Some Guy wrote on Dec 15
th, 2011 at 8:08am:
The 12 Steps
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God
Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Step 7 - Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
Step 8 - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Step 10 - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
Step 11 - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out
Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
What 12 steps, is it Alcoholics Anonymous? I could never do that, too much religion involved. I leave God in Church for weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc. I prefer to take responsibility for my own actions and not ask God or anyone else to do it for me. Jut saying, God has his place in Church but it's ridiculous to think God is actually behind everyone's successes and failures. 'Thanks to God for winning this Grammy' as if God has chosen them to be special And the alchys think God will answer 6 & 7? We have to find our own way to make things right, only we can change ourselves. IMO.
I know ~ Off topic by a fvcking mile! I never read the 12 steps before, always wondered what magical insights they offered!