The SEA's Program
SEA's 12 Step Guide
Introduction
Content:
The SEA's Program's 12 Steps
We
admitted that we were powerless over the behavioral consequences of our low
self-esteem; that our lives had become unmanageable.
We
came to believe that our self-esteem could heal and grow by our cooperating with
a power greater than ourselves who is our Higher Power.
We
made a decision to develop a spiritual life in which our wills and lives would
be open to the healing graces of our Higher Power.
We
made a searching and fearless inventory of our strengths and achievements as
well as of our weaknesses and failures.
We
admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to others the exact nature of
our strengths and weaknesses and of our achievements and failures.
We
were entirely ready to assist our Higher Power to affirm our positive and remove
our negative behavioral traits.
We
humbly asked our Higher Power to give us the strength to let go of our
shortcomings.
We
made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to
them all.
We
made direct amends to such persons wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or ourselves.
We
continued to take a personal inventory and affirmed our goodness while promptly
admitting our wrongs.
We
sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our
Higher Power, praying for knowledge of what we are capable of becoming and the
power to carry this out.
We
tried to carry this message to others hurting from low self-esteem and to
practice these principles in our life
after having had a spiritual awakening or
renewal as a result of these steps
Directions
for use of this guide
As you systematically work through the twelve steps of the SEA's program,
read the material in each Step and respond to the questions in
your journal. Each Step contains key words or concepts,
which are explored in the questions under each step. Your recovery from the
negative behavioral impact of self-esteem is dependent on your honest
assessment, admission, and acceptance of the steps you need to take in order to
ensure your personal recovery. Most likely over your lifetime you will need to
review these twelve steps, so for later reference keep in a safe place your 12
Step Guide Journal along with the other Recovery Journals
you have completed while working on the Tools for Coping Series
materials.
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