TOPICS – 9 / 8 / 2025
1) “WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION”
I could not manage my life alone. I had tried that road and failed. My “ultimate sin” dragged me down to the lowest level I have ever reached and, unable even to function, I accepted the fact that I desperately needed help. I stopped fighting and surrendered entirely to God
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59
2) THERE IS A SOLUTION
“The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.”
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
3) POWERLESSNESS
Our admission of powerlessness is forced on us by the consequences of what we have done as active alcoholics. We surrender only because we have been defeated in our attempt to live by our own power. Through “calamity and collapse”, we experience powerlessness.
4) STEP 6
This step involves developing the willingness and humility to allow a Higher Power to help eliminate the negative behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs (character defects) that contributed to addiction. It’s about accepting these flaws and being prepared to let go of them, not about expecting immediate perfection, but rather a lifelong process of growth and transformation.