By Paul Maner | May 18, 2023

We have been working at the Twelve Steps for nearly 20 years.  Why the Twelve Steps, you may ask?  What did it do for …

By Paul Maner | May 19, 2023

We admitted we were powerless over addictive compulsive behavior, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Powerless – The …

By Paul Maner | May 27, 2023

“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”

Came to believe – The statement means …

By Paul Maner | June 2, 2023

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.

Made a decision – The …

By Paul Maner | June 9, 2023

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

searching and fearless moral inventory – This may be the …

By Paul Maner | June 16, 2023

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

Admitted to God – the God of …

By Paul Maner | June 23, 2023

Step Six: “We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”

entirely ready – The dictionary …

By Paul Maner | June 30, 2023

“Humbly asked God [Higher Power] to remove our shortcomings.”

Humbly asked – meaning we do not feel we are better than …

By Paul Maner | July 7, 2023

“Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”

Made a list – only make the …

By Paul Maner | July 14, 2023

“Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”

direct amends – …

By Paul Maner | July 21, 2023

“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.”

personal inventory – means nightly …

By Paul Maner | July 28, 2023

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with a Higher Power, praying only for knowledge …

By Paul Maner | August 4, 2023

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to …