Subj : THE 12 STEPS
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From : Jacques Montagne
Date : Fri Jun 02 2000 02:21 am

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Subject:   The  12 Steps   for ALL


                       THE TWELVE STEPS
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STEP ONE
     We admitted we were powerless over the effects of addictions or
     addictive behaviors, and that our lives had become unmanageable.

STEP TWO
     Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
     restore us to sanity.

STEP THREE
     Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the
     care of God as we understood Him.

STEP FOUR
     Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

STEP FIVE
     Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the
     exact nature of our wrongs.

STEP SIX
     Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of
     character.

STEP SEVEN
     Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.

STEP EIGHT
     Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing
     to make amends to them all.

STEP NINE
     Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except
     when to do so would injure them or others.

STEP TEN
     Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong,
     promptly admitted it.

STEP ELEVEN
     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.

STEP TWELVE
     Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps,
     we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice
     these principles in all our affairs.

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     Dear friends in recovery, I am including here one version of the
first step that I found quite useful in my recovery. Please accept it as
a personal contribution and not as representative of any official
position.

   
1- We admitted that we were POWERLESS over ® our UNCONTROLLABLE
   TENDENCY to RUN AWAY from, to DENY the EMOTIONAL SUFFERING that is
   behind our SICK or INSANE DEPENDENCY ¯ on alcohol, drugs, compulsive
   eating, lust and all kinds of dysfunctional behaviors, and we
   admit that OUR LIVES had become UNMANAGEABLE.


I am also including a listing of 3 spiritual principles that have
helped many in answering their questions as to HOW the program works in
their relation with self and others:


     H.O.W. :  [H]onesty,  [O]pen-mindedness,  [W]illingness.


==========  basic 12_STEPS readings as chosen by Jacques M.  ===========



                                                      copyright 2000, JM
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