TWELVE
STEPS OF RECOVERY
Twelve
steps are the basic steps which can help addicts to recover from the
addiction. It is found by Dr. Bob and
Bill. These are the backbone of the
Alcohol Anonymous groups.
1. We
admitted we are powerless over substances abuse that our lines had become
unmanageable:
The
first step of the recovery is to admit ourselves that I am an unmanageable
person. My life became unmanageable
because of my bad habits. Bad habit
means mainly addiction only. I am
powerless over substance abuse all the time
Action:
- In what are all the areas my life have become unmanageable. Make a short list of it.
2.
Came to
believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity:
In
the second step we are coming to know that as we are helpless in our life
itself we are seeking for some help. A
power greater than ourselves is there to help us. This belief leads us to think
positively. That help can lead back us
to the normal stage.
Those
who are ready to help whether it may be our family or some good friends can be
great help. So the supreme power can
help us through our dear ones.
Action:
-
Who
all are ready to help us in our life?
Write
down the name of the person who is helping you most.
3.
Made a
decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we
understood him:
We
should make a decision to turn to the Lord and knowing the plans of the Gods
about ourselves. Same time our life can
give to Gods under his care and love.
Because we already understood that the God only can help us and lead us
to the positivism.
Action:-
Are
you thinking that we have understood the God? Then what is his plan about me?
4.
Made a
fearless and moral inventory of ourselves:
The
fourth step says to have a counter check about ourselves. Have an inner checkup about our own strengths
and values. Try to find our own moral
values and good qualities and abilities.
By doing this we will be able to understand about our own strengths and
goodness. That will make us to have a
positive think as well as motivate us to identify that we are also a good human
being.
Action:-
Make
a list of our personal strengths, talents and skills.
5.
Admitted
to God, to us, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs:
Regarding
an addict he won’t be feeling to display thee exact nature of their wrongs
because of guilty or shame. In fact he has to open up to God and to others
about his real problems.
Action:-
Make
a short list about the persons which we had harmed and about our wrongs.
6.
Were
entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character:
In the sixth step says about
receiving the God to our life so that we will be able to find out our defects
and failures.
As we are aware of our defects
God is ready to help us all the time. But are willingness is an important
aspect for the change. To have a change is an unavoidable factor in recovery so
humbly we are waiting for help from god and others to remove our problems.
Action:-
Counter check and make up the mind to receive
help from help from higher power.
7.
Humbly
asked Him to remove our shortcomings:
It
is an important thing to ask for the help. Some people may be thinking that why
god cannot understand my problems and help me. But willingness to have a change
and ready to ask for the help will lead as to the recovery.
Action:-
Are
we ready to ask god for help?
8.
Made a
list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them
all:
When
we decided to change ourselves with the help of God, to have change we can make
a list the people who we have harmed. Not only doing that should ask pardon to
them also.
Action: - Make the list of the people
whom we have to make amends.
9.
Made
direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others:
Make
our mind ready to do the amends to others.
Instead of telling sorry doing is important.
Action:-
Start doing the amends.
10.
Continued
to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it:
Though
we had the personal evaluation of our faults, we need to do it in regular
basis.
Action:
- Are we ready to have a regular check up about our mistakes
11.
Sought
through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we
understood Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power
to carry that out:
Still,
after following the above steps we have to keep on praying to the Lord for the
help to be in sobriety.
Action:
- Take a decision that we will be continuing in the sobriety.
12.
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result
of these steps, we try to carry this message to all addicts, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs:
Practicing
the steps is an important one.
Action:-
Made a decision to follow the above steps and be stable in that.
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