A Recovery Booklet
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6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Defects of Character or Shortcomings are patterns of behavior learned in childhood to deal with the unique stressors of living. We all have them, just some are more troublesome than others. Having accepted their reality in your life, the time has come…
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7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Remedy for the removal of our shortcomings or defects of character, to own them, face them, ask God to remove what we can’t. Humbly: We humbly (recognition that we can’t) ask our God, our Higher Power, the God of our understanding to remove the defect. God helps…
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8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Harmed: The dysfunctional patterns of behavior we used to cope have caused harm to ourselves and others. Not only our addiction/codependency, but also the way we “do” life. We had learned to lie when telling the…
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9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Amends: Amends are taking responsibility for harms done. Again, we make amends about our behavior. We must not cause more harm to the person harmed or others who are connected to that person. We must be…
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10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Are we willing to continue to look at our motives, intentions, behaviors, actions for the rest of our lives? Consider this: Appetites. We are tri-part beings. We have a spirit, a soul, and a body. Each part has an appetite. All…
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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. Prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact… practice and patience as we learn. Go gently into these new tools. Sought: Making deliberate…
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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. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps…. Spiritual awakening: The part of us as He created to know Him is birthed –…