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To: tina07
he was taught by AA to blame everyone in his life that he's an alcoholic rather than to take responsibility for it himself.

Not.

If he thinks that way, it was not because he was "taught by AA."

The 12 Steps

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character

7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

13 posted on 07/25/2006 11:33:21 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher

Maybe it was not deliberately 'taught' to him but it was what he got from years of going to various AA groups.


19 posted on 07/25/2006 11:59:13 PM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: M. Thatcher

You listed the NA twelve steps, not AA.


24 posted on 07/26/2006 12:21:09 AM PDT by Rembrandt_fan
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To: M. Thatcher; tina07

<< he was taught by AA to blame everyone in his life that he's an alcoholic rather than to take responsibility for it himself.
Not.

If he thinks that way, it was not because he was "taught by AA." >>

Nor by the apprropriated and diluted "steps" you listed. Here are AA's:

The 12 Suggested Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable.

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood HIM.

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Humbly asked HIM to remove our shortcomings.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood HIM, praying only for knowledge of HIS will for us and the power to carry that out.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.


67 posted on 07/26/2006 1:59:21 AM PDT by Brian Allen ("In war there is no substitute for victory." General Douglas MacArthur)
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