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STEP ZERO

This mini-guide outlines Step Zero from the White Book, providing suggestions for personal recovery actions and group involvement. Key recommendations include regular meetings, sharing solutions in discussions, and finding a sponsor for support. The guide emphasizes the importance of immediate action during triggers and maintaining a connection with a Higher Power and the fellowship.

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STEP ZERO

This mini-guide outlines Step Zero from the White Book, providing suggestions for personal recovery actions and group involvement. Key recommendations include regular meetings, sharing solutions in discussions, and finding a sponsor for support. The guide emphasizes the importance of immediate action during triggers and maintaining a connection with a Higher Power and the fellowship.

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STEP ZERO

This is a mini-guide for step zero from the White Book (WB). You
will find the readings starting at page 63 from your copy or at page
72 from the Kindle version.

Each reading from the WB (the black titles in italics and bold you
will find below) has been assigned a suggestion. We will read them
on our own only a section at a time.

After reading from the book see the suggestion and take action.
Then we will share with each other what we have learned and this
way we can give feedback to each other.

This sharing will take place the days we have arranged to have a
call. Taking notes is really helpful. We should finish Step Zero in
about two weeks (if there are three calls a week).

a. Getting Started
i. Suggestion: do regular meetings and find a
homegroup to have a specific time to go to
meetings. That will help with consistency. Make a
schedule. At least 3 meetings a week. One every
other day is recommended. Free to decide how
many and when. 30/30, 90/90 or any other goal
can be helpful.

b. We stop
i. Suggestion: What things am I still keeping that
are not needed in my life or need to be addressed
to set boundaries for my Recovery? Make a list
and share with your sponsor.
c. We get involved
i. Suggestion: Share in the meetings (preferably,
the solution over the problem. We all know the
problem already, and we can share it in calls with
fellows from the fellowship. People in the problem
need to hear the solution). If it is not possible to
share because of any circumstance, call someone
and share it.
ii. Suggestion: Get a service position. At least once a
week. It can be as a timekeeper, hosting a
meeting, sharing the script or any other position
that can be a way for me to commit with the
group.
iii. Suggestion: Put my phone number followed by my
name so others can see it. That way they can
reach out to me if they need someone to talk with.
Another possibility is to put it in the chat every
time I attend a meeting. You can also send it
privately to those you feel like sharing it with.

d. The First Test—Surrender


i. Suggestion: Before calling someone: pray one of
the twelve step prayers; talk to my Higher Power;
pray for myself and if there is someone else
involved, pray for that person as well. Then call
someone from the fellowship and surrender my
struggles.
ii. Suggestion: Habits that I want to change cannot
be quit unless I find a substitute that is as good or
even better as what I am trying to get rid of.
What are the things I enjoy doing (besides
lusting, of course) that I can do when I am feeling
triggered? If I do not know, find out about it.
Make a list and share it with the sponsor.

e. The Next Test, and the Next . . .


[i.] Suggestion: Take immediate action if I am triggered.
Pray to God and call someone right away and
surrender. The brain needs to be reprogrammed.
Going to a meeting is another possibility. If I
cannot do any of this because I am in a place I
can’t, pray to God until I have the chance to
connect with someone.
f. Reprieve
i. Suggestion: Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
come during the day; it is part of reality. They
don’t remain within us forever. Enjoy the pleasant
ones as much as I can and put in practice the
tools of the program during the opposition. Get in
the habit of praying to my Higher Power and
promptly connect with the fellowship to break the
thinking cycle of my addictive side.

g. We Get a Glimpse of Ourselves


i. Suggestion: A change of attitude might take time
to come, but I cannot give up until the miracle
happens. Review the previous suggestions and
see where I can improve. Progress over
perfection.

h. Getting an SA Sponsor
i. Suggestion: If possible, find a sponsor in your
local area. If not, try to find one with the closest
local time, so it will be easier to communicate
with one another. Recommendable to look for
someone that I feel some sort of connection with.
Sponsors are not perfect, but there is always
something I can learn from them and pass it on to
others.

i. First Aid
i. Suggestion: Get a daily sobriety renewal (DSR)
partner. It’s better if the day begins with the DSR
to remind myself the commitment to work on
recovery throughout the day.
END

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