Dr. Mary Anne Fifield, CSAT, CAS, LMFT.
Therapy for Individuals in Recovery
Stepping Free
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Stepping Free: Preface
Stepping Free was birthed in 1992 when I was in graduate school. The assignment in my theology class was to write our statement of faith. Newly in recovery from alcohol and prescription drug dependence, I asked if I could use the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as the framework for my response. My professor Dr.…
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Stepping Free: Introduction
Addiction is a power greater than ourselves that results in bondage. This bondage destroys the alcoholic, the addict, and families in a cycle of inter-generational self-perpetuation. Addiction as a bondage is characterized by the loss of choice over one’s desires, beliefs, and actions: the insanity of being unable to “just say no.” Historically, the Christian…
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Stepping Free: The Good Book
What is Christianity? There has always been Power: Good Power and Evil Power. They coexisted in a place called Heaven. Then Good created angels as helpers for Good and they also were very clear that they chose to acknowledge Good as their Boss. However, at some point Evil began to convince some that Evil was…
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Stepping Free: The Big Book
History of Alcoholics Anonymous In the early 1930s, the drunks of the day were shunned, locked away and discarded because it was assumed that they were choosing to drink. Dr. Silkworth was Bill Wilson’s doctor, and he was the first to realize and state that he believed that there are some people who have what…
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Stepping Free: The 12 Steps
Introduction 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching…