The Twelve Steps of Insanity
The 12 steps program saved my life. I would be dead without it.
I went to GA meetings. I could not stop gambling. It was not a choice for me to gamble, it was an obsession. I was surprised to see how many male survivors attended these meetings. In fact I know over 10 male members that are incest survivors.( I did not know one before going there.) I applied the 12 steps and did a ton of meetings.
The biggest surprise that I got from attending these meeting was that it greatly help me live my life as an incest survivor.
A higher power is different for everyone. I am an atheist, and my higher power is life.
The 12 steps are there to help me learn to trust people and myself and life. The term spirituality is used, as I see it, in this way; To recognize everything that is good in other people and myself. Believe me, I did not trust anyone when I first started meetings.
I was powerless over the incest, I was a child.
It took 30 years to stop feeling guilty about the incest.
The exact nature of my wrong is the pain and suferring I mostly caused to myself and others, as an adult survivor with post traumatic stress disorder.
It is really easy for me to stay immature and sarcastic about life and people. I would rather take a chance and try something proven like the 12 steps and move on.
I am 44 year old, and for the first time in my life I feel good. It is because of the 12 step program.
I'm glad I took a chance and overlooked my fears and ego.
I went to GA meetings. I could not stop gambling. It was not a choice for me to gamble, it was an obsession. I was surprised to see how many male survivors attended these meetings. In fact I know over 10 male members that are incest survivors.( I did not know one before going there.) I applied the 12 steps and did a ton of meetings.
The biggest surprise that I got from attending these meeting was that it greatly help me live my life as an incest survivor.
A higher power is different for everyone. I am an atheist, and my higher power is life.
The 12 steps are there to help me learn to trust people and myself and life. The term spirituality is used, as I see it, in this way; To recognize everything that is good in other people and myself. Believe me, I did not trust anyone when I first started meetings.
I was powerless over the incest, I was a child.
It took 30 years to stop feeling guilty about the incest.
The exact nature of my wrong is the pain and suferring I mostly caused to myself and others, as an adult survivor with post traumatic stress disorder.
It is really easy for me to stay immature and sarcastic about life and people. I would rather take a chance and try something proven like the 12 steps and move on.
I am 44 year old, and for the first time in my life I feel good. It is because of the 12 step program.
I'm glad I took a chance and overlooked my fears and ego.