Tag: rewriting the 12 steps
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More Step 4 Journaling
Step Four (traditional language): Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Charlotte Kasl reminds us that it is important to “take inventory” of positive things that support our recovery and that we want to grow towards. Another core component of Step 4 is examining the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that fuel, encourage or…
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Step 4 Journaling
Option 1: Imagine a future version of yourself, in strong recovery or recovered, and able to be present for your connected and authentic life. Option 2: Option 3: spend some time working on the table below: Thought or belief about myself that fuels eating disorder behaviors What I can tell myself instead Example: I’m only…
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Step 3 Journaling/Art Making
Step 3 asks us to honestly examine our willingness to put our trust in something beyond our eating disorders. As we read on Monday, even though a leap or change is not required at this step, just stating our willingness can feel terrifying because we still have faith that our eating disorders are what keep…
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Writing Your Own Step 2
Traditional EDA/AA 12 Step Language for Step 2: Came to believe that a Higher Power could restore us to sanity. Charlotte Kasl writes that the most imporant elements of step two are “hope, faith, and developing strength.” She writes, “When we’re about to give up an addiction or dependency, it sometimes feels as if we’re…
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Alternative Step 2 Journaling Prompts
Write about how your life might be different if you relied on this and put faith in it over the eating disorder. 2. What experiences or parts of your life/the world give you hope? What experiences or parts of your life/the world give you strength? Again, these can be small things and things outside of…
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Alternative Ways to Think About Step 2 – Eating Disorder Recovery
Traditional step 2 language: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The EDA steps are adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous steps which were written in the 1950s. That language uses terms like “sanity” and “insanity” in a way that can feel stigmatizing and dated in terms of how…
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Wednesday, January 11: Writing Your Own Step 1
Tonight we’re going to work on writing our own versions of Step 1. Traditional EDA language (Adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous): We admitted we were powerless over our eating disorders, that our lives had become unmanageable. Summary of key components: Example alternatives: Many Roads is a peer support group for people who want to recover from…
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How does the eating disorder “try to help?” – Another Step 1 Journaling/Art/Reflection Prompt
Many of us realize that we turn to our eating disorders as a way to help ourselves feel better: by numbing, distracting, or otherwise helping us cope with difficult life circumstances. We want to be clear: many of us do have very real and challenging life issues like serious illness of ourselves or a family…
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What could life look like without an eating disorder? Step 1 Journaling/Art/Reflection Prompts
This step is about committing ourselves to growth and recovery and recommitting to honoring our own hearts, minds, bodies and values — over our eating disorders. In many 12 step programs, taking the first step often means writing a history of our illnesses – when they started, what form they took, and their consequences. The…
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