Category: The 12 Steps

“This is my day, I have no past, I want no future. This is the only good life I’ve ever known, the only good life that’s ever been mine.” – Chuck C. AA Speaker

“Do I have the chatter of a thousand monkeys?” – Unknown

So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! – AA Big Book pg 62

For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine. – 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

The willingness we gained through our acceptance of personal responsibility made it possible for us to make our Eighth Step list. That list was our practical preparation for working the Ninth Step. – Narcotics Anonymous Step Working Guides, p. 81, 89

The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God. – A.A. Big Book, p. 76

If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. – A.A. Big Book, p. 76

“God already knows that stuff”, we rationalized. Although He already knows, the admission must come from our own lips to be truly effective. Step Five is not simply a reading of Step Four. – Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text, Chapter 4/Step 5

“Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in our selves which had been blocking us.” – Big Book pg. 64

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” – Matthew 7:7