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ADDICTION
ALCHEMY
12 POINT COMPASS
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EAST
POINTS:
Awareness, Realization, Surrender |
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Intention: I
come into full awareness that
suffering is due to attachments (addictions) which ultimately form as a
result of the denial of my interconnectedness with all that is and my
rightful place in the universe.
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Affirmation: I have come to the realization
through personal experience that the
intelligence of mankind is not the only intelligence at work in the
universe.
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Result: I am
committed to seek the Truth in all things in order to restore my
connection with my center and to reconnect my Will with that of
my highest purpose. |
Twelve Steps Reference: 1, 2, 3
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction--that our lives had
become unmanageable. – Awareness
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us
to sanity. – Realization
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God
as we understood Him. - Surrender
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SOUTH POINTS:
Contemplation, Surfacing, Forgiveness |
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Intention:
It is my intention to contemplate my internal belief system by
exploring my inner most hidden feelings. |
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Affirmation:
I allow my wounds and mistaken beliefs to gently surface, so that
I may begin to release and heal them. |
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Result:
I heal my heart through the universal power of love,
compassion and forgiveness.
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Reference Twelve Steps: 4, 5, 6
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. -
Contemplation
Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact
nature of our wrongs. - Surfacing
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Forgiveness
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WEST
POINTS:
Balance, Responsibility, Restoration |
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Intention:
It is my intention to bring balance to my life by tapping into
my unique creative force.
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Affirmation:
I take responsibility for my own human condition and seek to
restore harmony with others in my life. |
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Result:
I restore harmony and balance to myself and to my relationships
through the universal power of love and truth. |
Reference Twelve Steps: 7, 8, 9
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. - Balance
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all. - Responsibility
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others. - Restoration
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NORTH POINTS:
Integrity, Reunificaton, Grace |
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Intention:
It is my intention to live in the light of truth and embody
integrity.
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Affirmation:
I nurture my connection to my Center by steadfastly seeking to
reunify my Body, Mind, Heart and Soul as I align my Free Will
with my Higher Purpose. |
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Result:
I embrace that which I am and live in gratitude for the
abundance and grace that is my birthright,
as I receive in order to graciously share my legacy. |
Reference Twelve Steps: 10, 11,
12
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it. - Integrity
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact
with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will
for us and the power to carry that out. – Reunification
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we
tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these
principles in all our affairs. - Grace
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