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My Spiritual Condition Recovery App is now live on Product Hunt! https://www.producthunt.com/products/spiritual-condition-tracker?launch=spiritual-condition-tracker #AA #12Steps #recovery

My Spiritual Condition Recovery App is now live on Product Hunt! https://www.producthunt.com/products/spiritual-condition-tracker?launch=spiritual-condition-tracker #AA #12Steps #recovery

"Why Alcohol Hijacks Neurotransmitters & How to Rebalance Them"

by Sarah Rusbatch: https://sarahrusbatch.com/blog/why-alcohol-hijacks-neurotransmitters-how-to-rebalance-them

#serotonin #dopamine #GABA #Glutamate #magnesium #vitamins #neurotransmitters #alcohol #alcoholic #alcoholism #anxiety #balance #sober #sobriety #AA #12steps

Omg!
Just realized today is my 18 year sober anniversary!!
Thank you God! For lifting me out of that hell!
AA worked for me.
The 12 steps is a miracle for real alcoholics like me 🙂
#sober #alcoholism #AA
#12steps #gratitude

It works if you work it!!!

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#AbuseCulture #12Steps #GenX #SocialJustice

Step 12 rewrite:

Having BECOME WOKE as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to FOLX WHO SHARE OUR PRIVILEGES, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

😂

#AbuseCulture #12Steps #GenX #SocialJustice

The Twelve Steps of AA

Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step 2
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Step 3
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

Step 4
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Step 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Step 6
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Step 7
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Step 8
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Step 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Step 11
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His Will for us and the power to carry that out.

Step 12
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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#AbuseCulture #12Steps #GenX #SocialJustice

Thinking about how I've said the 90s was culturally gripping the mic and stammering, "Hi I'm Bob and I'm an alcoholic," where maybe we didn't do anything about systemic social and cultural issues, but took the necessary first step and admitted we had a problem. Which empowered later generations to start doing something.

Leaning full into the 12 Step metaphor, in the 90s we began the fearless and searching moral inventory which got even more fearless and searching when social media empowered us to communicate these ideas more rapidly and without filters.

I know 12 Step programs have a bad rap, largely due, IMHO, to them being abused in some places but not all. But if you read the steps, other than some of the God stuff (GenX definitely skipped step 3 because we assumed nothing would restore society to sanity), the larger part of society has been following the 12 Steps for the last three decades.

It's the making amends steps that the other part of society is fighting as hard as it can.

If we are a collective mind, fascism is like the injured ego feels unbearable shame and pushes back with waves of deflection, denial, and destruction.

While the rest of us are the other part of the mind saying no, no we need to push through the discomfort and apologize, change our life, and make up for the past, and make our future actions right.

I'll follow this with the steps so you can compare.

(I wish I'd written this better but my editing brain is tired. I just wanted to get this idea down.)

(I feel like I could rewrite these to apply to our societal reckoning. I can relate the God aspects to having faith in our fellow man to do what is needed. Because that's the point of those steps, allowing you to let go of what you can't change while remaining hopeful. But you still have to do the work.)

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#AbuseCulture #12Steps #GenX #SocialJustice

Pagans seeking 12 step/12 tradition fellowship but struggling with established fellowships can find meetings at PagansInRecovery.org
#Pagan #Recovery #12steps #Fellowship #AA #NA #AlAnon #ACA

P.S. you made it 💙

#xa #aa #na #recovery #addiction #mentalhealth #sober #12steps

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individual account -interested in topics related to #gayconservative dating,connecting with other bipolar affected people . also interested in music movies tv video games. #makegoodchoices #dbsa, #nami, #12steps, #slaa, #recovery #recoveryposse #mentalhealth #seroquel #depakote #zoloft #deletefacebook #deletewhatsapp #deleteinstagram #deletesnapchat #gaydating #lgbdating #lgbhealth

profile (almost) -
individual account -interested in topics related to #gayconservative dating,connecting with other bipolar affected people . also interested in music movies tv video games. #makegoodchoices #dbsa, #nami, #12steps, #slaa, #recovery #recoveryposse #mentalhealth #seroquel #depakote #zoloft #deletefacebook #deletewhatsapp #deleteinstagram #deletesnapchat #gaydating #lgbdating #lgbhealth

profile (almost) -
individual account -interested in topics related to #gayconservative dating,connecting with other bipolar affected people . also interested in music movies tv video games. #makegoodchoices #dbsa, #nami, #12steps, #slaa, #recovery #recoveryposse #mentalhealth #seroquel #depakote #zoloft #deletefacebook #deletewhatsapp #deleteinstagram #deletesnapchat #gaydating #lgbdating #lgbhealth

I had my first #ACOA beginner meeting today. I liked that a lot more than the regular meeting I tried. Baby steps. #aca #recovery #12Steps

#recovery #12steps #onedayatatime #coda #aca #na

Did you know? There is a Pagans In Recovery meeting online every morning at 10 am Eastern Time (US) except Sundays when it's at 11 am Eastern Time (US). Check the schedule at https://pagansinrecovery.org
@pagansinrecovery
#Pagan #Recovery #12steps

Looking for Pagan 12 step Recovery meetings? Try the website: https://pagansinrecovery.org
@pagansinrecovery #Pagan #Recovery #12steps

It's been awhile since I've released a guided meditation! 🧘 Here's a brand new Addiction Recovery Guided Meditation for Step 1 of the 12 Steps ❤️

#RecoveryPosse #AddictionRecovery #12Steps #AddictionAwareness

https://highlyspiritualperson.com/2023/10/24/addiction-recovery-guided-meditation-step-1-of-the-12-steps/

33 years of continuous #sobriety, thanks entirely to #AlcoholicsAnonymous.

And maybe the prayers of my grandmother.

Is it my sober Jesus year? And what is required if so? Lol

#Grateful
#AA
#12Steps
#RecoveryPosse
#Thanks
#Grandma

I am patient. #affirmation #12steps #RecoveryPosse #MentalHealth

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I heard this in my homegroup today:

"Drinking became like a sad song I was singing to myself."

#wow
#relatable
#AA
#RecoveryPosse
#12Steps
#AlcoholicsAnonymous
#sober

"Since I worked the #12Steps in #AA I no longer live in fear.

I just have a vacation home there."

Thanks, AA.🙏🙏🙏

#alcoholicsAnonymous
#RecoveryPosse

The 12 steps and Buddhism are very compatible… Make amends to all those we have harmed except when to do so would injure them or others. #buddhism #12steps #AA #amends #silentsunday

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

@cea

Well met, #12steps friend!

Grateful #sober member of #AA and #AlAnon here.

You can find more of us at #recoveryPosse or by following @recoveryposse

@aethelshane #script #575prompt #threelines #haiku #micropoem #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #recovery #12step #12steps #CompulsiveOvereating #compulsiveeater

don't follow the script
binge, relapse, obesity
one day at a time
--jdw

@aethelshane #script #575prompt #threelines #haiku #micropoem #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #recovery #12step #12steps #CompulsiveOvereating #compulsiveeater

don't follow the script
binge, relapse, obesity
one day at a time
--jdw

I had my first #ACOA beginner meeting today. I liked that a lot more than the regular meeting I tried. Baby steps. #aca #recovery #12Steps

I had my first #ACOA beginner meeting today. I liked that a lot more than the regular meeting I tried. Baby steps. #aca #recovery #12Steps

I had my first #ACOA beginner meeting today. I liked that a lot more than the regular meeting I tried. Baby steps. #aca #recovery #12Steps

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

I'm a #ScientificRationalist, who #prays. I know, weird. Right? But, please give me a chance to explain.

I'm an #alcoholic. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I got sober through #AA and would likely not be here today w/o having worked the #12Steps. Some take issue with the program. I'm sorry if your experience was unpleasant. It worked for me. Getting sober is unpleasant business.

I like to think I'm a #spiritual being, and I learned that spirituality through AA. When I came into the program I was told I needed to begin praying to a higher power. And, holy shit I struggled with that. I rebelled, and I relapsed -- hard. Hard enough that I became desperate. Desperate enough that I became teachable.

I was still struggling with the higher power concept a year later -- without taking a drink. I went back to finish my undergrad in psychology. There, I came across the concept of mindfulness. Which, to me, looked a lot like prayer. And, SNAP. It all fell into place.

I realized I didn't have to pray to any "thing." Or, any "one." Indeed, to "name" what I was praying to impressed me as the pinnacle of human presumption. To NAME the ineffable? WTF??? To name something is to hold power over it. It clicked that religions are not about spirituality. They're about power. Holding power through our natural inclination to spirituality by giving the ineffable a name.

Thus, I learned that prayer, together with mindfulness, was a way to focus and quiet my hamster-wheel brain. I took AA's advice and began praying to a higher power. I became mindful that my prayers focused solely on gratitude. I invented prayer-mantras of gratitude -- to nothing. To, everything.

Today, I practice them habitually. My mind is, as AA members like to say, no longer a "dangerous neighborhood." The bonus? I got to remain the scientific rationalist I always was, without trading my convictions in the process. And learned, I could be a spiritual being at the same time.

I'll end with one more little piece of AA doggerel:

"Religion is for people who are scared of going to hell. Spirituality is for those have been there ... and returned to tell their stories."

The 12 steps and Buddhism are very compatible… Make amends to all those we have harmed except when to do so would injure them or others. #buddhism #12steps #AA #amends #silentsunday

The 12 steps and Buddhism are very compatible… Make amends to all those we have harmed except when to do so would injure them or others. #buddhism #12steps #AA #amends #silentsunday

The 12 steps and Buddhism are very compatible… Make amends to all those we have harmed except when to do so would injure them or others. #buddhism #12steps #AA #amends #silentsunday

The 12 steps and Buddhism are very compatible… Make amends to all those we have harmed except when to do so would injure them or others. #buddhism #12steps #AA #amends #silentsunday