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
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Meeting ID: 824 1142 4876
Code: 781927
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
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
• 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 Readings
FOMO while resting?
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Pretty often, I find myself needing to rest, but I’m too afraid of missing out on something to do it.
Pretty often, I find myself needing to rest, but I’m too afraid of missing out on something to do it. Questions race through my mind, like, What if my friends are getting together without me? What if I miss a text from my crush? If I leave early from a party, will my loved ones think I don’t care about them? I get so stressed by this Fear Of Missing Out, or FOMO, that rest itself becomes unmanageable.
At the same time, I want to start feeling better mentally and physically, and for me personally, that means getting more rest and being more selective about what I do. Has anyone here experienced FOMO? If you’re still going through it, what’s it like? And if you’ve moved past it, what happened?
Share questions:
- Do you experience Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)?
- Where does FOMO come from for you? Does it have a root in your pre-identification years? Something else?
- What kinds of things do you tend to be most afraid of missing out on?
- What are some worst-case scenarios you’ve imagined when you think of missing out on something?
- Does masking have anything to do with FOMO? For example, do you fear that others might see you in a bad light if you don’t show up? Describe.
- If you used to experience FOMO more and now experience it less, what changed?
- Any tools, resources, or strategies that helped you?
- Anything else to add?
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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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