Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you – until then.
Most people who are without hope will not admit how hopeless they are. When you are in a hole and you want to get out the first rule is to stop digging.
Every step has its own premise and importance within the 12 Steps. There is a particular independence each step brings. Having said that, what makes each step powerful is its connection to the other steps.
The state or fact of being restored. It is a return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition.
we can all use the steps as a means of taking control back the control of our lives. Having said that, I want you to understand that if there is any step you do as close to perfection as possible, it is step one.
We are amid a miracle. We are a people, who without intervention of a supernatural or spiritual nature, would be dead. Never underestimate how fortunate we are to consider ourselves in recovery and or recovered.
Without the 12 steps of recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous – and any other 12 step group – is merely a fellowship. A fellowship can be why you are motivated to do something but it is not what we do.
If you do not make a list every day consider starting one today. It will change the way you feel about yourself, others around you, and even the personal situation you are in right now.
If making amends is true for the average person, how much more is it true for the person who has struggled with addiction and or behavioral challenges.
What was intended for us was power and love and a sound mind.
The holidays can be fantastic or they can be a trap.
For those of you with a 12-step background and certainly Alcoholics Anonymous, you will have heard this countless times in the preamble of AA. These three are foundational to the fellowship of our recovery and at the very foundation of who we are. These three direct us in what to share and what to rely on.