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Topic: Living the Four Agreements: A Life Changing Journey
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Sat 05/22/10 01:39 AM

If you want a real challenge, try reading the AA Blue Book and look up The Twelve Steps. It was written for alcoholics, but the twelve steps will give you a real thrill in human awareness. Here are the basic principles: (you can substitute the word alcohol with other words in #1.)
Twelve Steps
These are the original Twelve Steps as published by Alcoholics Anonymous:[10]

1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
2.Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4.Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves

why do 12 when the 4 covers it all?
and no god keeps me sober..................... that is my responsibility...commin up on 4yrs myself ,and taking personal responsibilty for myself, my actions and my words is key to empowerment

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Sat 05/22/10 01:07 PM
We each have our own ways of coming to our own personal Truths. So long as it doesn't infringe on others and how they work towards their Truths, so be it.

I don't drink, but would have to personally agree with Bedlum with regards to the 12 steps.

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Sat 05/22/10 10:26 PM

We each have our own ways of coming to our own personal Truths. So long as it doesn't infringe on others and how they work towards their Truths, so be it.

I don't drink, but would have to personally agree with Bedlum with regards to the 12 steps.
i wasnt knockin it..im just sayin if you practice all 4 agreements those 12 steps (ALL) get taken care of in a very rapid manner....(that is as long as you are doing your best with them)drinks

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