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AWG Secular 12 Step Self-Esteem Group

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Zoom access and meeting times

Meetings are every Tuesday from 11 am to 12 pm Eastern US Time. See Meeting Time in a Different Time Zone


Meeting ID: 824 1142 4876
Code: 781927

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Meeting description

This is a secular 12 Step meeting focused on self-esteem recovery for late-identified autistic women and members of all other marginalized genders (nonbinary, gender fluid, MTF/FTM trans, agender, autigender, and more). 

We meet each Tuesday on Zoom, practice the AWG 12 Steps using the AWG 12 Step Workbook, share in response to weekly readings, and participate in the optional co-mentorship program if we so desire. 

It is not mandatory to turn on your mic or camera. Coming to listen is totally fine. By taking part, we hold space for others, and ourselves, to participate in a way that is manageable for us as we exist right now.

It is not necessary to actively be doing the AWG 12 Steps in order to be a full participant. Any contact with the group and its resources can be beneficial as long as it’s sustainable for each of us as individuals. Many of us participate simply by attending meetings.

As we participate in this meeting over time, we might find ourselves seeking to…

  • 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

We admitted that despite our efforts, many of the factors affecting our sense of self and self-esteem seemed out of control, leading to increased unmanageability in our lives.

Step 2

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Step 3

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Step 4

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AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Readings

Concerned about starting the 12 Steps

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

I'm worried that this extra commitment will just make my life more unmanageable.

I'm just starting out with the AWG self-esteem 12 Steps, but I don't  have a lot of faith that this will work for me. One of the reasons I have such bad self-esteem in the first place is that I can never finish anything. Won't trying the 12 Steps just lead to another failure?

Another question I ask myself is, do I even have the energy to do the 12 Steps on top of everything else? The idea of doing a workbook regularly or having a new person to keep in touch with is so intimidating. To use a keyword from Step 1, I'm worried that these extra commitments will make my life more unmanageable. 

I can't be the only one feeling this way. It would help me to hear about others who know what it's like. For instance, maybe you have a modified way of interacting with the 12 Steps that isn't so involved? Did you ever take a step back mid-process, and if so, how did you feel okay about that? Any input would be great.

Share questions:

  • Did you ever fear that starting the 12 Steps would hurt your self-esteem in the long run? Where did the fear come from? How did you deal with it?
  • Have you modified anything about your 12 Step process that helped you to stick with it?
  • Did you ever take a step back from the 12 Steps? What happened? How did you feel okay about it? How did you re-engage?
  • Any specific fears about aspects of the 12 Steps that aren't friendly to your traits? Executive function? Social aspects? Black and white thinking? Perfectionism? Other? Were you able to modify your engagement to work around or compliment this? 
  • Any tools, strategies, or resources that helped you?
  • Anything else to add?
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