"and to practice these principles in all our affairs"įinally, I have to work the steps into all my life. I do it because I enjoy it and I learn a lot.ģ. I do service at my home group, I give my number to newcomers, I do 12 step calls and the one thing that gives me the most satisfaction is taking someone through the steps. Remember in step 3 we learned that the root cause of our problem was selfishness? What better way to keep self at bay than carrying the message and helping other alcoholics? There are lots of ways to do this. ".we tried to carry this message to alcoholics." Its clear to me, that if you have done the first 11 steps you will have changed as a result.Ģ. Would my old self have meditated and prayed? No chance! I was too closed minded and prejudiced for that. Step 11 I am adding daily prayers and meditation to increase my conscious contact with my Higher Power. Step 10 I am committing to a regular check on myself with the aim of forcing more change in my personality. Steps 8 and 9 I have the courage, honesty and humility to make amends. At this stage I am very open-minded unlike my old self. In Steps 6 and 7 I was willing to start to use methods to force myself to change. My old self had far too much pride and dishonesty to do that. In Step 5 I was able to share my inventory with my sponsor. That kind of self-analysis was alien to my old self. In Step 4 I did an inventory and looked at the part I played in things that have gone wrong in my life. I was the actor wanting to run everything. Prior to that I was stubborn, independent and unable to ask or accept help.
In Step 3 I made a decision to turn my life over to that Higher Power. Prior to that step I was a proud atheist with a very closed mind.
In Step 2 I said I was willing to believe in a power greater. In step one I was able to openly admit I had a problem and acknowledge the unmanageability of my life. Remember a Spiritual Awakening is defined as "personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism" Have I changed as a result of the previous 11 steps? Easy way for me to find out is to reflect on the progress I have made during each step. "Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps …."
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