The Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step
Program
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The core of the Alcoholics Anonymous program of
personal recovery is articulated in the Alcoholics Anonymous 12
Step Program, which is the experiences of the earliest members of
the Society.
A Listing of The Alcoholics Anonymous 12
Steps
The following articulates the well-known and the insightful
Twelve Steps in the Alcoholics
Anonymous 12 Step Program:
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We admitted
we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become
unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care
of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the
exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of
character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to
make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except
when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong
promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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.
Studies have shown that
inpatient detoxification programs are more effective and longer
lasting than outpatient detox programs. The important issue here,
however, is the following: the more severe the alcohol-related
withdrawal symptoms, the more likely that inpatient detox
programs
should be used. |
source: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
The Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step
Program: Conclusion
As stated above, the core of the Alcoholics
Anonymous program of personal recovery is documented in the
Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step Program, which
consists of the experiences of the earliest members of the
Society.
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| The coping mechanisms typically
used by codependents are denial (I deny, change, or minimize how I
truly feel), low self-esteem (I value others' approval of my
feelings, actions, and thinking over my own), compliance (I am
afraid to express my own opinions and feelings, especially if they
are different), and control (I become resentful when others refuse
my help). |
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