What Are the Twelve Steps of Recovery?
The Twelve Steps are a set of guiding principles in addiction treatment that outline a course of action for tackling problems including alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsion.
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over our addiction—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Step 6: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Step 11: 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.
Step 12: 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.
RECOVERY GROUPS LEADERSHIP & CONTACT INFORMATION
MEETINGS AND LEADERS/CONTACTS
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Harmony Home Narcotics Anonymous Sun. 4:00 p.m. Mon. 7:30 p.m. Speaker Meeting Sun. 6:30 p.m. House Meeting Sun. 7:30 p.m. Life Skills Tues. 6:00 p.m. Group Study Sat. 11:00 a.m.
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Robert Knorr 260-515-0656 |
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Celebrate Recovery Not meeting at this time |
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Brianna’s Hope Tues. 6:00 p.m. |
Shauna Burns shauna@placeofgracehuntington.com 260-358-7529 |
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Narcotics Anonymous Mon 7:30 p.m. Wed. 7:30 p.m. |
Robert Knorr 260-515-0656 |
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AA Big Book Study Thurs. 7:30 p.m. |
Robert Knorr 260-515-0656 |
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Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon Fri. 7:30 p.m. |
Bill Lucker 260-519-0327 |
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Recovery Revival Meeting 4th Sat. 5:30 p.m. |
Jeff Diamond 260-355-9364 |
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Shannon Leininger project.period.recover.itworks@gmail.com 260-200-0456 |
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In the animal kingdom, there is a creature that thrives on others. It is called a leech. It attaches itself to people and takes what it needs. When one victim brushes the leech off, it simply goes to the next.
In our active addiction, we behaved similarly. We drained our families, our friends, and our communities. Consciously or unconsciously, we sought to get something for nothing from virtually everyone we encountered.
When we saw the basket passed at our first meeting we may have thought, "Self-support! Now what kind of odd notion is this?" As we watched, we noticed something. These self-supporting addicts were free. By paying their own way, they had earned the privilege of making their own decisions.
By applying the principle of self-support in our personal lives, we gain for ourselves the same kind of freedom. No longer does anyone have the right to tell us where to live, because we pay our own rent. We can eat, wear, or drive whatever we choose, because we provide it for ourselves.
Unlike the leech, we don't have to depend on others for our sustenance. The more responsibility we assume, the more freedom we'll gain.
Clickable Links to Resources
God, grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change…
Courage to change the things I can,
And Wisdom to know the difference.
Links:
Huntington County Resources (PDF’s)
Page 1 & Page 2
AA.org Daily Reflections
Read the Big Blue Book Online
Al-Anon Resources (Free)
12 Traditions in Alcoholics Anonymous
12 Promises
NA Meeting – What to expect
AA District 75 Meetings – Northeast Indiana
Visit Recovery-IT WORKS! Facebook group (local)
Brianna’s Hope Facebook Group (local)
Learn more
What is An Addiction, Affliction or Compulsive Behavior