What does Step 6 mean?

Each of the 12 steps of recovery outlined by Alcoholics Anonymous is focused on helping people with an alcohol use disorder work toward long-term recovery. Step 6 is focused on acceptance, which involves accepting character defects exactly as they are and then being willing to let them go.

How do you do step 6?

What is Step 6 of AA?

1. Realize that you don’t have to do this step just once. Many alcoholics suffer from perfectionist thinking.
2. Check your attitude. This step is about attitude, not behavior.
3. Talk with your sponsor or therapist. An outside person can help you see where your attitude needs adjustment.

What page is Step 6 in the big book?

Step 6 Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. This Step is described on page 76:1. The directions for taking Step 6 are also there.

How many steps did the Oxford group have?

12 Steps
The Oxford Group was religious, and the principles that went into the 12 Steps were based on faith in a higher power.

What are the six steps of the Oxford Group?

Here are those Six Steps that Oxford Group members used for the purposes of religious conversion: The Oxford Group’s Six Steps 1. A Complete deflation. 2. Dependence on God. 3. A Moral inventory. 4. Confession. 5. Restitution. 6. Continued work with others in need.

What are the six basic assumptions of the Oxford Group?

The Oxford Group “operated under “six basic assumptions”: 1 Men are sinners; 2 men can be changed; 3 confession is prerequisite to change; 4 the changed soul has direct access to God; 5 the ‘Age of Miracles’ has returned; 6 those who have been “changed” must “change others.” (Not-God, p. 49)

What did AA learn from Oxford Group’s mistakes?

1. A Complete deflation. 2. Dependence on God. 3. A Moral inventory. 4. Confession. 5. Restitution. 6. Continued work with others in need. AA also benefited from mistakes made by the Oxford Group.

How many steps are in the Oxford drunk squad?

The Oxford group didn’t have 6 steps 28 principles according to Anne Smith. (or 29) The 5 “C”s The 4 absolutes for our actions Dick B (just one example) has delved into the Oxford Drunk Squad and their influence on AA. Unfortunately, AA approved literature is more about the suppression of the truth than historical fact.