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Climbing the twelve steps (Steps 10-12)

Literature

13 April, 2020

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. This step can be used in two ways. First, an opportunity to review how you are working the steps – especially the moral inventory. Secondly, it can be used each day as a reminder to try and keep your worst characteristics […]

Climbing the twelve steps (Steps 7-9)

Literature

10 April, 2020

7. Humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings. The act of giving away your shortcomings. This is not just defects of character but all your weaknesses. If you have truly accepted that humility, honesty and sharing are the basis of your recovery, then this step will be taken in your stride. Once […]

Climbing the twelve steps (Steps 4-6)

Literature

09 April, 2020

Made a searching and fearless moral and financial inventory of ourselves. These words are clear and obvious but frightening. Dealing with everyone owed money is essential and urgent. Dealing with your personal inventory is a lifetime job requiring honesty. This is not easy, even to a recovering compulsive gambler. Searching. Fearless. Moral. These words could […]

Climbing the twelve steps (Step 1-3)

Literature

08 April, 2020

We admitted we were powerless over gambling – that our lives had become unmanageable. Don’t be fooled. You are being asked to admit BOTH that you are powerless over your gambling AND that your life is unmanageable. Admitting one without the other is to deny the extent of your problem. From the moment I arrived […]