JUST FOR FUN, Try this:
Substitute the word ALCOHOL with any obsession "the people" say you got! ie: gambling, drugs, overeating, sugar, sex addiction, perfectionism, shopping/spending/charging $$ like a lunatic, religiosity, control freak of someone elses habits or coming and goings? .....ouch that hurt huh! They call that enabling and codependancy!Ya got the idea? See what shoe fits:
THE TWELVE STEPSOF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (or my compulsive overeating or my explosive anger or my codependancy etc.) that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
OK...ready for the TEST?
Is your drug or alcohol or food or sugar addiction really a problem?
Substitute the word ALCOHOL with any obsession "the people" say you got! ie: gambling, drugs, overeating, sugar, sex addiction, perfectionism, shopping/spending/charging $$ like a lunatic, religiosity, control freak of someone elses habits or coming and goings? .....ouch that hurt huh! They call that enabling and codependancy!Ya got the idea? See what shoe fits:
THE TWELVE STEPSOF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (or my compulsive overeating or my explosive anger or my codependancy etc.) that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
OK...ready for the TEST?
Is your drug or alcohol or food or sugar addiction really a problem?
12 questions:
YES or NO?
Have you ever decided to stop drinking or using for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Do you wish people would mind their own business about your using and stop telling you what to do?
Have you ever switched your drink or substance to another in the hopes that this would keep you from getting into trouble?
Have you had to have an eye opening fix to get you going in the am in the past year?
Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble?
Have you had problems connected to drinking or using in the last year?
Has your drinking or compulsions caused problems at home?
Do you ever try to get “extra” drinks at a party because you did not get enough??
Do you tell yourself you can STOP anytime you want, even though you keep getting drunk or binging when you don’t mean to??
Have you ever missed days of work or school because of a hangover?
Do you have BLACKOUTS?
Have you ever thought your life would be better if you did not do this?
YES or NO?
Have you ever decided to stop drinking or using for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Do you wish people would mind their own business about your using and stop telling you what to do?
Have you ever switched your drink or substance to another in the hopes that this would keep you from getting into trouble?
Have you had to have an eye opening fix to get you going in the am in the past year?
Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble?
Have you had problems connected to drinking or using in the last year?
Has your drinking or compulsions caused problems at home?
Do you ever try to get “extra” drinks at a party because you did not get enough??
Do you tell yourself you can STOP anytime you want, even though you keep getting drunk or binging when you don’t mean to??
Have you ever missed days of work or school because of a hangover?
Do you have BLACKOUTS?
Have you ever thought your life would be better if you did not do this?
1 comment:
I never thought of using these steps for other problems. This makes sense and can help me with a different kind of problem I think.
I'll try it! s.h
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