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Values in Action

Values in Action

Step Four: Values in action defines me! I can say, โ€œI value honesty.โ€ What strategies do I use to show I am committed to being honest? Faced with a choice between saying โ€œI donโ€™t agree,โ€ and, for example, changing the subject or not responding to someone who I fear is...
Step One Is Not A One-Time Only Step

Step One Is Not A One-Time Only Step

Wishful thinking isnโ€™t prayer. I have discovered limits, if I have worked Step One. No matter how passionately I may have hoped I could get away with itโ€”not suffer consequencesโ€”I have admitted I am powerless over alcohol or drugs, no matter who is using them. When...
Step Three Remembers

Step Three Remembers

Trust is something natural, normalโ€”a starting place of innocence. It is part of who I am. A frightened baby is a child experiencing a kind of traumaโ€”an experience of shock or pain. It is an injury in need of healing. Reassurance is like a gentle, soothing lotion being...
Step Ten

Step Ten

Stay safe enough is a recovery goal. Before I experienced adverse conditions, I was an innocent child. Am I going to be restored to that state and condition again? Is it safe? โ€œI donโ€™t have an answer to that question, โ€˜are we going to become entirely free of the...
Informed Consent

Informed Consent

Having rights means I get to choose, but I am not born capable! I am, as a member of this species, born only partially developedโ€”immature. In Step Twelve, my aim, my stage of development, is communicating (after/as becoming capable).I practice these principles means...
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