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		<title>The Spiritual Principle for Step Two is HOPE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After working the first step and realizing that I truly was powerless over my alcoholism and my life had become COMPLETELY unmanageable, I was humbled . For some reason I had a feeling of finality . I was hoping that there was something, somewhere that could provide me relief, and give me some &#8220;rails to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiritual Principle for Step One is HONESTY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was active in my alcoholic disease, honesty was not a spiritual principle I gave much thought to other than “I bought the last round, so this one is your turn” or “I did NOT say that about so and so (when I probably had)”. My actions and behaviors were not honest. While I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I spent the month of November being grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the month of November being grateful. Grateful for all the gifts that the program and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous has given me. Now that December has arrived, it is time for us to give back what has so freely been given to us. We can give hope to another alcoholic that still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step 11 &#8211; Getting (More) Spiritual</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following summarizes the description of the 11th Step provided in Alcoholics Anonymous (primarily on pp. 86-88). This is supplemented by some suggestions [in brackets] that have found helpful.
Preparing for the Day Ahead
1. We ask God to direct our thinking, asking especially that it be divorced from selfpity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
2. We consider our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a drinking problem. While I was drinking I had an obsession of the mind. My alcoholic life seemed the only normal one. I was restless, irritable, and discontent unless I could experience the sense of ease and comfort which came from taking a few drinks. Every time I drank, the phenomenon of craving [...]]]></description>
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