What does step 6 na mean?

What does step 6 na 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?

How Do You Complete Alcoholics Anonymous Step 6?

1. Be willing to work with your higher power to remove your defects.
2. Acknowledge that ridding yourself of your desire to drink and your other defects is a lifelong job.
3. Stop pursuing whatever your idea of perfection is. You will never be happy if you aim for such an ideal.

What page is Step 6 on 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.

What are steps 6 and 7?

How Do You Work Steps Six and Seven?

• AA’s Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of character.
• AA’s Step 7: Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
• AA’s Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

How do you identify a character defect?

What is a Character Defect?

1. Anger and Hatred.
2. Selfishness and self-centeredness.
3. Being dishonest and lying regularly.
4. Defensiveness.
5. Constantly playing the victim.
6. Blaming self and others.
7. Antagonistic.
8. Close-mindedness.

What is the 6th step prayer?

Sixth Step Prayer Dear God, I am ready for Your help in removing from me the defects of character which I now realize are obstacles to my recovery. Help me to continue being honest with myself and guide me toward spiritual and mental health.

What are my defects of character?

What is a Character Defect?

• Anger and Hatred.
• Selfishness and self-centeredness.
• Being dishonest and lying regularly.
• Defensiveness.
• Constantly playing the victim.
• Blaming self and others.
• Antagonistic.
• Close-mindedness.

Where is 6th step prayer?

What is Step 6 of Narcotics Anonymous?

Step 6 of Narcotics Anonymous By Terry After coming to believe that a Higher Power could restore us to sanity, while we surrendered our will over to the care of God as we understood Him, we then wrote a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Are You Ready for Step 6 of Na?

Now we are ready to move on to Step 6 of NA by becoming entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. The process of Step 6 requires us to learn how to be faithful and trusting towards our Higher Power.

What is Step 6 in the Bible?

Step 6 is a step of preparation and reflection. I have been preparing for a significant change in my life and now I need to make sure that I am ready. I need to make sure in my own heart and mind that I am truly willing for God to remove these defects of character that have enabled my addictive behaviors.

How should we work the 6thstep?

Abiding in patience and faith, while working the 6thStep, will ensure us a complete release of our defects of character. Our attentiveness should be focused upon a strong and confident mindset toward God, and God’s will for us.