What are the principles of a 12 step organization?
Admitting you have a problem – having something greater than yourself that is going to become more important to you than that ego need of instinct gratification. Then, starting to work through the process of doing an inventory where you look at your life and you really make a decision not only to be totally honest with yourself, but to share that with someone else. That’s what they call the fourth and fifth step. And as you share, you’re stepping out of shame. You’re also embracing what has brought you to this point in your life, and you’re saying, “I am making a commitment to move in a different direction.” So, after you’ve identified all of these problems, because it’s about looking at you – it’s not about changing the rest of the world. Addicts always want to change the outside, but it’s about looking at the inside. Realizing what’s not working for your life, and then being willing to make the changes that will allow you to sustain that. One of those is being willing to identify the
