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abbyal


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Some days 12 steps are just too much .
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Years ago a friend taught me how to go thru the steps quickly when ever a dilema presented itself , that has saved me alot of grief .
At a round up one weekend the speaker said  , some days the chaos is so overwhelming that 12 steps just are too much so he gave us his formula for 4 steps which have also served me well

1-Start from where your at * right now*

2 - step out in confidence

3- do what u have to do  gracefully

4 EXPECT GODS  help. ( I thought he said accept Gods help) he said no  EXPECT big difference in interpetation .

He also added work a good program your gonna need it to survive the fellowhip . hehe  love it

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canadianguy


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My sponsor used to accuse me of over-analyzing and complicating things too much.... He told me if the 12 Steps seemed too overwhelming, then break them into four broader categories.....

I always thought that was a helpful hint....
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Steps 1-3  "GIVE up"


Steps 4-6  "FESS up"


Steps 7-9  "MAKE up"


Steps 10-12  "KEEP up"



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:) :) at both of ya

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I like it, I like it a lot  biggrin

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Thanks, loved it !!

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great "lkeep me on track" thought...

EXPECT. Nice. I read about this in Conversations with God...nice reminder.

Peace

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Those are both great!  Thanks! smile

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These are both good! I love the give up, fess up, make up, keep up. Now all I have to do is make a funny acronym and i will share it with my group (citing my source of course!)
GFMK, need a few vowels...
gufumuk
if in doubt, gufumuk!
Sorry, a bit silly, just got back from a fun F2F meeting. Thanks both for these good suggestions.

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