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June 12
Taking the Third Step means acting on our belief that a Higher Power can relieve our addiction and restore us to sanity….
June 11
We learn not to use half-truths to manipulate others. We accept responsibility for our actions and our lives….
June 10
Asking for help releases us from the toxic isolation that drives our addiction….
June 9
What is important is that we get honest about our addiction, and let go of the idea of controlling our behavior with our willpower or managing our lives without help….
June 8
But if we can honestly face our problems and are willing to change, the Twelve Steps of SAA will lead to an awakening that allows us to live a new way of life according to spiritual principles….
June 7
The response of any particular person, positive or negative, is not a measure of how well we make our amends. The success of our amends depends only on how honestly and thoroughly we make them….
June 6
Rather than struggling with our life’s challenges as if we are alone and need to ‘figure it out’ ourselves, we share our thoughts and feelings with our Higher Power…
June 5
Many of us have found that automatic interventions are better than trying to evaluate whether we are at risk for a relapse. We can make a phone call whenever we are exposed to a trigger, regardless of whether we feel like acting out….
June 4
It is a proven practice, handed down through generations, that recovery from addiction can only take place with others….
June 3
With this step, we recognize that we have a disease, not a mere weakness or character flaw, and that we are powerless to change this fact….