shydawg
10-03-2008, 04:30 PM
73 musts in It Works How & Why
“However, we can learn to be honest, and we must begin to try.” STEP ONE
“No matter how our disease displays itself, we must take its deadly nature into account.” STEP ONE
“To get started on this journey, we must become willing to surrender to this program.” STEP ONE
“Three of these that are indispensable are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.” This doesn’t mean we must be unfailingly honest, open-minded, and willing. STEP TWO
“we must remember that our understanding of a Power greater than ourselves is up to each individual.” STEP TWO
This takes humility, for we must let go of our fears about how we may appear to others. STEP TWO
As painful as it seems, we must change. STEP TWO
We must now go on to Step Three to develop a relationship with the God of our understanding. STEP TWO
We gather as much knowledge, insight, and experience as we can from these sources, and then we make our own decision. No one can do it for us; we must consciously decide to do this for ourselves. STEP THREE
Our years of living a lie must end. If we sit down and become very quiet with ourselves, we will find it easier to get in touch with the truth. STEP FOUR
Most of us don’t have much experience with the type of self-appraisal we are about to do, and we must have the guidance and support of our sponsor in order to understand what we’re doing. STEP FOUR
we must begin to alter the self-defeating patterns that have prevailed in our lives. STEP FOUR
We must overcome our fear and work the Fifth Step if we are to make any significant changes in the way we live. STEP FIVE
Working this step with the support of our sponsor and a loving God is a way of putting into practice our decision to allow God to care for our will and our lives. That decision, like most decisions we make, must be followed with action. STEP FIVE*
The first thing we must realize is that the Fifth Step is not a quick fix for a painful situation. If we work this step expecting our feelings to go away, we are expecting the steps to numb us the way drugs did. STEP FIVE*
Although there is no requirement that the listener must be our sponsor, most of us choose to share our inventory with him or her. STEP FIVE*
We must talk with other recovering addicts about our fears and feelings so we can hear the experience they have to share. STEP FIVE*
Although some of us have not understood the critical importance of the Sixth and Seventh Steps, they are essential actions that must be taken if we expect to make any significant and lasting changes in our lives. STEP SIX
We’ve already had experience in the Third Step with what we must do now in the Sixth Step. STEP SIX
What we must do, rather than try to exert power and control over our defects, is step out of the way and allow a loving God to work in our lives. STEP SIX
Despite our lack of familiarity with the realm of the spirit, we must remember that, in Steps One through Three, we were given the basic tools we need to negotiate the path of recovery. STEP SIX
No matter how difficult our progress, we must persevere. STEP SIX
Our fears of what we will be like without relying on the destructive behavior of our past must be overcome. STEP SIX
We must be willing to take a chance that what lies beyond the Sixth Step is going to be better than our current stock of fears, resentments, and spiritual anguish. STEP SIX
We’ve taken a giant step forward in the process of recovery, but it must be followed with another to be truly lasting. With the readiness we have at hand today, we go on to Step Seven. STEP SIX
To work the Seventh Step, we must get out of the way so that God can do God’s work. STEP SEVEN
Because our view of what we can hope for may be limited, many of us can’t even begin to imagine what our Higher Power has in store for us. If this is the case for us, we must rely on faith. STEP SEVEN
We must avoid projections, either negative or positive, about actually making our amends. STEP EIGHT
Most of us owe amends to at least one person who has also harmed us. Perhaps we haven’t truly forgiven that person yet and find we are very reluctant to put her or his name on our list. However, we must. We are responsible for our actions. STEP EIGHT
We must let go of resentments and focus on our part in the conflicts in our lives. STEP EIGHT
Our idea that we have been a victim must go. STEP EIGHT
Our recovery is at stake. If we want to continue with our recovery, we must make amends. STEP EIGHT
Our commitment to recovery includes becoming ready to go as far as we must. STEP EIGHT
Now we must do everything we can to repair the harm we’ve caused STEP NINE
We must be willing to follow through, regardless of the potential outcome. STEP NINE
We must be courageous when we work this step. STEP NINE
But whether they are willing to accept us or not, we must go on with making our amends to them. STEP NINE
We must let go of any expectations we have on how our amends will turn out and leave the results to the God of our understanding. It is very important that we do our absolute best to make amends. STEP NINE
Even though we are sure to have amends to make to people who have also harmed us, we must set our hurt feelings aside STEP NINE
In the meantime, we must remain willing to make those amends. STEP NINE
We must somehow learn to live with such things. We live with indescribable remorse over such acts and wonder what we could possibly do to make amends. STEP NINE
We must become more considerate, sensitive, and attentive to the needs of others. STEP NINE
Though this may seem to be an abstract concept, we must make concrete amends by changing our behavior. STEP NINE
But we must continue to grow, and that’s exactly what the Tenth Step helps us do. STEP TEN
Although forming a habit of working this step may be difficult at first, we must persist. STEP TEN
While our sponsor will provide us with guidance, we must apply the principles of the program for ourselves and arrive at our own decision. STEP TEN
In the end, we are the ones who must live with our conscience. STEP TEN
In order to do so comfortably, we must decide what is, and what is not, morally acceptable in our lives. STEP TEN
In order to do so comfortably, we must decide what is, and what is not, morally acceptable in our lives. STEP TEN
Of course, we must be just as careful when amending our current behavior as we were when we made amends in the Ninth Step. STEP TEN
We must remember that the Tenth Step isn’t a one-sided endeavor, an exercise in noting what we have done wrong. STEP TEN
We must resist any urge to become obsessive with this step, ruthlessly searching out every flaw in our character. STEP TEN
Although all of us need the love and attention of others, that doesn’t mean we must depend on people to provide what we can only find within ourselves. STEP TEN
We must build on our surrender by taking action, just as we have in the previous steps. STEP ELEVEN
we must also increase the courage we’ve developed in the previous steps. STEP ELEVEN
We may wonder if our sponsor is now going to inform us that we must pray or meditate in a particular way. STEP ELEVEN
Though the temptation to pray for a particular result may be great, we must resist the urge to do so if we want to experience the rewards of the Eleventh Step. STEP ELEVEN
We must make use of what we’ve learned in the previous eleven as we carry the message and practice the principles of recovery in all our affairs. STEP TWELVE
Now we must ask ourselves, just what is “the message” we are trying to carry? Is it that we never have to use drugs again? Is it that, through recovery, we cease being likely candidates for jails, institutions, and an early death? Is it the hope that an addict, any addict, can recover from the disease of addiction? Well, it’s all of this and more. STEP TWELVE
Developing a personal style for carrying the message rests on a simple requirement: We must be ourselves. STEP TWELVE
By striving to see beyond our individual ideas and the interests of our own group, we come to understand that the common welfare of all NA must come first. TRADITION ONE
We can look to our individual conscience as well as the collective conscience for guidance in all we must do in fulfilling our responsibilities. TRADITION TWO
We must exist in the world. It’s not possible to be entirely separate, evading all contact with outside agencies TRADITION SIX
We must exercise prudence in employing professional assistance for our services. TRADITION EIGHT
Okay, so we may create service boards or committees. Now we must ask ourselves, why would we want to create such things? What are the needs these boards and committees would fulfill? To answer this question, let’s look at how an NA group evolves, as we did when considering the Seventh Tradition. TRADITION NINE
But what about speaking in a recovery gathering? Does the Tenth Tradition tell us that, as individual recovering addicts, we must not talk in NA meetings about the challenges we face? No, it does not. While a particular problem may be an outside issue, its effect on our recovery is not; everything affecting a recovering addict’s life is material for sharing. If a problem we are having impacts our ability to stay clean and grow spiritually, it’s not an outside issue. TRADITION TEN
To do these things effectively, we must stay as free of the distractions of public controversy as possible. TRADITION TEN
To fulfill Tradition Ten, our groups, service boards, and committees must exercise prudence in their public contacts. TRADITION TEN
In all our contacts with society, we must take care not to express any opinions on issues outside the scope of our program. TRADITION TEN
we must never do this"not with celebrity members, not with any member. If our fellowship used a celebrity member in a public announcement about NA and the celebrity later relapsed or otherwise suffered a loss of prestige, what good would that do our fellowship’s credibility? The same could apply to any individual member put in the public spotlight on NA’s behalf. TRADITION ELEVEN
By the same token, we must remember that, wherever we go, we always represent NA to some degree. TRADITION ELEVEN
To be of maximum service to the still-suffering addict, we must energetically seek to carry our message throughout our cities, towns, and villages. TRADITION ELEVEN
But to attract the still-suffering addict to our program, we must take vigorous steps to make our program widely known TRADITION ELEVEN
“However, we can learn to be honest, and we must begin to try.” STEP ONE
“No matter how our disease displays itself, we must take its deadly nature into account.” STEP ONE
“To get started on this journey, we must become willing to surrender to this program.” STEP ONE
“Three of these that are indispensable are honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness.” This doesn’t mean we must be unfailingly honest, open-minded, and willing. STEP TWO
“we must remember that our understanding of a Power greater than ourselves is up to each individual.” STEP TWO
This takes humility, for we must let go of our fears about how we may appear to others. STEP TWO
As painful as it seems, we must change. STEP TWO
We must now go on to Step Three to develop a relationship with the God of our understanding. STEP TWO
We gather as much knowledge, insight, and experience as we can from these sources, and then we make our own decision. No one can do it for us; we must consciously decide to do this for ourselves. STEP THREE
Our years of living a lie must end. If we sit down and become very quiet with ourselves, we will find it easier to get in touch with the truth. STEP FOUR
Most of us don’t have much experience with the type of self-appraisal we are about to do, and we must have the guidance and support of our sponsor in order to understand what we’re doing. STEP FOUR
we must begin to alter the self-defeating patterns that have prevailed in our lives. STEP FOUR
We must overcome our fear and work the Fifth Step if we are to make any significant changes in the way we live. STEP FIVE
Working this step with the support of our sponsor and a loving God is a way of putting into practice our decision to allow God to care for our will and our lives. That decision, like most decisions we make, must be followed with action. STEP FIVE*
The first thing we must realize is that the Fifth Step is not a quick fix for a painful situation. If we work this step expecting our feelings to go away, we are expecting the steps to numb us the way drugs did. STEP FIVE*
Although there is no requirement that the listener must be our sponsor, most of us choose to share our inventory with him or her. STEP FIVE*
We must talk with other recovering addicts about our fears and feelings so we can hear the experience they have to share. STEP FIVE*
Although some of us have not understood the critical importance of the Sixth and Seventh Steps, they are essential actions that must be taken if we expect to make any significant and lasting changes in our lives. STEP SIX
We’ve already had experience in the Third Step with what we must do now in the Sixth Step. STEP SIX
What we must do, rather than try to exert power and control over our defects, is step out of the way and allow a loving God to work in our lives. STEP SIX
Despite our lack of familiarity with the realm of the spirit, we must remember that, in Steps One through Three, we were given the basic tools we need to negotiate the path of recovery. STEP SIX
No matter how difficult our progress, we must persevere. STEP SIX
Our fears of what we will be like without relying on the destructive behavior of our past must be overcome. STEP SIX
We must be willing to take a chance that what lies beyond the Sixth Step is going to be better than our current stock of fears, resentments, and spiritual anguish. STEP SIX
We’ve taken a giant step forward in the process of recovery, but it must be followed with another to be truly lasting. With the readiness we have at hand today, we go on to Step Seven. STEP SIX
To work the Seventh Step, we must get out of the way so that God can do God’s work. STEP SEVEN
Because our view of what we can hope for may be limited, many of us can’t even begin to imagine what our Higher Power has in store for us. If this is the case for us, we must rely on faith. STEP SEVEN
We must avoid projections, either negative or positive, about actually making our amends. STEP EIGHT
Most of us owe amends to at least one person who has also harmed us. Perhaps we haven’t truly forgiven that person yet and find we are very reluctant to put her or his name on our list. However, we must. We are responsible for our actions. STEP EIGHT
We must let go of resentments and focus on our part in the conflicts in our lives. STEP EIGHT
Our idea that we have been a victim must go. STEP EIGHT
Our recovery is at stake. If we want to continue with our recovery, we must make amends. STEP EIGHT
Our commitment to recovery includes becoming ready to go as far as we must. STEP EIGHT
Now we must do everything we can to repair the harm we’ve caused STEP NINE
We must be willing to follow through, regardless of the potential outcome. STEP NINE
We must be courageous when we work this step. STEP NINE
But whether they are willing to accept us or not, we must go on with making our amends to them. STEP NINE
We must let go of any expectations we have on how our amends will turn out and leave the results to the God of our understanding. It is very important that we do our absolute best to make amends. STEP NINE
Even though we are sure to have amends to make to people who have also harmed us, we must set our hurt feelings aside STEP NINE
In the meantime, we must remain willing to make those amends. STEP NINE
We must somehow learn to live with such things. We live with indescribable remorse over such acts and wonder what we could possibly do to make amends. STEP NINE
We must become more considerate, sensitive, and attentive to the needs of others. STEP NINE
Though this may seem to be an abstract concept, we must make concrete amends by changing our behavior. STEP NINE
But we must continue to grow, and that’s exactly what the Tenth Step helps us do. STEP TEN
Although forming a habit of working this step may be difficult at first, we must persist. STEP TEN
While our sponsor will provide us with guidance, we must apply the principles of the program for ourselves and arrive at our own decision. STEP TEN
In the end, we are the ones who must live with our conscience. STEP TEN
In order to do so comfortably, we must decide what is, and what is not, morally acceptable in our lives. STEP TEN
In order to do so comfortably, we must decide what is, and what is not, morally acceptable in our lives. STEP TEN
Of course, we must be just as careful when amending our current behavior as we were when we made amends in the Ninth Step. STEP TEN
We must remember that the Tenth Step isn’t a one-sided endeavor, an exercise in noting what we have done wrong. STEP TEN
We must resist any urge to become obsessive with this step, ruthlessly searching out every flaw in our character. STEP TEN
Although all of us need the love and attention of others, that doesn’t mean we must depend on people to provide what we can only find within ourselves. STEP TEN
We must build on our surrender by taking action, just as we have in the previous steps. STEP ELEVEN
we must also increase the courage we’ve developed in the previous steps. STEP ELEVEN
We may wonder if our sponsor is now going to inform us that we must pray or meditate in a particular way. STEP ELEVEN
Though the temptation to pray for a particular result may be great, we must resist the urge to do so if we want to experience the rewards of the Eleventh Step. STEP ELEVEN
We must make use of what we’ve learned in the previous eleven as we carry the message and practice the principles of recovery in all our affairs. STEP TWELVE
Now we must ask ourselves, just what is “the message” we are trying to carry? Is it that we never have to use drugs again? Is it that, through recovery, we cease being likely candidates for jails, institutions, and an early death? Is it the hope that an addict, any addict, can recover from the disease of addiction? Well, it’s all of this and more. STEP TWELVE
Developing a personal style for carrying the message rests on a simple requirement: We must be ourselves. STEP TWELVE
By striving to see beyond our individual ideas and the interests of our own group, we come to understand that the common welfare of all NA must come first. TRADITION ONE
We can look to our individual conscience as well as the collective conscience for guidance in all we must do in fulfilling our responsibilities. TRADITION TWO
We must exist in the world. It’s not possible to be entirely separate, evading all contact with outside agencies TRADITION SIX
We must exercise prudence in employing professional assistance for our services. TRADITION EIGHT
Okay, so we may create service boards or committees. Now we must ask ourselves, why would we want to create such things? What are the needs these boards and committees would fulfill? To answer this question, let’s look at how an NA group evolves, as we did when considering the Seventh Tradition. TRADITION NINE
But what about speaking in a recovery gathering? Does the Tenth Tradition tell us that, as individual recovering addicts, we must not talk in NA meetings about the challenges we face? No, it does not. While a particular problem may be an outside issue, its effect on our recovery is not; everything affecting a recovering addict’s life is material for sharing. If a problem we are having impacts our ability to stay clean and grow spiritually, it’s not an outside issue. TRADITION TEN
To do these things effectively, we must stay as free of the distractions of public controversy as possible. TRADITION TEN
To fulfill Tradition Ten, our groups, service boards, and committees must exercise prudence in their public contacts. TRADITION TEN
In all our contacts with society, we must take care not to express any opinions on issues outside the scope of our program. TRADITION TEN
we must never do this"not with celebrity members, not with any member. If our fellowship used a celebrity member in a public announcement about NA and the celebrity later relapsed or otherwise suffered a loss of prestige, what good would that do our fellowship’s credibility? The same could apply to any individual member put in the public spotlight on NA’s behalf. TRADITION ELEVEN
By the same token, we must remember that, wherever we go, we always represent NA to some degree. TRADITION ELEVEN
To be of maximum service to the still-suffering addict, we must energetically seek to carry our message throughout our cities, towns, and villages. TRADITION ELEVEN
But to attract the still-suffering addict to our program, we must take vigorous steps to make our program widely known TRADITION ELEVEN