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Step 5: Admitting Our Wrongdoings

Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step 5: Admitting Our Wrongdoings Thursday, November 26, 2015 We admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. —Step 5 of the Twelve Steps Almost all religion and cultures that I know of have believed in one way or another that sin and… Continue Reading Step 5: Admitting Our Wrongdoings

Step 3: Turning Over Our Lives

Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step 3: Turning Over Our Lives Tuesday, November 24, 2015 We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. —Step 3 of the Twelve Steps Notice that each of the Twelve Steps is expressed in terms of “we” and… Continue Reading Step 3: Turning Over Our Lives

Step 2: Trusting a Higher Power

Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step 2: Trusting a Higher Power Monday, November 23, 2015 We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. —Step 2 of the Twelve Steps You have probably heard it said that most of our problems tend to be psychological, but our solutions are always… Continue Reading Step 2: Trusting a Higher Power

Step 1: Admitting Our Powerlessness

Twelve-Step Spirituality: Week 2 Step 1: Admitting Our Powerlessness Sunday, November 22, 2015 We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. —Step 1 of the Twelve Steps The very first step of the Twelve Step program is our admission that we have come to the end of ourselves. Once again we… Continue Reading Step 1: Admitting Our Powerlessness

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