HOW IT WORKS
A person must be capable of grasping a manner of living that demands this in order to recover.
Rigorous honesty.
This can restore us to sanity.
Power greater than ourselves.
H.O.W.
honestly, openness and willingness
Faith must be accompanied by these to be vital.
self-sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.
Just for
today
These avail us nothing.
Half measures.
The type of inventory we must take.
Personal
For which step do we ask God to remove every defect of character that stands in the way of our usefulness to Him and our fellows.
Step 7
Stress this feature freely when talking to an alcoholic.
the Spiritual
90 meetings in
90 days
The reason alcohol is too much for us without help.
Cunning, baffling and powerful.
In Step 11 focus our prayers on this.
Knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.
This is required to to successfully work the steps.
Humility
Be careful not to brand this as an alcoholic.
an alcoholic
Don't quit 5 minutes before this happens
the miracle.
Any life run on this can hardly be a success.
Self Will
This is essential to a fearless and moral inventory.
Honesty
If we skip this vital step we may not overcome drinking.
Discussing our defects with another person.
When should you not waste time trying to persuade an addict to stop using?
If he does not want to stop.
Let it begin with
me
The One who has all power.
God
Life can hardly be a success if run on this.
Self will
By working the steps we are trying to achieve this.
Trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path.
Nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as this.
intensive work with other alcoholics
Be part of the solution,
not the problem