The Steps of Recovery

  1. I Can't

  2. He Can
  3. I'll Let Him
  4. Clean House
  5. Trust God
  6. Surrender
  7. Attitude Change
  8. Prepare To End Isolation
  9. Amending Actions
  10. Basis for a Daily Living
  11. Peace of Mind
  12. Joy of Living Through Action

 

 

Humility

 

Humility is perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder nothing that is done to me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble.

 

 

Let Go

 

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to cut myself off, its the realization I can’t control another.

To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.

To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about.

To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To "let go" is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality.

To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.

To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.

To" let go" is not regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is not to criticize and regulate anybody but to try to become what I dream I can be.

To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.

 

 

 

My Daily Moral Inventory

LIABILITIES..........................ASSETS

Watch For..............................Strive For

Anger...................................Self Control

Self-Pity...............................Self-Forgetfulness

Self-Justification......................Integrity

Self-Importance.........................Modesty

Self-Condemnation.......................Self-Esteem

Dishonesty..............................Honesty

Impatience..............................Patience

Hate....................................Love

Resentment..............................Forgiveness

False-Pride.............................Humility

Jealousy................................Trust

Envy....................................Generosity

Laziness................................Activity

Procrastination.........................Promptness

Insincerity...........................Straightforwardness

Negative Thinking.....................Positive Thinking

Criticizing...........................Look For The Good!

Fear....................................Faith

The Ladder to Achievement

100%------------I Did

90%-----------I Will

80%----------I Can

70%---------I Think I Can

60%--------I Might

50%-------I Think I Might

40%------What Is It?

30%----I Wish I could

20%---I Don't Know How


10%--I Can't

0%-I Won't

"Success is to be measured, not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."









The 12 Steps to Recovery





I took Step One, began to moan

I can't do this one on my own.

I took Step Two, began to pray

Restore me God, please now, today.



I took Step Three, gave up my will

Maybe God could love me still.

I took a Fourth, I looked inside

Nothing more would I hide.



And on the Fifth, I said aloud

I've done some wrong, and I'm not proud.

I took Step Six, and got prepared

To lose the defects, I was scared.



Now I'm at Seven, take them away

My God, for this I do pray.

And on Eight, the list was long

Amends to make for all the wrongs.



I took Step Nine, put down my pride

Amends made, I will not hide.

Step Ten I take, each day I pray

I make amends along the way.



And on Eleven I pray to know

Each day His will, which way to go.

I take Twelve Step, I'm like a bird

To others now, I spread the word........

(Author anonymous)



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