Showing posts with label 12 Steps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12 Steps. Show all posts

Sunday, December 27, 2015

God neutral 12 Steps the "We revision"

God neutral, The 12 Steps "We revision"

  1. Drinking and drugs were bad for us.
  2. We could not do it alone - something about fellowship with other drunks and drug addicts helped us stay sober.
  3. Having all the answers was not a help--we had to learn to listen and follow directions.
  4. We had to stop blaming, rationalizing, excusing, and we had to take responsibility, as well as take a good look at ourselves.
  5. Our version of events was skewed, we needed to run it by someone a bit more objective.
  6. All of our lives we had been doing things that hurt us, sabotaged our best efforts, our self esteem was warped, twisted, and improperly inflated.
  7. We had to look at these things, stop doing them, and work on our selves.
  8. We had shame over how we hurt others - we had to address this in order to move on--we did this by owning our part in things.
  9. We had to make things right, mostly by living soberly, and by owning our responsibility to people we had hurt (appropriately, discretely, and not to those still raging and drinking).
  10. We had to learn to use the emergency brake, that means when we started to lie or get angry, we had to learn how to slow down - shutting our mouth was usually a good start.
  11. We came to understand that in the universe we are just specks and that life goes a whole lot better if we learn to act accordingly and when we forget this basic truth, we need to reflect about it until we remember.
  12. Whew! When we do these things we are better people, we are happier, we can actually like the person we have become - sometimes people come to us for help and sometimes we have things to say that help them.
Revised by CC Property of the universe.

Friday, December 11, 2015

God Neutral 12 Steps

God Neutral 12 Steps
  1. Drinking and drugs were bad for me.
  2. I could not do it alone - something about the AA group helped me stay sober.
  3. Having all the answers was not a help. I had to learn to listen and follow directions.
  4. I had to stop blaming, rationalizing, excusing, and take responsibility, and to take a good look at my self.
  5. My version of events was skewed, I needed to run it by someone a bit more objective.
  6. I had all my life been doing things that hurt me, sabotaged my best efforts, my self esteem was warped, twisted, improperly inflated.
  7. I had to look at these things, stop doing them, and work on my self esteem.
  8. I had shame - I had to address it in order to move on, to own my part in things.
  9. I had to make things right, by living soberly, and by owning my responsibility to people I had hurt. (appropriately, discretely, and not to those still raging and drinking) --- (I did not repay the sick leave I had taken because of hangovers though) I did a much better job at work though.
  10. I had to learn to use the emergency brake. When I started to lie or get angry, how to slow down - shutting my mouth was usually a good start.
  11. Came to understand that in the universe I am just a speck and to act accordingly.
  12. Whew!! I do these things. I am a better person, I am happy, I can actually like the person I have become - sometimes people come to me for help and I sometimes have things to say that help them.