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Twelve Steps of
Survivors of Incest Anonymous (Handed down from
SIA World Service)
- We admitted we were powerless
over the abuse, the effects of the abuse, and that our lives had
become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a loving
Higher Power, greater than ourselves, could restore hope,
healing and sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the care of a loving Higher Power, as
we understood Her/Him.
- Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves, the abuse, and its effects on our
lives. We have no more secrets.
- Admitted to a loving Higher
Power, to ourselves, and to another human being our strengths
and weaknesses.
- Were entirely ready to have a
loving Higher Power help us remove all the debilitating
consequences of the abuse and became willing to treat ourselves
with respect, compassion and acceptance.
- Humbly and honestly asked a
loving Higher Power to remove the unhealthy and self-defeating
consequences stemming from the abuse.
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Made a list of all the people we may have harmed (of our own
free will), especially ourselves and our inner child, and became
willing to make amends to them all.
- Made amends to such people
wherever possible, except when to do so would result in
physical, mental, emotional or spiritual harm to ourselves or
others.
- Continued to take
responsibility for our own recovery and when we found ourselves
behaving in patterns still dictated by the abuse, promptly
admitted it. When we succeed, we promptly enjoy it.
- Sought through prayer and
meditation to improve our conscious contact with ourselves and a
loving Higher Power as we understood Her/Him, asking only for
knowledge of Her/ His will for us and the power and courage to
carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual
awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to other survivors and practice these principles in all
our endeavors.
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