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We
recognized that the aftereffects of sexual abuse and/or sexual exploitation
of any kind had caused problems in our ability to live healthy lives.
We respected the fact that many times our lives were controlled
by others, to their profit and our loss. |
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2.
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We
came to believe to believe that a power greater than ourselves could
assist us on our journey. |
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3.
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Made
a decision to turn to this higher power for help in guiding us on
the recovery path. |
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4.
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Made
an inventory of both our character assets and character liabilities.
Acknowledged the harms done by others separately. In other words,
we gave due respect to the difference between wrongs committed by
us and wrongs committed against us by others. |
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Shared
our personal inventories with another trusted person, such as another
survivor, or a sponsor. |
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Humbly
asked our creator to help us remove unhealthy behaviors and lifestyle
choices that blocked us from our good. |
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Were
entirely ready to have our core personal integrity rebuilt and become
whole. |
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8.
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Made
a list of how we had been hurt, and if we had hurt others, we were
ready to look at that too. |
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Made
amends to ourselves and/or to others, as was appropriate. |
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Continued
to take personal inventory, recognizing how the aftereffects were
playing out in our daily lives. If our behaviors were self-sabotaging,
we chose to let that go. We inventoried the positive, life affirming
choices we had made and acknowledged these too. |
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Sought
through prayer, meditation and self-reflection to improve our conscious
contact with God. |
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We
recognize that we are on a journey towards becoming whole. We reached
out our hand to another survivor and shared what we were learning.
We understand that the therapeutic value of one survivor helping
another is without parallel. |
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