Tag Archives: Bill Wilson
Helping Others
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Part Two Helping Others Thursday, December 19, 2019 Step Twelve: 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. [1] Step Twelve tells addicts that they will never really come to appropriate the power and… Continue Reading Helping Others
Emotional Sobriety
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Part Two Emotional Sobriety Monday, December 16, 2019 Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. [1] Making a list of… Continue Reading Emotional Sobriety
Healing Addiction
Western Christianity Healing Addiction Thursday, September 20, 2018 I’ve shared some of Western Christianity’s weaknesses—for example, how we have over-emphasized separateness, sin, and external religious exercises. But Western Christianity has unique gifts and strengths to offer. The dynamism of Western civilization has led to what I might call the “secularization” of the Gospel message into… Continue Reading Healing Addiction
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Summary
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Summary: Sunday, June 5-Friday, June 10, 2016 Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step Seven: Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. (Sunday) Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.… Continue Reading Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Summary
The Divine Paradox
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 The Divine Paradox Friday, June 10, 2016 We’re many months away from Christmas, but I want to share with you Bill Wilson’s Christmas letter to A. A. members years ago: Greetings on Our 10th Christmas, 1944 Yes, it’s in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this poor distraught… Continue Reading The Divine Paradox
Step Twelve
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step Twelve Thursday, June 9, 2016 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. [1] Step Twelve tells addicts that they will never really come to appropriate the power and importance… Continue Reading Step Twelve
Step Eleven
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step Eleven Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out. [1] In his book, Addiction and Grace, psychiatrist Gerald May—who was a personal… Continue Reading Step Eleven
Steps Eight and Nine
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Steps Eight and Nine Monday, June 6, 2016 Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. [1] Making a list of the persons… Continue Reading Steps Eight and Nine
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 1 Summary
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 1 Summary: Sunday, May 29-Friday, June 3, 2016 In creating Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, with typical American pragmatism, designed a truly practical program that really worked to change lives. (Sunday) Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. (Monday) Step… Continue Reading Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 1 Summary
Step Four
Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 1 Step Four Thursday, June 2, 2016 Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. [1] Bill Wilson realized that “Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements. Simple, but not easy; a price… Continue Reading Step Four