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Women’s 12 steps - Step II
Step Two
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
The key ideas in step 2 are faith and sanity. Faith includes the ideas of belief and trust. Many of us enter recovery thinking that nothing and no one can be trusted. We may be skeptical about belief in a Higher Power. We often feel confused about what we believe. We may have learned from bitter experience that many people cannot be trusted.
Trusting someone can feel risky, yet step 2 asserts that in order to recover, we need to find someone or something we can trust. Step 2 asks us to entertain the possibility that help is available, that we cannot and need not relay only on our EGO selves to break from our addiction. We are not told who or what this power is. Instead, we are invited to explore for ourselves and make up our own minds. Coming to believe means setting aside our illusion of control and opening ourselves to the possibility of support.
This step also asks us to admit that we have done some insane things in our unmanageable lives. We are not necessarily mentally ill?indeed, we very likely are not the ?crazy? women we may have feared we were. Maybe we grew up in ?crazy-making? families and came to doubt our perceptions of reality. Maybe we did insane things?harmful to ourselves or others..because of our addiction. The traditional AA definition of insanity is ?doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.? Step 2 invites us to step onto a different path; for by living differently, we can expect different results.
In this chapter, you will explore the idea of belief?what does it mean to believe something? You will also have a chance to think about what you believe. Then you will look back at your life to identigy things you may have done that felt ?insane?, as well as forward into the future to envision the sanity you want.
QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW LATER TONIGHT :Val004:
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
The key ideas in step 2 are faith and sanity. Faith includes the ideas of belief and trust. Many of us enter recovery thinking that nothing and no one can be trusted. We may be skeptical about belief in a Higher Power. We often feel confused about what we believe. We may have learned from bitter experience that many people cannot be trusted.
Trusting someone can feel risky, yet step 2 asserts that in order to recover, we need to find someone or something we can trust. Step 2 asks us to entertain the possibility that help is available, that we cannot and need not relay only on our EGO selves to break from our addiction. We are not told who or what this power is. Instead, we are invited to explore for ourselves and make up our own minds. Coming to believe means setting aside our illusion of control and opening ourselves to the possibility of support.
This step also asks us to admit that we have done some insane things in our unmanageable lives. We are not necessarily mentally ill?indeed, we very likely are not the ?crazy? women we may have feared we were. Maybe we grew up in ?crazy-making? families and came to doubt our perceptions of reality. Maybe we did insane things?harmful to ourselves or others..because of our addiction. The traditional AA definition of insanity is ?doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.? Step 2 invites us to step onto a different path; for by living differently, we can expect different results.
In this chapter, you will explore the idea of belief?what does it mean to believe something? You will also have a chance to think about what you believe. Then you will look back at your life to identigy things you may have done that felt ?insane?, as well as forward into the future to envision the sanity you want.
QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW LATER TONIGHT :Val004:
Update on our Life
Good Morning All;
I haven't posted in months. Bad of me I Know! Just wanted to tell everyone hello. Let's see the divorce was final in April of 08 and we have a custody arrangement set in stone as far as my little one is concerned.
I bought a house for the boys & I. We moved in the last of July 08. It has really been crazy, but we are settling into a routine & I can see some sunshine most days.
My oldest started 5th grade is doing really good. My little one started pre-school and it is 5 days a week all year round, which is a really big help to me considering his looser dad doesn't work and child care was getting the best of me. (money wise).. He enjoy's school most days but says that he wishes I could stay with him at all times. (What a sweet boy)!
He (xah) has had 4 new girlfriends in the last seven months. The lastest and greatest has 2 children that my little thinks alot of. XAH has kicked the little 1 out of the bed and makes him sleep with the other womens children. I confonted him about that and told him (xah) that he has every other weekend to have sex. Pissed me off majorly.. But there is nothing I can do. I keep my journal and try and be the best mom I can be.
I tried seeing someone letting them know that I just wanted to maintain a friend relationship and that in no way shape or form would he be around my children. BOY THAT WAS A DISASTER MESS!!!! NO more dating anyone for me. I'm taking a break until I really find myself. Learning from my mistakes and still making the same.
I love this forum and although I don't get to post often enough, I feel such a connection to everyone. I have learned so much and continue learning everyday. Concentrating on reconnecting with my HP, since I dumped him to live the life of a crazy women. My HP is taking me back slowly and I have a lot of forgiveness to ask for.
Luv you guys and gals. Sorry for the rambling.
xoxo,:ghug2
I haven't posted in months. Bad of me I Know! Just wanted to tell everyone hello. Let's see the divorce was final in April of 08 and we have a custody arrangement set in stone as far as my little one is concerned.
I bought a house for the boys & I. We moved in the last of July 08. It has really been crazy, but we are settling into a routine & I can see some sunshine most days.
My oldest started 5th grade is doing really good. My little one started pre-school and it is 5 days a week all year round, which is a really big help to me considering his looser dad doesn't work and child care was getting the best of me. (money wise).. He enjoy's school most days but says that he wishes I could stay with him at all times. (What a sweet boy)!
He (xah) has had 4 new girlfriends in the last seven months. The lastest and greatest has 2 children that my little thinks alot of. XAH has kicked the little 1 out of the bed and makes him sleep with the other womens children. I confonted him about that and told him (xah) that he has every other weekend to have sex. Pissed me off majorly.. But there is nothing I can do. I keep my journal and try and be the best mom I can be.
I tried seeing someone letting them know that I just wanted to maintain a friend relationship and that in no way shape or form would he be around my children. BOY THAT WAS A DISASTER MESS!!!! NO more dating anyone for me. I'm taking a break until I really find myself. Learning from my mistakes and still making the same.
I love this forum and although I don't get to post often enough, I feel such a connection to everyone. I have learned so much and continue learning everyday. Concentrating on reconnecting with my HP, since I dumped him to live the life of a crazy women. My HP is taking me back slowly and I have a lot of forgiveness to ask for.
Luv you guys and gals. Sorry for the rambling.
xoxo,:ghug2
