Th 12 Steps of Insanity
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Th 12 Steps of Insanity
Since I have been in Recovery, it never ceases to amaze me how I can identify with so many thoughts and feelings of other alcoholics and addicts. I found this online today and wanted to share it with everyone.
The 12 Steps of Insanity
1) We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly and those of anyone who would allow us.
2) Came to believe that there was no power greater than our selves and the rest of the world was insane.
3) Made a decision to have our loved ones turn their wills and their lives over to our care even though they didn't understand us at all.
4) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of everyone we knew.
5) Admitted to the whole world the exact nature of everyone else's wrongs.
6) Were entirely ready to make others give us the respect we deserved.
7) Demanded others do our will because we were always enlightened.
8) Made a list of all persons who had harmed us and became willing to go to any lengths to get even with them all.
9) Got direct revenge on such people wherever possible, except when to do so would cost us our lives or at the very least a jail sentence.
10) Continued to take the inventory of others and when they were wrong promptly and repeatedly told them about it.
11) Sought through whining and medication to improve our relations with others as we could not understand them at all, asking only that they do things our way.
12) Having had a complete physical, emotional and spiritual breakdown as a result of these steps, we tried to blame it on others and to get sympathy and pity in all our affairs.
I sure am glad I'm not working these steps anymore!
The 12 Steps of Insanity
1) We admitted we were powerless over nothing - that we could manage our lives perfectly and those of anyone who would allow us.
2) Came to believe that there was no power greater than our selves and the rest of the world was insane.
3) Made a decision to have our loved ones turn their wills and their lives over to our care even though they didn't understand us at all.
4) Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of everyone we knew.
5) Admitted to the whole world the exact nature of everyone else's wrongs.
6) Were entirely ready to make others give us the respect we deserved.
7) Demanded others do our will because we were always enlightened.
8) Made a list of all persons who had harmed us and became willing to go to any lengths to get even with them all.
9) Got direct revenge on such people wherever possible, except when to do so would cost us our lives or at the very least a jail sentence.
10) Continued to take the inventory of others and when they were wrong promptly and repeatedly told them about it.
11) Sought through whining and medication to improve our relations with others as we could not understand them at all, asking only that they do things our way.
12) Having had a complete physical, emotional and spiritual breakdown as a result of these steps, we tried to blame it on others and to get sympathy and pity in all our affairs.
I sure am glad I'm not working these steps anymore!
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When I read these, it made me realize not only how sick I was, how much I have changed for the better but most of all, what kind of person I don't want to ever be again!
When I was out there using, I blamed everyone and everything else for my problems and why I "had to use." How many of us said, "If you had my job, you'd have to take all of these pills too before going in each day." or "If you lived one day in my shoes, you'd get drunk everynight too."
Judy
When I was out there using, I blamed everyone and everything else for my problems and why I "had to use." How many of us said, "If you had my job, you'd have to take all of these pills too before going in each day." or "If you lived one day in my shoes, you'd get drunk everynight too."
Judy
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