Misogynon Meeting:
Every Tuesday at 4:00 PM
(EXCEPT for the third Tuesday of the month)
The very first meeting will be
Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Location: Beacon Rose Unit
located in Greenbrier Senior Living Community

Address: 6455 Pearl Road, Parma Heights, Ohio. This is a suburb on the West side of Cleveland, just off of Interstate 480.

Meeting Contact: Elaine Boutton-Peth 440-888-5900, leave a message. I am off duty on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Contact Number (619) 723-6109
email: recovery@misogynon.com

Misogynon is a compassionate witness. It acknowledges the distressing and frightening circumstances that women live with who are trapped in the cycle of a troubled, abusive, violent relationship. It provides an opportunity for support, recovery, and personal freedom. Misogynon is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition Program of recovery for women who are surviving the effects of a troubled, abusive, violent relationship. Feelings of great sadness, grief , loss, and anger will surface. We are here to acknowledge and honor those feelings and to validate your reality.

Preamble: Misogynon is a fellowship of women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to heal and recover from the effects of their troubled, abusive, violent, relationship. The only requirement for membership is a desire to heal and recover from the effects of a troubled, abusive, violent relationship. There are no dues or fees for membership in misogynon, we are self supporting through our own contributions. We are not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution. We do not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorse nor oppose any causes. Our primary purpose is to recover and heal from the effects of our troubled, abusive, violent relationships and help other women do the same.

Disclaimer: The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous have been reprinted and adapted with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ("A.A.W.S."). Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions does not mean the A.A.W.S. is affiliated with this program. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only - use of A.A.'s Steps and Traditions or an adapted version of its Steps and Traditions in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but which address other problems, or use in any other non-A.A. context, does not imply otherwise.

A.A. Twelve Steps

  1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - 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 understood Him.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves 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 Him to remove our short-comings.
  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 understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

A.A. Twelve Traditions

  1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
  2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
  3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
  4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
  5. Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
  6. An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
  7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
  8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
  9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
  10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
  11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
  12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Misogynon Twelve Steps

  1. We admitted we were powerless over Misogyny that our lives (including our relationship ) had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power Greater than ourselves could restore us (and our relationship) to sanity.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives (including our relationship) over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and our relationship.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another supportive person the exact nature of our wrongs and the conditions of our relationship.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove from us every single defect of character and, if necessary, remove us from our defective relationship.
  7. Humbly, on our knees, asked Him to remove our shortcomings, heal, and if necessary remove us from our defective relationship.
  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 (including our relationship) and only when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us (including our relationship) and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other women trapped in the effects of a violent relationship and to practice these principles in all areas of our lives.

Misogynon Twelve Traditions

Tradition One
1. "Our common welfare should come first; personal progress for the greatest number depends upon unity."
Tradition Two
2. "For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority-a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern."
Tradition Three
3. "The only requirement for membership is a desire to heal and recover from a troubled, abusive, violent, relationship."
Tradition Four
4. "Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Misogynon as a whole.
Tradition Five
5. "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the woman who still suffers.
Tradition Six
6. "A Misogynon group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the Misogynon name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."
Tradition Seven
7. "Every Misogynon group ought to be fully self supporting declining outside contributions."
Tradition Eight
8. "Misogynon" should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."
Tradition Nine
9. "Misogynon, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
Tradition Ten
10. "Misogynon has no opinion on outside issues; hence the Misogynon name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
Tradition Eleven
11. "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films."
Tradition Twelve
12. "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."

 

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