Category: The 12 Steps

Granite Recovery Centers has one of the best video series on the 12 Steps. In this video they explain why the steps work. Why all…

“The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.” – Big Book, Page 30

“I thought I had to out-think, out-perform, and out-maneuver to eke out a miserable existence in an unfriendly universe” – Chuck C. AA Speaker

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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