language

December 4, 2023Posted inAlcoholism, Steps, Tools
Step One "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable." Who wants to fully admit defeat? No one. Every instinct goes against the idea that we're personally powerless. It's truly difficult to accept that alcohol has warped our minds into such an intense obsession that only…

Alcoholics Anonymous most effective path to alcohol abstinence

March 2, 2021Posted inAlcoholism
From article found here from Stanford Medical School A Stanford researcher and two collaborators conducted an extensive review of Alcoholics Anonymous studies and found that the fellowship helps more people achieve sobriety than therapy does. Alcoholics Anonymous, the worldwide fellowship of sobriety seekers, is the most effective path to abstinence,…

Perseverance in the road to recovery

August 13, 2020Posted inAlcoholism, Tools
perseverance/pəːsɪˈvɪər(ə)ns/noun persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. "his perseverance with the technique illustrates his single-mindedness" Getting sober is difficult to really achieve, the mindset that no matter what happens to me, drinking alcohol will never be part of the solution. The idea that I will turn over…