AA Step 7: Why Humility Is Recovery’s Hardest Step
AA Step 6: What Entirely Ready Really Means
By Tony Harte | 36+ Years Sober | Addiction Recovery Specialist. Key Takeaways: Stoicism & Step 6 Step 6 is about willingness, not action — the actual removal of character defects comes in Step 7. Character defects are not moral failures; they’re outdated...
Step 2 of AA: How to Choose a Higher Power
By Tony Harte | 36+ Years Sober | Addiction Recovery Specialist. Key Takeaways: Reason and Recovery The Core Conflict: Step 2 asks us to trust a “Higher Power,” which baffles many agnostics. Stoicism bridges this gap by defining that power as Logos...
AA Step 5: From Secrets to Freedom Through Stoicism
By Tony Harte | 36+ Years Sober | Addiction Recovery Specialist. Key Takeaways: Stoicism & Step 5 The Core Action: Moving from a private, written inventory to a vocal, human confession to break the cycle of secrecy and isolation. The Goal: To “pocket our...
Step 4: A Fearless Moral Inventory Using Stoic Logic
Step 4 in AAs twelve steps is a pivotal moment in recovery. Taking a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves is simple in theory but not easy.
AA Step 3: A Stoic Guide to Surrender
By Tony Harte | 36+ Years Sober | Addiction Recovery Specialist. Key Takeaways: Stoicism & Step 3 The Broad Doorway: You are in complete control of defining your Higher Power. The Action of Deciding: A decision is a commitment to a new course of action, not a...
Sobriety Fatigue: A Stoic Guide to Recharging Your Recovery
By Tony Harte | 36+ Years Sober | Addiction Recovery Specialist. Key Takeaways: Sobriety Fatigue It’s Not Relapse: Feeling exhausted by recovery isn’t a sign of failure; it’s a sign of sustained effort. The “Middle Stretch”: Burnout often happens...
Step 1 & Stoicism: 5 Exercises for Rational Surrender
Welcome to Step 1 of Alcoholics Anonymous, where the suffering alcoholic can find freedom in surrender.
