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“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—
that our lives had become unmanageable.” |
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Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. |
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"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood Him.” |
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. |
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Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” |
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Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. |
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Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. |
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. |
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Made direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them
or others. |
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Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. |
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Sought through prayer and meditation to im-
prove our conscious contact with God as we un-
derstood Him, praying only for knowledge of
His will for us and the power to carry that out. |
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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. |
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GS #1
History of Alcoholism |
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AA begins in Akron, Ohio in 1935
(Bill, Dr. Bob, and Ann Smith held meetings in the Smith's home using Oxford Group procedures.) |
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GS #2
Physical Aspect of Alcoholism |
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Takes an average of 1-5 yrs for effects of alcohol to leave the system |
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GS #3
Exact Nature of our Problem |
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Physical Allergy + Mental Obsession = Powerlessness.
Solution is power (Higher Power) |
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The alcoholic controlled by self will is in constant conflict with the structure of society. |
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GS #8
Restore Us to Sanity |
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Obsession, Illusion, Delusion all mean the same: To believe a lie. This is state of mind preceding first drink. |
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The mind has 2 thought patterns:
Emotional-Feelings
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Rational-Thoughts |
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GS #10
Self and Self-Will |
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Social, Security, & Sex instincts cause humans to exert themselves to satisfy natural desires. |
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GS #11
Self Will-Our Instincts |
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Self will cannot control self will. In step 3 we are making a decision tp turn over/surrender our will. |
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GS #12
Turning Over Our Lives |
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The decision in step 3 is to turn our life over to God |
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GS #13
God of Our Understanding |
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No 2 people see God from the same angle. God is as big as our understanding.
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GS #14
Preparing for the Inventory |
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Spiritually ill people have resentments, fear, remorse, and guilt. |
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Gs #15
Inventory of Resentments |
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Resentment is #1 offender. Means to Re-feel and blocks us from God |
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GS #16
Inventory of Fears |
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Healthy fear produces action. When fear does not produce action, it becomes destructive. |
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GS #17
Inventory of Sex Conduct |
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The sex act is not the problem. Humans have right to choose who, what, when, where, and how to have sex and this creates problems. |
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We use resentments to cast blame on others and take focus off of ourselves. |
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GS # 19
Exact Nature of our Wrongs |
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The exact nature of our wrongs are our faults, character defects, and shortcomings |
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GS #20
Becoming Willing to Change |
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As we eliminate our desire to give action to our old thought process, new thoughts will take hold. |
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Love means concern for welfare of self and others. |
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GS # 22
Patience & Tolerance |
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Successful living means accepting the device timing of the world (God's time.) |
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When we rid ourselves of self, we can then find our purpose in life. |
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GS #24
How Our Defects Affect Others |
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As we make amends to others we experience relief from problems in our minds, which is manifested in our spirit. |
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GS #25
Importance of Making Amends |
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12 promises are fulfilled as a result of steps 1-9 bringing about personality change. |
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GS #26
Continuing the Recovery |
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Problems occur when we interact with people. Practice step 10 throughout each day. |
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GS #27
Prayer & Meditation
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Prayer is communication with God, Meditation is listening to God. |
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GS #28
Carrying the Message |
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A spritual awakening comes as a result of working the first 11 steps which bring about a permanent change sufficient to recover. |
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GS # 5
Recovery Through Fellowship |
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Fellowship provides support, 12 steps lead to recovery. |
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GS #6
Spiritual Experience
& Recovery |
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Spiritual Experience-Sudden/Dramatic
Spiritual Awakening-Slow/Subtle
90% recover through spiritual awakening of educational variety |
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GS # 7
Power of Believing |
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Athiest-Doesn't believe in God
Agnostic-Believes, but needs proof God exists
Believer-Believes in God, Has faith |
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