Charles L. Davis http://www.cdaviscenter.net/bbxml/cdc_bb_steps1_rss.xml This work in progress...is dedicated to all the individuals who helped me get here so I could share this...work in progress...with you......My Name is Charles and My Sobriety Date Is June 9, 1985 and Counting... bb_wip@yahoo.com Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us "http://www.cdaviscenter.net/Images/valid-rss.png" http://www.cdaviscenter.net/bbxml/cdc_bb_steps1_rss.xml 15 http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_3.html#Step1 We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics.This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:10:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_4.html#Step2 Lack of power, that was our dilemma. we had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:20:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_5.html#BeingConvinced Being convinced, we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him. Just what do we mean by that, and just what do we do? Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:30:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_5.html#3dPray God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always! Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:35:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_5.html#Step4 This was Step Four. A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:40:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_6.html#Step5 Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak times in our personal inventory. Now these are about to be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:45:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/chapters/chapter_6.html#Step6 We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last. Is our work solid so far? Are the stones properly in place? Have we skimped on the cement put into the foundation? Have we tried to make mortar without sand? Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:50:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/ This work in progress...is dedicated to all the individuals who helped me get here so I could share this...work in progress...with you......My Name is Charles and My Sobriety Date Is June 9, 1985 and Counting... Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:15:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com http://www.cdaviscenter.net/#Dis Construction of this site and the design of all other connecting pages by Charles L. Davis... Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:15:00 -0500 bb_wip@yahoo.com