A Self-Empowering 12-Step Program
The premise of this program is based on the fact human beings require balance of body, mind and
spirit in order to live fully, with purpose and meaning. Those with addictions have an imbalance,
whether because they are unable to handle the day-to-day stress of life, dissatisfied with their
situation in life, or struggle with guilt imposed on them by the self or others.
By teaching those with addictions to look objectively at themselves, and guiding them to
recovering the balance of body, mind and spirit they have lost, it is possible for them to once
again enjoy life as it is mean to transpire. The following variation of the 12-step program is key
in this endeavor:
- We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that we could restore ourselves to sanity.
- Made a decision to honestly nurture our true will and live our lives as our spiritual beliefs and understanding of deity mandated.
- Made a comprehensive and fearless personal inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to expend the effort to accept and transform all these defects of character, having faith in the wisdom and watchful beneficence of the deities.
- Humbly and honestly sought appropriate psychological assistance to transform 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 personal faith practices and meditation to improve our conscious contact with deity, nurturing our true will to acquire the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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