THE 12 STEPS OF SELF DEFEATING BELIEFS ANONYMOUS

STEP ONE:
ADMITTED WE HAD BECOME POWERLESS OVER OUR SELF DEFEATING BELIEFS AND OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE


STEP TWO:
CAME TO SEE THAT WE ARE IN FACT A POWER GREATER THAN OUR "SELF" AND ITS BELIEFS


STEP THREE:
MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR "SELF" AND ITS DEFEATING BELIEFS OVER TO THE CARE OF OUR BEING


STEP FOUR:
MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS INVENTORY OF OUR "SELF" AND THE BELIEFS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, THAT IT UPHOLDS


STEP FIVE:
ADMITTED TO OUR BEING, OUR SELF AND ANOTHER PERSON THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR CONDITION


STEP SIX:
WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE OUR BEING REMOVE THOSE BELIEFS WHICH ARE SELF DEFEATING


STEP SEVEN:
HUMBLY ASKED OUR BEING TO HELP US DISSOLVE OUR SELF DEFEATING BELIEFS.


STEP EIGHT:
MADE A LIST OF ALL THOSE WHOM WE HAVE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL


STEP NINE:
MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHENEVER FURTHER HARM WOULD NOT RESULT


STEP TEN:
CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY AND WHEN ERROR OCCURS, SET FORTH TO PROMPTLY CORRECT THEM.


STEP ELEVEN:
SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER, MEDITATION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH OUR BEING. ASKING ONLY TO SEE OURSELVES THROUGH EYES OF LOVE AND TRUTH RATHER THAN FEAR AND BELIEF.


STEP TWELVE:
HAVING REUNIFIED WITH OUR BEING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS WE CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS AND PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OF OUR AFFAIRS


TAKING ACTION, CREATIVE OR PRACTICAL IN NATURE ( AS MEANS OF CORRECTION RATHER THAN DISTRACTION)
APPLICATION OF SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS MEDITAION AND PRAYER
BEING OF SERVICE TO OURSELVES AND THE GROUP
IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIVATION BEHIND OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS....


SELF DEFEATING BELIEFS ANONYMOUS ADDRESSING THE CAUSE RATHER THAN THE EFFECT..