AWG Secular 12 Step Self-Esteem Group 🚀
Code: 781927
Meeting description
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 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
Strong bonds... disrupted by my diagnosis?
I'm worried about some of my close bonds due to how my news is being taken by family and friends.
The Step 1 questions ask, "Do I have any strong individual bonds with other people? How about bonds within a community?" That hit me, because until I learned I'm autistic, I thought I did. I'm worried about some of my close bonds now due to how my news is being taken by family and friends. With some of them, the vibe is different from how it was before I told them I'm autistic. Some of their reactions seem to signal that I've made a mistake... even though I know I haven't.
I'm also worried that my own changing self-perceptions could disrupt out bonds. If I unmask, will I be hurting or confusing someone who cares about me?
These social questions are a lot to process alongside learning I'm autistic. I feel bad that I don't know how to make this a smoother process for my loved ones.
Has anyone here been through this? I'd love to hear about what happened, or maybe it's still happening. In particular, I'm wondering...
- Have any of your individual and group bonds have been disrupted or changed from what they were pre-identifiction? If so, has it affected your self-esteem? Sense of self?
- Have you ever been you worried that loved ones might develop different ideas about you than they had before?
- Have you felt responsible for your loved ones' reactions to learning you are autistic? For example, thinking, "I must not have told them in the right way" if they are upset or confused? .
- Has anything helped strengthen your self-esteem in the face of these challenges?
- Any tools, strategies, or resources that have helped you?
- Anything else to add?
AWG 12 Step Self-Esteem Workbook
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3