THE STEPS
This Step asks us to admit we are powerless over alcohol or drugs and that our lives have become unmanageable
What is Step One?
Recovery starts with admitting this.
What is having a problem/addiction?
Step Two states that a Power greater than ourselves can restore us to this.
What is sanity?
Step Eight begins by asking us to make a list of these people.
Who are the people we have harmed?
This quality is emphasized in Step One when admitting powerlessness.
What is humility?
This Step involves making a searching and fearless moral inventory.
What is Step Four?
Fellowship helps reduce this common experience of addiction.
What is isolation?
According to the lesson, spirituality is different from this.
What is religion?
This Step involves admitting the exact nature of our wrongs to another person.
What is Step Five?
These are personality traits such as pride, selfishness, and resentment that can interfere with recovery.
What are character defects?
This Step encourages prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with a Higher Power.
What is Step Eleven?
In recovery, surrender means giving up this rather than giving up hope
What is control?
For some people, this can serve as a Higher Power.
What is the recovery group/fellowship?
One goal of making amends is to repair these.
What are relationships?
The fellowship phrase "Progress, Not _____" reminds us growth is more important than being flawless.
What is perfection?
This Step focuses on making direct amends whenever possible.
What is Step Nine?
Taking inventory means taking a close and honest look at these personal traits.
What are character defects?
Prayer is often described as talking, while this is described as listening.
What is meditation?
Step Ten says we should promptly do this when we are wrong
What is admit it?
The process of apologizing and repairing harm is called this.
What are amends?
This Step is described as being all about service and carrying the message to others.
What is Step Twelve?
Recovery is often described as living this way.
What is one day at a time?
The program teaches awareness that there is something greater than this.
What is yourself?
Making amends should not be done if it would do this.
What is injure others?
A person who helps guide someone through the Twelve Steps is often called this.
What is a sponsor?