“Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” By: Shiloh, Renascent Alumni I did Step Eight during my recovery within the first 60 days of sobriety. I’ve always been advised with my steps to be very thorough, honest, and whole-hearted way, but get in and … Continued
My name is Nathalie, and I am an Alcoholic and grateful to be an Alumni with Renascent. This is my personal experience with Step 7. Step 7 of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) involves humbly asking a Higher Power to remove our “character defects.” The pivotal part of this Step is often humility. The 7th Step of … Continued
For the first part of his life, “I didn’t have to try too hard,” Shawn admits. An honour role student and athlete, he’d been accepted at a great university and recruited to play soccer. But when an injury sidelined his athletic season, Shawn found himself struggling to cope. “I was feeling sorry for myself, drinking … Continued
I’ve completed Step 6 a few times. At first, I thought it would be easy, but I was wrong. The Step reads: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” It’s difficult to share about Step 6 without first mentioning the preceding Steps. By the time a person gets to Step … Continued
By Jenna, Renascent Alumni “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” I think the biggest task within Step 5 is understanding that “our wrongs” are a part of our reality. A lot of times, especially at the beginning of my recovery, I tried to pretend those … Continued
Step 4 of the 12-step recovery program instructs us to make “a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” To be honest, that step scared me a little bit. It forced me to think about who I was, the choices I had made, and the role other influences had played in my life. When I … Continued
