Twelve Step Review
Identify a situation or condition in your life that is currently a source of resentment,fear, sadness or anger. It may involve relationships (family, work, or sexual), work environmnt, health, or self esteem. Describe the situation and indicate your concerns.
Use the following questions to apply the principles o the 12 steps to your situation.
Step 1: In what ways are you powerless, and how is his situation showing you the unmanagabilty of your life?
Step 2: How do you see your Higher Power as helping you to restore your sanity?
Step 3: How does being willing to to turn your life over to the care of God assist you in dealing with this?
Step 4: What characture defects have surfaced? (e.g. fear of abandonment or authority figures, control, approval seeking, obsessive/compulsive behavor, rescuing, excessive responsibility, unexpressed feelings)?
Step 5: Admit your wrongs, at least to God and yourself.
Step 6: Are you entirely ready to have God remove the shortcomings that have surfaced?
Step 7: Can you humbly submit to God and ask Him to remove your shortcomings? If not, what is your resistance?
Step 8: Make a list of person's being harmed.
Step 9: What amends are necessary, and how will you make the amends?
Step 10: Review the above Steps and be sure that nothing has been overlooked.
Step 11: Take a moment for prayer or meditation, asking God for the knowledge of His will for you.
Step 12: How can your understanding and spiritual awakening assist ou in dealing with your problem?
The 12 Steps for Adult Children