What Is Emotions Anonymous

A Pathway to Hope

EA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their emotional problems. The only requirement for EA membership is a desire to become emotionally well. Our primary purpose is to stay well emotionally and to help others become emotionally well.

The Promises of Emotions Anonymous

  1. Freedom and happiness.
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  3. Serenity and peace of mind.
  4. Ability to help others.
  5. Lessened feelings of pity and uselessness.
  6. More focus on others.
  7. Less self-seeking behavior.
  8. Changed outlook on life and attitude.
  9. Improved relationships with others.
  10. Improved ability to handle situations.
  11. Feelings of security.
  12. Realize the difference the higher power makes in each member’s life.

The Twelve Steps of Emotions Anonymous

  1. We admitted we were powerless over our emotions, 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 and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
  8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Join Us

Today – I Will Begin

Every day is an opportunity to begin it right. A beginning with gratitude – for sanity and recovery; a pause – for clarity of vision; a memory – of from where we have come; a commitment – to sobriety for today; and a prayer – for guidance. This is a good recipe for a right start. And a quick check in with a prayer partner will surely help!

Today – I Will Let Go

Letting go is a challenge for people of our type. We want so much to fix things ourselves – in us – and others. That is why that first step, admitting our own powerlessness, is one of our biggest challenges. And that is why we continue to remind ourselves that we need to turn, not only our lives, but the lives of others, over to God. So today I will Let Go and Let God!

Today – I Will Pray

For many of us a practice of prayer does not come naturally. Yet, it is such a core part of the twelve step program that we are compelled to make it our practice. The eleventh step states “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out”. And when we so pray, we are consistently encouraged by the results. Today I am determined to work a complete program and so – today, I will pray.

Today – I Will Share

Part of our recovery involves sharing –
What we were like: Powerless over our emotions of depression, rage, or the like;
What happened: Discovered freedom through this program; and
What we are like now: In recovery one day at a time.

We discovered in the sharing that we helped not only others but ourselves. So – today I will share.

Today – I Will Be Honest

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous states that some “are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which requires rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average”. Honesty can be as much of a challenge while working the program as it was in the beginning. Many of us struggled to admit with “rigor” the seriousness of our addiction when we started the twelve-step program and many of us still find ourselves challenged to admit our stumbles and even relapses along the way. But having discovered freedom, I aspire to “trudge the Road of Happy Destiny”, and so – today, I will be honest.

Today – I Will Meditate

Meditation is challenge for many of us, both in method and time. But it is an encouraged practice in all of the twelve step programs and part of Step 11: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God..”. So I will learn and take time and – today I will meditate.

Today – I Will Receive Counsel

Seeking counsel from a sponsor, therapist, or trusted friend can be daunting for many of us but if we are humble enough to ask and desperate enough to receive, it can be life changing. God will do for us what we can’t do for ourselves, and often it starts by His speaking to us through others.

Today – I Will Take The Next Step

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous declares: “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path..” A path of working the 12 steps with a sponsor has proven to be the path thoroughly followed for many of us. Our next step may be to start the path, to start the next step, or to continue in a step. Wherever I may be in my journey – today I will continue – and take the next step.