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Do You Have the Courage...For Self Examination.

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:45:02 GMT

The Fourth Principle

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We Are Where We Are Doing What We Are Doing
Life's Interruptions May Not Be SomeBody Elses' Fault.
Courage is an Absolute must if we are to Recover

Courage...
(noun)
synonyms COURAGE, METTLE, SPIRIT, RESOLUTION, TENACITY mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition,
danger, or hardship. COURAGE implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty
the courage to support unpopular causes. METTLE suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience a challenge that will test your mettle. SPIRIT also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened her spirit was unbroken by failure. RESOLUTION stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends the resolution of pioneer women>. TENACITY adds to RESOLUTION implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat tenacity.

Principle #4-COURAGE_Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
This was Step Four. A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process.(**)

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How is Our Life Effected by Fear.

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:13:57 GMT

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4.Fear The Corroding Thread

Fear...
(noun)

1 a : an unpleasant often strong emotion
caused by anticipation or awareness of danger
b (1) : an instance of this emotion (2) : a state marked by this emotion
2 : anxious concern : SOLICITUDE
3 : profound reverence and awe especially toward God
4 : reason for alarm : DANGER
...synonyms...
FEAR, DREAD, FRIGHT, ALARM, PANIC, TERROR, TREPIDATION
mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger.
FEAR
is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage
<fear of the unknown>

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Lack of mind or consciousness...

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:35:11 GMT

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...A Mental Inclination...Tendency...or Habit...
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Mind.Less...
(noun)

1 a: marked by a lack of mind or consciousness <a mindless sleep>
b (1): marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect <mindless violence>
(2): requiring little attention or thought; especially
: not intellectually challenging or stimulating <mindless work> <a mindless movie>
2: not mindful : heedless <mindless of the consequences>

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Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:40 GMT

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...A Mental Inclination...Tendency...or Habit...
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Mind.Ful...
(noun)

1 : bearing in mind : aware
2 : inclined to be aware

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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:48:29 GMT

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Mind-Set...
(noun)

1 : a mental attitude or inclination
2 : a fixed state of mind

The First Principle...

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:10:15 GMT

The First Principle

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Honesty...
(noun)
1 obsolete : CHASTITY
2 a : fairness and straightforwardness of conduct
b: adherence to the facts : SINCERITY

Principle #1-HONESTY_Step 1-We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics.This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.(**)

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Hope Our Belief That More Is On It's Way..

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:53:07 GMT

Hope From Within...

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Hope...
(noun)
1 archaic : TRUST, RELIANCE
2 a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment
{came in hopes of seeing you}
also : expectation of fulfillment or success
{no hope of a cure}
b : someone or something on which hopes are centered
{our only hope for victory}
c : something hoped for

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Learning to Concede - What Do I Do...

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:03:17 GMT

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Concede...
(noun)
1 : to grant as a right or privilege
2 a : to accept as true, valid, or accurate <the right of the state to tax is generally conceded>
b : to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly

We learned that we had to fully concede
to our innermost selves that we were.......(**)

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Living In the Truth is the Link to Recovery..

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:02:14 GMT

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Love and Tolerance of Others is Our Code
I equate Love To Truth-when I Trust Anyone enough to
Tell Them The Truth I Love Them
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Truth...
(noun)

1 a archaic : FIDELITY, CONSTANCY b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2 a (1) : the state of being the case : FACT (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics> c : the body of true statements and propositions
3 a : the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly British : TRUE 2 c : fidelity to an original or to a standard
4 capitalized, Christian Science : GOD
- in truth : in accordance with fact : ACTUALLY

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