2nd March Through the Steps Workshop – Part 6 of 5 – 2022 – Marion W.

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2nd March Through the Steps Workshop - 2022

A glass of champagne suddenly appears in her hand at a wedding reception a terrifying 'mental blank spot' that nearly cost Marion W. her life. She describes the wreckage of a volatile marriage and the grief of losing her son and mother but finds her anchor in the messy biker-filled rooms of the Northwest group. Through the guidance of a sponsor who chain-smoked and lived on a farm Marion learns to fold her inventory pages into columns to isolate her own faults. She recounts the grueling process of the 'sick man's prayer' to dissolve a deep justified resentment toward an ex-husband moving from a place of hatred that kept her safe to a spiritual freedom where she can finally look the world in the eye instead of her boots.

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• 0:00 Serenity Prayer and reading on the fatality of resentment.
• 5:45 Marion W. reflects on her 'messy' first home group and the 'big meeting in the sky'.
• 10:15 Story about Kathy, the sponsor who told her to slow down enough to let her Higher Power be in charge.
• 13:40 Detailed explanation of the Step 4 inventory column method.
• 17:20 The 'mental blank spot': A terrifying moment with a champagne glass in her hand.
• 21:10 The experience of the Step 5 with Ron S. and the question: 'Were you afraid I wasn't going to love you anymore?'
• 25:30 Description of the 'conscious separation' felt after the fifth step.
• 31:10 Discussion of 'justifiable anger' and the 'sick man's prayer' (pages 66-67).
• 36:40 Working through the 'freedom from bondage' prayer on page 552.
• 39:15 Closing thoughts on matching calamity with serenity and the promises of Step 5.