Twelve Step Program Experience ( On Topic Please)

[Integrity]

Step 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 it out.”

 

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https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step11.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 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.”

 

[Integrity]

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step12.pdf

 

[bbsam]

Faith is faith. Doesn’t mean what you have faith in is real.


That’s actually kind of the definition of faith. You can’t prove that it’s real. Do you have faith.

If I told you that I just took a massive dump and now feel great because of it, would you believe me? Probably. You’ve probably experienced the same.

But if I say that God has changed my life in remarkable ways, you probably would not. You have not had experiences that you perceive in such a way.

Nothing wrong with that.

Frankly, I’ve never understood why either side would need the other to see it “their way. Being so minded makes me question their faith in their own belief.

 

[Integrity]

If I told you that I just took a massive dump and now feel great because of it, would you believe me? Probably. You’ve probably experienced the same.

But if I say that God has changed my life in remarkable ways, you probably would not. You have not had experiences that you perceive in such a way.

Nothing wrong with that.

Frankly, I’ve never understood why either side would need the other to see it “their way. Being so minded makes me question their faith in their own belief.

Well said!

 

[Integrity]

Step One

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.”

 

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https://www.aa.org/assets/en_us/en_step1.pdf

 

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Step 2

“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”

 

[Integrity]

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step2.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 3

“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we in stood Him.”

 

[Integrity]

Step 4

“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_us/en_step4.pdf

 

[burrheadd]

What do you do keep repeating these steps until you find one that fits your agenda for that day

 

[Integrity]

What do you do keep repeating these steps until you find one that fits your agenda for that day

No. I do not keep repeating these steps until I find one that fits my agenda for the day.

I try to repeat them in order.

 

[Integrity]

Step 5

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

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step5.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 6

“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step6.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 7

“Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step7.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 8

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

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step8.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 9

“Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_us/en_step9.pdf

 

[Integrity]

Step 10

“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”

https://www.aa.org/assets/en_us/en_step10.pdf