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12 Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous
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 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 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.
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Hi – you have another article in this site, “Poppycock!” which says addiction is not the result of poor morals or bad character. Yet here, you appear to suggest that in fact, you believe it is. Does your center actually hold both positions?
Addiction is a disease. What you are referring to is a list of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, one of which is to make a moral inventory. This does not mean the poor morals cause addiction; it is a Step that helps a person retain or regain honesty in their quest to stay sober.
Addiction is a disease. Chronic, progressive, deadly. Poor morals or bad character are usually the result of addiction, not the other way around. In working Step 4, I got honest for the first time in my life…
Hi everyone! I am a retired teacher and going back to school to retrain as a substance abuse counselor–I live in the Phoenix area. I think I can relate as I had a problem with overeating (emotional problems) and gained 100 pounds. Through something similar to the 12-step program I was able to loose the weight and have kept it off for over a year. It takes diligence every day to not overeat–just as the alcoholic or drug user will have to think about what he is doing every day. Overeating is tougher as we HAVE to eat–do not have to drink, take drugs. My “reward” for overeating is adult diabetes so I really have to be careful. Wish me luck!!