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Step One: AA Meeting Downstairs
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. I have an addictive personality. I am addicted to sin. I do not have to work at sinning. It comes pretty easily. I can do it without … Continue reading
Step one: Remember the Fire
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. “When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue. Anyone who … Continue reading
Step One: The Lordship of Anything
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. Hear me out because now it gets gnarly. I wanted to get personal today. I wanted to come at this 12-step thing a little like: “Hi, my … Continue reading
Step One: Pieces on the Ground
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. Change begins with an admission of the fact that we are powerless to change ourselves. Nothing truly positive can happen in our lives until we admit our … Continue reading
Step One: stepping down
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. It has been estimated that over two million people worldwide are currently partaking in the assistance provided by an Alcoholics Anonymous group, and AA has been in … Continue reading
Course correction
“AA is one of the only places I know where you can claim to be the worst person in the room and have to fight for the title.” – Tom, commenting on one of this week’s Catches Time for a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, 12-step Christians, al-anon, alcoholics anonymous, God, hope
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Mutual aid fellowship
Many people’s experience with church is spending an hour on Sunday morning or Saturday night worshiping God in music and listening to someone teach from the word of God. Contact with others is limited and entirely up to you to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, 12-step Christians, AA, AA meeting, al-anon, alcoholics anonymous, Bible, church, Confess your sins, hope, James 5:16, mutual aid fellowship, prayer, recovery, word of God, worshiping God
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A.A. Meeting Tonight
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid fellowship of men and women coming together with the stated purpose of staying sober and helping other alcoholics achieve sobriety. It was founded in 1935 by two drunks, Bill Wilson … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Steps, AA, al-anon, alcoholics achieve sobriety, alcoholics anonymous, Bill Wilson, Christian, Christianity, faith, God, grace, higher power, Pharisees, religion, sin, sober, Sobriety
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A different kind of Christian
I am firmly convinced, now, more than ever, that the 12-step program as originally adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous, is closer to capturing the true essence of a Christian’s attitude and relationship to God Alcoholics Anonymous and to others than anything … Continue reading
#3 Top 5 Most Viewed Catches of All Time
Over the last five days of 2017, we will be looking at the Top Five most viewed Catches of all time. Today … Number Three. Number three on the list of Top Five Most Viewed Catches Of All Time was … Continue reading
John Fischer The Catch 