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These questions will seem dour, and they are. But keep in mind that we are not surveying the wreckage in our lives to feel self-pity. We are preparing to rebuild. How step 1 helps us recover: Answering these questions will allow us to take stock of how our lives have become unmanageable and the damage we have done to ourselves and others.

It shows how previous efforts to manage our addiction have failed. Admitting this failure allows us to prepare for a better path. Focus of step 2: Step 2 focuses on the restoration of hope. Though we previously acknowledged that we cannot manage our own lives, that does not mean that control cannot be regained.

It means that we must trust that a greater power can lead us to recovery. To do so, we will ask questions probing into our spirituality and our willingness to let go and stop trying to control our own lives.

How step 2 helps us recover: These questions will help you focus on your current vision of a Higher Power. They should also help you gain an idea of why you view a Higher Power as you do. You may also be thinking of what role your Higher Power will play in your future and how it will be different. Focus of step 3: The third step brings together what we learned in working on the previous two.

We should now have an idea of why our lives are unmanageable and how we conceive of a Higher Power. The following questions will help us understand and manage the process of giving control to a Higher Power with spiritual meaning to us. How step 3 helps us recover: These questions were designed to provide insight into the process of surrender. At the same time, they help us begin to try to understand what role our Higher Power will play in our new path. Read more about step 3 and the third step prayer.

Focus of step 4: Step 4 questions are designed to help us take stock of who we are. Since addiction has taken such a toll on our lives, we will focus on the deficiencies which got us here. However, we should never lose sight of the positive elements in our personalities and lives. The important part is to assess our lives fairly, so we are not captured by the twin dangers of self-aggrandizement and self-righteousness at one extreme or guilt and self-loathing on the other.

To this end, answer these questions honestly and in a measured fashion. How step 4 helps us recover: This step should help us look fairly and searchingly at our personalities.

We have character flaws and some of them led us down a dark path. However, these questions also assess our positive traits. True growth occurs when we understand that many of the traits that led us astray, can also help us and others. Focus of step 5: Now that we have a better idea of who we are and how our flaws have led us astray, it is time to share those insights with others. The step program believes that recovery is only possible with support: from your sponsor, your group, and your Higher Power.

In these questions, we focus on the task at hand: the development of honest and genuine relationships with others. How step 5 helps us recover: Now that we understand our wrongs and have seen what others think of our behavior, we are ready to work towards their removal.

However, we are now humble enough to understand that we cannot do this on our own. Focus of step 6: The previous steps have helped us embrace humility. The previous questions have helped us assess our shortcomings. We are equally aware of that which is positive in us and will aid us in recovery. We are now ready to come before our Higher Power in the hopes that our flaws be removed.

We do not make demands. We do not bargain. These questions are designed to help with that process. How step 6 helps us recover: This step and the associated questions have helped us understand what our flaws are and how we hold on to them. Now that we know what we wish to remove from our life, we need to ask for their removal.

Focus of step 7: We have spent our whole lives fighting our shortcomings, yet we are unable to overcome them. Sometimes it seems as though the harder we try, the more powerful our worst instincts become. In this step, we practice the humility we have learned previously. To allow our Higher Power to remove our shortfalls, we must acknowledge our inability to do so.

In understanding our weakness, we gain the true strength of trusting in our Higher Power and our new path. These questions should allow us to understand the process better. How step 7 helps us recover: Having answered these questions, we should now be humbler regarding our ability to remove shortcomings ourselves.

We understand better the role of our Higher Power in helping us improve our lives. The process should also give us a better idea of what a better life may look like. Whether read aloud at meetings, referred to while working with a sponsor, or turned to in a quiet moment, The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions can serve as a vital resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of the Steps and Traditions.

Many have found recovery from compulsive eating, obesity, food addiction, binge eating, anorexia, or bulimia in GreySheeters Anonymous GSA. We have no dues or fees. We are not affiliated with any other organization. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. The foods that we eat can be purchased in markets and many restaurants. What we eat is abundant, delicious, and portable. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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