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Position of Neutrality

PON is a study of the manner of living suggested by the founders of AA which was recorded in the book: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of how Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered From Alcoholism.

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Position of Neutrality: Understanding God Through...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/10

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe emphasizes the evolving understanding of a higher power in recovery. He explains that the God we understood when we first came to the program may not be the God we understand today because this understanding is rooted in personal experience, not intellect.Joe highlights that the Big Book has remained

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Position of Neutrality: Embracing Certainty Over Hope...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/10

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe reflects on the profound shift from hope to certainty that occurs when we truly embrace a power greater than ourselves. He emphasizes that while hope may be fleeting for some, certainty—the absolute belief that our Creator has entered our hearts and works through us—is enduring and transformative.Joe

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Position of Neutrality: Recognizing the Certainty in...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/09

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe discusses the certainty many of us felt in addiction—that a fix would change how we felt, even if it didn’t make us feel better. He reflects on how addiction is often driven by the need for a different feeling, not necessarily a better one, and how we were willing to risk everything to chase that

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0:51

Position of Neutrality: Willingness to Go to Any...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/09

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe explores the concept of willingness and the deep desire to connect with a power greater than ourselves. He emphasizes that the decision to seek evidence of this power in our lives is the starting point of real transformation in recovery.Joe also reflects on the authors of the Big Book, who wrote in

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0:48

Position of Neutrality: Facing Fear and Embracing...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/09

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe encourages us to get honest with ourselves as we confront the question: are we a “cannot” or a “will not”? He dives into the fears that often hold us back from recovery—whether it’s fear of what others think or fear of failure—and reminds us that our past actions may already have shaped people’s

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0:40

Position of Neutrality: Exploring the Third Step...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/08

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe introduces Chapter 5 of the Big Book, famously read at many AA meetings to outline “How It Works.” This chapter details the suggested manner of living for those who seek recovery, and it sets the foundation for the crucial third step: making the decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care

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0:31

Position of Neutrality: Recognizing the Power of...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/08

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe reflects on the transformative moment when the obsession to use suddenly leaves and how, without knowing it, we become empowered by something greater than ourselves. Many people in recovery have experienced this sudden shift, where one day they simply stop using, seemingly without effort, and are

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0:26

Position of Neutrality: Growing Through Honest...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/08

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and honest growth. Recovery doesn’t require grand gestures like handing out leaflets or making public declarations—it requires a deep, personal commitment to change and growth through spiritual seeking.Joe encourages those struggling with behavioral issues

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0:41

Position of Neutrality: Discovering the Power of...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/07

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe explores the power of self-inventory, reminding us that we are not “broken” as we often label ourselves. Instead, our difficulties stem from how we think and react based on fear. The inventory process is designed to show us these patterns and give us a clearer view of ourselves and others.Joe explains

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0:39

Position of Neutrality: Finding New Power and Peace...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/07

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe focuses on the experience of thousands of men and women who have come to believe in a power greater than themselves. The Big Book highlights that by taking a certain attitude toward this higher power and following simple actions, they experienced a revolutionary change in both their way of living and

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Position of Neutrality: Embracing Our Full Selves in...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/07

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe dives into the complexities of human nature, reminding us that in our efforts to make life work on our terms, we can be both virtuous and flawed. The Big Book teaches that our “actor”—the version of ourselves we present to the world—can sometimes appear kind, patient, and self-sacrificing. Yet, at

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Position of Neutrality: Trusting a Higher Power for...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/06

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe delves into the moment where we stand at the turning point—when we ask for the protection and care of a higher power with complete abandon. This prayer marks a crucial spiritual step, especially for those who come into the program as atheists or agnostics, offering a bridge to faith for those who may

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Position of Neutrality: Focusing on the Process in...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/06

Join Joe McDonald as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 3 AA session, Joe emphasizes the power of the Big Book and its process, which has helped countless addicts recover from seemingly hopeless conditions. The authors of the Big Book, including the first 100 members of Alcoholics Anonymous, outlined a specific process for recovery, one that Joe continues to teach as a

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Position of Neutrality: Facing Our Own Intolerance in...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/06

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne touches on a powerful reflection from the Big Book: while we often criticize the world and those trying to fix it, we fail to look at our own shortcomings. We talk about what should be done, but instead of taking action, we mock those who are actually making a difference.“We talked of intolerance

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Position of Neutrality: Recognizing God’s Help in...

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2024/11/05

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne shares a personal story about a moment of clarity during treatment when his friend DJ told him, “You can do dope if you want, but you can’t do it here.” That simple statement became a turning point, a moment of realizing that God was doing for him what he could not do for himself.“We know the lights

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Position of Neutrality: Facing the Truth About...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/05

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne reflects on the difficult truth faced by many in recovery: half of the original AA fellowship were atheists or agnostics, and the other half were believers dying in their addiction. Despite their faith or lack of it, none knew how to live a life of faith while caught in the grips of addiction.“Some

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Position of Neutrality: A Dramatic Change of Heart in...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/05

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne shares the powerful story of a man who thought he was an atheist, only to experience a dramatic and convincing change of heart. The story of this minister’s son highlights how deeply ingrained beliefs can sometimes be challenged in unexpected ways.“Our friend was a minister’s son. So imagine being a

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Position of Neutrality: The Path to Willingness and...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/04

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne reflects on how circumstances often bring us to a point of willingness—where we are finally ready to believe in a power greater than ourselves.“It beat me into a state of reasonableness. The circumstances made me willing to believe. He humbly offered himself to his maker. Then he knew.”Wayne

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Position of Neutrality: Overcoming Doubt and...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/04

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne emphasizes the importance of confronting and sharing honest doubts and prejudices as a crucial part of the recovery process. He encourages participants to think honestly, sweep away their prejudices, and openly discuss their doubts with others in the fellowship.“God’s going to meet you where you’re

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Position of Neutrality: Building on the Cornerstone...

Position of Neutrality ·

2024/11/04

Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne delves into the significance of belief—whether a person already believes or is simply willing to believe in a power greater than themselves. The Big Book assures us emphatically that the moment a person reaches this point, they are on their way to recovery.“As soon as a man can say that he does

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