AWG Secular 12 Step Self-Esteem Group
Code: 781927
Meeting description
- Find our own concept of self-esteem and grow toward it
- Come to discover a more realistic sense of our place in the world
- Reassess our relationships, especially in terms of our responsibilities towards ourselves and others
- Come to understand personal boundaries, their roles in our lives, and how to develop and maintain healthy boundaries
- Understand the concept of nonviolent detachment and how and when to enact it
- Develop more manageable lifestyles
- Develop a sense of self that leads to more health, well being, and manageability in our lives
- Release others from the responsibility of defining or reinforcing our sense of self-esteem
- Form personal goals about self-esteem and self-concept based on our own understanding of our own needs, as they exist today
AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Workbook
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Readings
Comfort in groups
I am still working on understanding what it means to me to be part of a group, and how I can do that safely.
As someone who has historically been uncomfortable in groups, I didn't even realize how bad it was until I started to recover from pre-identification traumatic stress. Before I knew about autism, I blamed myself for ''being awkward" or "being needy" within groups. Now I see that my discomfort was more serious than mere social hangups. Being in the group context gave me physical and neurobiological pain from overstimulation and overwhelm through sensory, executive function, cognitive, and other differences. I had to start to repair that trauma before I could try to address the social aspects of being in a group. Today, I am still working on understanding what it means to me to be part of a group, and how I can do that safely. What about you? What has your experience with groups been like?
Share questions:
- What is your history with participating in groups?
- Have you felt more comfortable in some groups than others? Why might that be? Any groups right now that you feel especially comfortable in? Why?
- Are you part of any groups right now that you feel uncomfortable in? How?
- Have you ever used a "social crutch" to help you participate in groups? (A social crutch makes socializing easier. It could be a friend, a substance, a child, an animal, or other.)
- Have you been able to feel more comfortable in groups after undergoing any periods of healing or certain types of healing? Please describe.
- Any tools, resources, or strategies that helped you?
- Anything else to add?