Not everyone recovers using the same path, at the same rate, or using the same methodology. The following 12 Step type sequence has helped millions in various recovery programs.
- Hitting bottom /Asking for and accepting help
- Admitting powerlessness and unmanageability
- Becoming open to spirituality and a spiritual solution
- Getting honest / Inventorying our past
- Telling our story openly and honestly with another
- Humbly seeking the removal of shortcomings
- Finding self-forgiveness
- Making amends to those harmed
- Continuing inventory of daily thoughts and behavior
- Finding discernment
- Meditating and seeking spiritual direction
- Practicing love and self-love
- Carrying the message of recovery to others
Source: Fellow Travelers trifold