As God Sees It – Removal of Character Defects – The Process

In most A.A. meetings, there will be some reference to character defects or shortcomings. In Alcoholics Anonymous, fondly referred to as the Big Book, character defects are so detrimental to sobriety that the middle four of the 12 steps themselves are dedicated to identifying and removing them. These life-changing Steps were derived from the Oxford

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As God Sees It – Foundational Attitudes for Spiritual Growth – Renewing the Mind

When we first encounter a recovery process for alcoholism or drug addiction, we are steeped with mental attitudes and beliefs that have built up over a lifetime of substance abuse. For many of us, our consequences have brought us to the doors of a 12-Step recovery program as the last option. We have lost control

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As God Sees It – The Absolutely Essential Importance of the Sermon on the Mount, First Corinthians 13, and the Book of James.

Dr. Bob of Alcoholics Anonymous, recognized the need for alcoholics to read the Bible, and he made that crystal clear. The most accurate and reliable version of Dr. Bob’s viewpoint can still be found in the A.A. conference approved pamphlet P-53 (The Co-Founders of Alcoholics Anonymous). It contains the entirety of Dr. Bob’s last major

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The Change Process in AA Versus the Change Process of our Creator

The 12-Step path we follow in Alcoholics Anonymous is a practical behavior changing process and can result in a positive character change within us. These Steps, if followed, will reduce our self-centered thoughts and hopefully give us some visibility in to our behavioral problems and the defects of character underlying them. Then, once uncovered, we

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Building Character – As God Sees It – Identifying the Real Power in A.A.

When we reflect back on the nature of our problems that brought us to Alcoholics Anonymous, we find commonality with others in our fellowship. We don’t see these at first, since the pain we are experiencing overrides most of our thinking processes. It takes time for the pain to subside enough to allow for the

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