12 Steps of Recovery

The 12 steps of Recovery inspired by the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Brought to you by The Watershed.

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol & drugs —that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of a Higher Power as we understood Him.
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. We were entirely ready to have our Higher Power remove all these defects of character.
7. We humbly asked our Higher Power to remove our shortcomings.
8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His 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 alcoholics and addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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[Matudin_theDerhakaStudent]

1. Surrender
2. Hope
3. Faith
4. Honesty
5. Trust
6. Willingness
7. Humility
8. Responsibility
9. Accountability
10. Awareness
11. Patience
12. Service

[scottsthoughtschannel]

I am very happy to be part of this Ty for sharing this video!!!! His or Her Everyone has a different belief system!!!

[francismausley]

The Baha'i Faith has hundreds of prayer passages that are suitable for believers in 12 steps. "Thy love, O my Lord, hath enriched me, and separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and remoteness from Thee hath consumed me. I entreat Thee by Thy footsteps in this wilderness, and by the words “Here am I. Here am I” which Thy chosen Ones have uttered in this immensity, and by the breaths of Thy Revelation, and the gentle winds of the Dawn of Thy Manifestation, to ordain that I may gaze on Thy beauty and observe whatsoever is in Thy Book. ~ Bahá’u’lláh, Baha’i Prayers

[Pizza]

Ok, well I didn’t harm anyone, I just indulged in my addiction, so those steps about making amends were easy, since I didn’t have to, lol. So here I am, still indulging in my addiction, waiting for the higher power to save me. Its been decades of this and I’m still waiting on that higher power. You know, I’m getting the feeling that I actually have to overcome this myself, and no higher power is coming to save me, and that these 12 steps are a bunch of baloney and do more harm than good.

[holyvibes]

God,
i Thank You In The Name Of Your Son Jesus Christ for the 12 Steps.
The desire to walk them with You, and Authority over this world to walk them In/With Your Love, producing all the fruits of the holy spirit. Amen.

[LILNUCI]

Second step is about power greater then us such as the rooms the meetings network restoring us to sanity

[sammydrake]

I think this is something everybody should do. Not just addicts to drugs but also addicts to the impurities this world has bestowed upon us.There is nothing wrong with spreading love through honesty hard work and integrity. The universe is alive, there is a higher power and there is so much more power in purity than there is in dishonesty.Why not be what we were supposed to be, get in touch with this world we live in and understand that we are the evil, why are we fearing ourselves and everyone around us, why have we turned this society and this world into a dark and terrifying prison. Money is the addiction, sex is the addiction, bullying is the addiction.. Everybody is addicted to something. Develop patience and kindness through these steps. Understand that life is free, and doesn't last forever, so push as hard as you can till the sun burns out


Love yourself and Love everybody around you
Even if you disagree with me thats fine, do what makes you happy but be safe and be as smart as you can. take care of your life and guard it with all your power.

[johannkassim]

What's more 12 step meetings have been a daily routine of mine for 12 years, everyday. I was in rehab for 365 days, and also pursued many attempts to improve my recovery, including 2 years of pure chastity. If after all tht, it still doesn't work? Who are we really fooling?

[jomontanee]

It's very hard to read animated graphic sentences like this. Too fast to focus.

[sofakingdrunk]

Surly you have spiritual awaking when admitting you have a problem?

[SageNode]

I dont quite understand something in these steps. thoughout the steps it is instructed to address and reach out to "a higher power" a greater power. to ask "our" higher power. But what is that mean?
does it refer to like a religous thing, or is meant to be vague and open ended ? Maybe its not as confusing as im feeling... i duuno

[denniswinn]

hmm strange how they took the word (god) out but they still refer to god as a him. Who do you think you're kidding?

[oliverstrid]

"how the fuck did I end up here?" drunk atheist 01:37 at night

[rabinarayanabehera]

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[britanymedina]

That’s a phone sex hotline these days fyi 😂

[denniswinn]

AA is a program based on attraction rather than promotion. This post is in direct violation of the AA principles. But no one seems to care anymore and it is dragging AA into public controversy. AA is going to die under the light of sunshine, all of the dirty little secrets are online now.

[Dan-vhsc]

This is psychology proven to not work. seriously do anything else but this to get rid of your addiction. I just want to help.if you are reading this and addicted I beg you to not waist your time who ever you are. I hope you are successful in getting rid of your addiction if you are thinking of joining The AA or the NA they both follow the 12 steps so re think about joining them best wishes on quitting.

[fontaine]

Sooo if you’re a atheist AA isn’t the place to go for recovery? 😂😂

[georgebanks]

If you are powerless then how the fuck did you quit? And what if we don’t have a higher power? Meaning you don’t believe in one?

[normanhoznor]

12 steps works 10% of the time so basically its crap