STEP 1
The spiritual principle of step 1
What is HONESTY
this is the spiritual principle of Step 2
What is HOPE
This is the spiritual principle of Step 3
What is Faith
One way to practice step two daily is to...
Look for evidence of hope, practice willingness, connect with H.P., challenge hopeless thinking.
Your Higher Power can be almost anything except ______.
What is YOURSELF
Step one asks us to...
what is stop fighting and acknowledge the truth about our relationship with alcohol(drugs)
Step 2 is about...
What is becoming willing to believe that healing and restoration can happen.
"Higher Power, guide my thoughts and actions today." is an example of this.
What is a Morning Surrender Practice
Describe one way to let go of self will
Notice attempts to control outcomes, or recognize fear-driven behavior
The 1st 3 steps of AA help us do this.
MOVE: from isolation to connection,
from self-reliance to spiritual reliance,
from chaos to clarity, OR
from fear to faith.
Patterns of Chaos, impulsivity, borken promises, and emotional instability are indicators of this.
What is Unmanageability.
Saying "I am open to being helped today" is an example of this.
What is WILLINGNESS
Step 3 encourages us to let go of this? ______ and _____
What is self-will and control.
DAILY DOUBLE: When you pause before reacting it is suggested you ask yourself this...
"Is this my will or my Higher Power's will?"
BONUS: double points
Addiction is a _________ __________
what is a family disease
The willingness to see things as they truly are, rather than how we wish they were.
Hope is the belief that ____ ___ ______.
What is CHANGE IS POSSIBLE
Name two behaviors that reflect spiritual alignment.
Honesty, Humility, compassion, or recovery-focused behavior.
DAILY DOUBLE AGAIN: name one of your fear-driven behaviors.
(anything fear based is acceptable - DRINKING to cope, starting a fight, controlling, withholding information) etc.
Explain the 86,400 DOLLAR metaphor
$86,400. you lose $100... what do you do.
Recite Step one word for word.
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Recite step two word for word
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Recite step 3 word for word
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
One thing to practice step one daily is to do this.
Spiritual Progression for each step is described as:
STEP 1 : "I can't"
STEP 2: "a Power greater than me can"
STEP 3: "I will let that Power help me"