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Step One: I can control how I respond. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Two: Hope. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Four: What have I done? (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Five: Confession, acknowledgment. I was culpable, wrong, toxic to some. I'm willing to admit that I wasn't always right. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Three: Faith is a place of mystery where we find courage. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Seven (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Eight: Vulnerable, Willing, Discipline—Amends. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Nine: Sorry for .... (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Six: Willingness to embrace help—surrender. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Ten: "Admit my mistake. Ask for forgiveness. Change the behavior. Perseverance—striving to be better. (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Eleven: Reflective practice (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step Twelve: "Service to others is known to be one of the essential keys to a happy life and a harmonious community." (Collage by Carol, 2024)
Step One: Life is unmanageable! My world is exploding! A tiny piece of me says, "This has GOT TO STOP!" (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Two: Hope. My emotional support being gives me a nudge. (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Three: "Made a decision to entrust our will and our lives to the care of the collective wisdom and resources of those who have searched before us." —Freethinker Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Four: "I examine my life with honesty, searching for patterns in how I have been relating to people and situations. " —Proactive (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Five: "I explore these patterns and describe them to another person, noticing the healing power of compassionate listening." —Proactive Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Six: "Became entirely ready to work at transforming ourselves." —Buddhist Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Seven: "Work. honestly, humbly and courageously to develop our assets and to release our personal shortcomings." —Cleveland Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Eight: "Made a list of all persons we have harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." —OA Version (Collage by Jenny, September 2024)
Step Nine: "Make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." —OA Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. —OA Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Eleven: "I will seek to improve my awareness and understanding of myself, my addiction, and of other individuals and organizations with the common goal of arresting [food] addiction. —SOS Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
Step Twelve: "My life reflects a growing sense of respect and compassion for myself and others. I share this process with others who are struggling." —Practical Version (Collage by Jenny, 2024)
