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Tuesday 7:15 pm
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12 "C" Street
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Contact: Sara
Phone: (801) 414-6285
 12stepgratitude@gmail.com
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Workaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from workaholism.

The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop working compulsively. There are no dues or fees for WA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. WA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses not opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stop working compulsively and to carry the message of recovery to workaholics who still suffer.

How Do I Know If I'm a Workaholic?
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Do you get more excited about your work than about family or anything else?
Are there times when you can charge through your work and other times when you can't?
Do you take work with you to bed? on weekends? on vacation?
Is work the activity you like to do best and talk about most?
Do you work more than 40 hours a week?
Do you turn your hobbies into money-making ventures?
Do you take complete responsibility for the outcome of your work efforts?
Have your family or friends given up expecting you on time?
Do you take on extra work because you are concerned that it won't otherwise get done?
Do you underestimate how long a project will take and then rush to complete it?
Do you believe that it is okay to work long hours if you love what you are doing?
Do you get impatient with people who have other priorities besides work?
Are you afraid that if you don't work hard you will lose your job or be a failure?
Is the future a constant worry for you even when things are going very well?
Do you do things energetically and competitively including play?
Do you get irritated when people ask you to stop doing your work in order to do something else?
Have your long hours hurt your family or other relationships?
Do you think about your work while driving, falling asleep or when others are talking?
Do you work or read during meals?
Do you believe that more money will solve the other problems in your life?
The Twelve Steps of Workaholics Anonymous

1. We admitted we were powerless over work --- 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 understand God. .
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to our selves, 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 God 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 understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to workaholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The W.A. Twelve Steps were adapted from the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Reprinted by permission of the Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Steps and Traditions copyright © 1939 by A.A. World Services. .
Other Tools of Recovery
Listening
 We set aside time each day for prayer and meditation. Before accepting any commitments, we ask our Higher Power and friends for guidance.

Prioritizing
We decide which are the most important things to do first. Sometimes that may mean doing nothing. We strive to stay flexible to events, reorganizing our priorities as needed. We view interruptions and accidents as opportunities for growth.

Substituting
We do not add a new activity without eliminating from our schedule one that demands equivalent time and energy.

Underscheduling
We allow more time than we think we need for a task or trip, allowing a comfortable margin to accommodate the unexpected.

Playing
We schedule time for play, refusing to let ourselves work non-stop. We do not make our play into a work project.

Concentrating
We try to do one thing at a time.

Pacing
We work at a comfortable pace and rest before we get tired. To remind ourselves, we check our level of energy before proceeding to our next activity. We do not get "wound up" in our work so we do not have to unwind.

Relaxing
We do not yield to pressure or attempt to pressure others. We remain alert to the people and situations that trigger pressure in us. We become aware of our own actions, words body sensations and feelings that tell us we're responding with pressure. When we feel tension, we stop to reconnect to our Higher Power and others around us.

Accepting
We accept the outcomes of our endeavors, whatever the results, whatever the timing. We know that impatience, rushing, and insisting on perfect results only slow down our recovery. We are gentle with our efforts knowing that our new way of living requires much practice.

Asking
We admit our weaknesses and mistakes, and ask our Higher Power and others for help.

Meetings
We attend W.A. meetings to learn how the fellowship works and to share our experience, strength and hope with each other.

Telephoning
We use the phone to stay in contact with other members of the fellowship between meetings. we communicate with our W.A. friends before and after a critical task.

Balancing
We balance our work involvement with efforts to develop personal relationships, spiritual growth, creativity and playful attitudes.

Serving
We readily extend help to other workaholics, knowing that assistance to others adds to the quality of our own recovery.

Living in the Now
We realize we are where our Higher Power wants us to be --- in the here and now. We try to live each moment with serenity, joy and gratitude.