It's simple. The 12 step plan has you throwing it over to God,
As summarized by the American Psychological Association, the initial 12 steps involved the following:[1]
- admitting that one cannot control one's alcoholism, addiction or compulsion;
- recognizing a higher power that can restore sanity;
- examining past errors with the help of a sponsor (experienced member);
- making amends for these errors;
- learning to live a new life with a new code of behavior;
- helping others who suffer from the same alcoholism, addictions or compulsions.
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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.
Maybe we are managing well enough. So we think.
And, we have egos that mess with this process. and we may not have as much confidence in god to enact for us.
Plus there is no substitute.
But I know a substitute that is mind blowing. Binaural beats used in a meditative manner.
Anyone who cares to have a conversation about the tried process of 12 steps and wants to get detoxed, drop me a line. We can chat and come up with a plan.
'nuff said. This isn't a hard sell.
Write to Doveda@gmail.com
Put Ice cream in the subject line. Hugs babe.
