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12-step Recovery

John's own lineage. Almost no app does this well. Strong v1 candidate for first-class treatment given relational and affective focus.

channel profile
  • somatic
    0
  • cognitive
    2
  • affective
    3
  • sonic
    0
  • natural
    0
  • relational
    3
tier 1
entry
2

  • Admit powerlessness

    st12-1

    Step 1. Honest acknowledgment that the addiction is in charge.

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  • Attend a meeting

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    Walk in. Sit down. Listen. The first act is the hardest.

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tier 2
deepening
4

  • Find a sponsor

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    Someone who has worked the steps will walk you through them. The lineage made personal.

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    after: Attend a meeting

  • Collect phone numbers

    st12-4

    Build a small network of people to call when the urge comes. Use them before you need them.

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    after: Attend a meeting

  • Daily prayer and meditation

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    Two practices, every day. Higher Power of your own understanding.

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    after: Admit powerlessness

  • Ninety in ninety

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    Ninety meetings in ninety days. Immersion at the start.

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    after: Attend a meeting
tier 3
engaged
4

  • Step four inventory

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    Searching and fearless moral inventory. Resentments, fears, harms — on paper.

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    after: Find a sponsor · Daily prayer and meditation

  • Step five confession

    st12-8

    Read the inventory to another human being and to your Higher Power.

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    after: Step four inventory

  • Step eight amends list

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    List of all persons harmed, willingness to make amends to them all.

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    after: Step five confession

  • Step nine making amends

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    Direct amends wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

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    after: Step eight amends list
tier 4
mastery
5

  • Sponsoring another

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    Walking another newcomer through the steps. You keep it by giving it away.

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    after: Step nine making amends

  • Service position

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    Coffee, setup, secretary, treasurer. Service as practice and as protection.

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    after: Ninety in ninety

  • Daily tenth step

    st12-13

    Continue to take personal inventory and when wrong promptly admit it.

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    after: Step nine making amends

  • Conscious contact

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    Step 11. Prayer and meditation to improve conscious contact with the Higher Power.

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    after: Daily prayer and meditation

  • Carrying the message

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    Step 12. Having had a spiritual awakening, carry the message to others who still suffer.

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    after: Sponsoring another