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    12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step
    12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step
    12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step
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    12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step

    By Luke Amato and Mark R

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    You, like my co-author, Mark R, may be in the ongoing process of “recovering” from some form of addictive behavior. Or like me, you’re struggling with enabling or co-dependency issues. But, do you, like us, find that SIMPLY READING our 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, is not enough? Yes, we all must SHARE OUR THOUGHTS, as we do in all our 12 Step Meetings, but Mark has experienced the need to move to a deeper level or two: TO ALSO PRAY THE 12 AND 12, one Step or Tradition each day. Further, with the help of Higher Power we’re to be OPEN TO HIS HELP, leading to a definite RESOLUTION to progress. Well there’s already a well-defined approach, spelled out clearly in our own Eleventh Step: “BY PRAYER & MEDIATION….” The 4 steps are: READ, REFLECT, RESPOND & RESOLVE. Mark and I invite you to pray one with us. At first, he and I will do them all for you; in the latter part of the book, we’ll let you loose to try it on your own, either alone or at an Eleventh Step Meeting
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateApr 19, 2018
    ISBN9781387756223
    12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step

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      12 Steps & 12 Traditions - Luke Amato

      12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Applying the 11th Step

      12 STEPS & 12 TRADITIONS: Applying the 11th STEP

      BY

      Luke Amato

      And

      Mark R.

      Copyright © 2017 by Luke Amato

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      ISBN 978-1-387-75622-3

      [email protected]

      References to:

      A.A.’s   Darlene Smith, Adm.

      Authorization,       Intellectual Property

      Disclaimer &       A.A. World Services, Inc.

      12 and 12       475 Riverside Drive

      New York, N.Y. 10115

      As Recovering Sisters and Brothers,

      we seek:

      "through prayer and meditation

      to improve our conscious contact with God

      as we understood Him,

      praying only for

      the knowledge of His will for us

      and

      the power to carry it out"

      Our Eleventh Step

      O GOD OF OUR UNDERSTANDING,

      " TEACH

      US

      TO

      PRAY."

      A TIME-PROVEN WAY TO PRAY

      The following method of non-sectarian prayer has proved effective as a way to more fully digest the meaning of truly spiritual works like our 12 Steps and 12 Traditions. It’s a way to make these Steps and Traditions more of an integral part of our lives and actions.

      The following four steps can be performed silently if alone, or out loud at your  Step Meeting.   (What a perfect way to hold an Eleventh Step Meeting!)

      The steps are  described very briefly as follows:

      Read (and) reread slowly a passage, no matter how short,  until you come to words, phrases or sections that strike a chord in you:  jot them down;

      2.      Reflect on those sections, words or phrases and consider what they are saying to where you are right now.  Mull them over!

      3.      Respond  to your Higher Power in prayer from your heart; just talk to Him about it.

      4.      Receive (Resolve)  whatever spiritual gifts your H.P. may choose to give you. He may give you the desire to make a definite resolution to improve in that area.

      Now, that’s enough of the theory.

      Let’s get down to the practical steps and start:

      A. First pick a suitable time and place, for example:

      Early morning on the porch, or

      Lunch break on the park bench, or

      Late at night in your favorite easy chair.

      B. Choose a Step, Tradition or other Program Reading:

      As recovering addicts, any one of these selections can strike a chord

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