This is the less than 3 minute personal video message from me to you, explaining why I really would be delighted if you ended up saying yes to this Anne-Marie.
Although AA Worldwide has given us permission to adapt their 12 steps for All Addictions, strictly speaking, we are NOT a 12 step organization and the 12 traditions do not govern our decision making process.
Everything you receive from us is 100% free of charge AND, it is only our hope, that what you receive from us, ends up being freely passed on through you to others.
Currently there are two of us managing the requests coming in through this website. ie Myself, Scottie G, (founder) and Sameena Fernandes (past board member/trustee) and 12 Step appointments are currently provided by myself and Sameena, and they are held via Zoom, and only via Zoom.
That means you need to have a computer or a smart phone with zoom installed, and a reliable connection to the internet in order for us to work with you right now.
And just to be clear, the 12 Step work we do is not done on the service plane. We operate 100 percent through volunteers, yes, but 12 step work is not volunteer work.
Like most people, we have to make a living, and as it turns out, Sameena and I are self-employed so we have to structure our 12 step time very precisely. We do AAA work two hours a day during our spare time.
So while everything we do here is free, you would have to align with our schedules in order for you to take advantage of what we have to offer. We set aside specific hours to do this work, and those are the only hours we currently have available.
We love this work, and we dearly hope that as some of you take this journey with us, you will love it too, and want to accelerate your own spiritual and personal growth by helping others, as we do.
As more and more people do this, more and more times will become available on our calendars.
Here's How We Work With You
We study two text books together one-on-one over zoom using a 6 color coding highlighting system with both text books.
The first text is the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (BB), and the second is "Ask And It Is Given" (AAIIG) by Esther Hicks, which encompasses the original Law of Attraction Teachings of Abraham Hicks.
It is the studying of these texts that will help you put yourself in a healthy state of mind to resolve those underlining issues or problems (Be it primary or a secondary 'addiction'.)
Before I start explaining what happens on our zoom call sessions, let me tell you why we use these particular books.
The Big Book was first written in 1938. Back in that period, meetings were not required in order to recover. The Big Book was actually all that was required.
Ask And It Is Given was written by 'The Law of Attraction' source, Esther and Abraham Hicks.
Ask And It Is Given is is a gentle and unique process that guides you to see a different perspective with how and why to manage your thoughts so as to improve, and to attract the changes you want in your life.
What to expect in our zoom sessions
On the Zoom calls, we will read, dissect, analyze and think deeply about every word in the books that we study.
Over 20 years of recovery has taught me that everyone needs to start in a certain, same place before we can start adapting things for the unique individual.
Because of the large number of people asking for help as a result of Covid, Sameena and I are working together as a team so that we can help more people in less time.
If your first session happens to be with me, Scott, I will take you through two parts of the Big Book first, The Doctor’s Opinion, and How it Works. Your sessions with me would be bi-weekly for about an hour and you'd be having a session with Sameena the weeks you are not seeing me.
Sameena, will take you through the prefice, the Forwards, in order to give you the context and the history of what step 12 means according to the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous). Each edition had a new forward, so the fourth edition, which is what is available now, has four forwards.
Again these represent the history of the BB, and the beginnings of 12 step recovery. And Sameena is more than qualified to take you through these sections of the Big Book.
It has been our experience that going more in depth with these sections of the Big Book is nearly always profoundly impactful and very meaningful to the individual as well as Sameena.
Which of us you work with will probably depend largely upon your schedule, and your preference based on the text you read above about what this is and how we go about it.
Our most recommended path is for you to read and analyze the history with Sameena, then do The Doctor’s Opinion and a session from Ask and it is Given with Scott.
Once you have worked through these two sections with Scott, we will begin to tailor your road to recovery more towards your unique concerns and problems. You may decide to continue with the Big Book process, OR
You may decide to start going through Ask And It Is Given literature, OR
You may do both at the same time, as many people have. But you have to have the basis of the history and the first two chapters before that can happen.
We use six different color highlighters as we do the analysis. You will learn the methodology on your first call. We highlight words and phrases in the book with different colors depending on their purpose, bringing the book alive!
All Addictions Anonymous does not require that you admit to even having an addiction, let alone having to disclose whatever it is. Our Addictions are Anonymous!
Everything you receive from us is 100% free of charge AND, it is only our hope, that what you receive from us, ends up being freely passed on through you to others.
Currently there are two of us managing the requests coming in through this website. ie Myself, Scottie G, (founder) and Sameena Fernandes (past board member/trustee) and 12 Step appointments are currently provided by myself and Sameena, and they are held via Zoom, and only via Zoom.
That means you need to have a computer or a smart phone with zoom installed, and a reliable connection to the internet in order for us to work with you right now.
And just to be clear, the 12 Step work we do is not done on the service plane. We operate 100 percent through volunteers, yes, but 12 step work is not volunteer work.
Like most people, we have to make a living, and as it turns out, Sameena and I are self-employed so we have to structure our 12 step time very precisely. We do AAA work two hours a day during our spare time.
So while everything we do here is free, you would have to align with our schedules in order for you to take advantage of what we have to offer. We set aside specific hours to do this work, and those are the only hours we currently have available.
We love this work, and we dearly hope that as some of you take this journey with us, you will love it too, and want to accelerate your own spiritual and personal growth by helping others, as we do.
As more and more people do this, more and more times will become available on our calendars.
Here's How We Work With You
We study two text books together one-on-one over zoom using a 6 color coding highlighting system with both text books.
The first text is the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (BB), and the second is "Ask And It Is Given" (AAIIG) by Esther Hicks, which encompasses the original Law of Attraction Teachings of Abraham Hicks.
It is the studying of these texts that will help you put yourself in a healthy state of mind to resolve those underlining issues or problems (Be it primary or a secondary 'addiction'.)
Before I start explaining what happens on our zoom call sessions, let me tell you why we use these particular books.
The Big Book was first written in 1938. Back in that period, meetings were not required in order to recover. The Big Book was actually all that was required.
Ask And It Is Given was written by 'The Law of Attraction' source, Esther and Abraham Hicks.
Ask And It Is Given is is a gentle and unique process that guides you to see a different perspective with how and why to manage your thoughts so as to improve, and to attract the changes you want in your life.
What to expect in our zoom sessions
On the Zoom calls, we will read, dissect, analyze and think deeply about every word in the books that we study.
Over 20 years of recovery has taught me that everyone needs to start in a certain, same place before we can start adapting things for the unique individual.
Because of the large number of people asking for help as a result of Covid, Sameena and I are working together as a team so that we can help more people in less time.
If your first session happens to be with me, Scott, I will take you through two parts of the Big Book first, The Doctor’s Opinion, and How it Works. Your sessions with me would be bi-weekly for about an hour and you'd be having a session with Sameena the weeks you are not seeing me.
Sameena, will take you through the prefice, the Forwards, in order to give you the context and the history of what step 12 means according to the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous). Each edition had a new forward, so the fourth edition, which is what is available now, has four forwards.
Again these represent the history of the BB, and the beginnings of 12 step recovery. And Sameena is more than qualified to take you through these sections of the Big Book.
It has been our experience that going more in depth with these sections of the Big Book is nearly always profoundly impactful and very meaningful to the individual as well as Sameena.
Which of us you work with will probably depend largely upon your schedule, and your preference based on the text you read above about what this is and how we go about it.
Our most recommended path is for you to read and analyze the history with Sameena, then do The Doctor’s Opinion and a session from Ask and it is Given with Scott.
Once you have worked through these two sections with Scott, we will begin to tailor your road to recovery more towards your unique concerns and problems. You may decide to continue with the Big Book process, OR
You may decide to start going through Ask And It Is Given literature, OR
You may do both at the same time, as many people have. But you have to have the basis of the history and the first two chapters before that can happen.
We use six different color highlighters as we do the analysis. You will learn the methodology on your first call. We highlight words and phrases in the book with different colors depending on their purpose, bringing the book alive!
All Addictions Anonymous does not require that you admit to even having an addiction, let alone having to disclose whatever it is. Our Addictions are Anonymous!
To give you a sense of what an 'Ask And It Is Given' booking session could look like, Sameena has given me permission to share with you this footage taken from the session I was talking about in my email to you. The actual 'Ask And It Is Given' portion of the session starts at 3 minutes and 45 seconds into this video.
If you would like to book either a Big Book session or an Ask And It Is Given session WITH ME PERSONALLY, Anne-Marie, please feel free to do so on my All Addictions Anonymous, 12-Step calendar below.