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To be thorough, the 36 principles are the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts. There are many different spiritual virtue lists that refer to the Twelve Steps which have been printed by other AA’s over the years.
When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year. Noth-ing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen.
The Spiritual Principle of step 10 is Perseverance & Discipline. Perseverance & Discipline: As addicts, we had no patience. We wanted that high and the next high as quickly and cheaply as possible.
Step Ten of AA puts into practice the spiritual principles of vigilance, maintenance and perseverance. Acknowledging what’s working and balanced can also help us to pinpoint what’s out of balance and not working.
What are the spiritual principles behind Step Ten? Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Other spiritual principles that apply to Step Ten include discipline, humility, patience, mindfulness, persistence, self-restraint, honesty, willingness, forgiveness, fair-mindedness, tolerance, love, and kindness.
Every one of the 12-steps is designed to replenish the soul and fill the emptiness we have filled with addiction and self-destruction. In the 12 Spiritual Principles of AA, Bill W. lays bare the fundamental spiritual basis behind every one of the steps.
In step 10, personal inventory refers to emotional disturbances that can trigger a person to return to misusing drugs or alcohol. Watching for these disturbances on a daily basis—and taking a daily inventory—is an important part of recovery. Step 10 helps to keep the spiritual house clean.
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5.
First Step Prayer. Dear Lord, I admit that I am powerless over my addiction. I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it. Help me this day to understand. The true meaning of powerlessness. Remove from me all denial of my addiction. Second Step Prayer. Heavenly Father,
With AA, not everyone has the ability to understand what it means to keep all of the steps in mind after completing them. The 12 spiritual principles package these steps into digestible virtues and provide a road map to lifelong health and sobriety.