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Tony's Steps

Tony A's Steps use unusually direct language about childhood abandonment, blameless inventory, self-love and a Higher Power. Read them as a path, not a performance test.

Context: Tony A's Steps are important early ACoA literature and are identified in the source workbook as non-conference-approved literature. They sit beside - not in place of - the official ACA Twelve Steps.
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Tony A's 12 Steps

  1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of living with alcoholism and that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could bring us clarity.
  3. We made a decision to practice self-love and to trust in a Higher Power of our understanding.
  4. We made a searching and blameless inventory of our parents because, in essence, we had become them.
  5. We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our childhood abandonment.
  6. We were entirely ready to begin the healing process with the aid of our Higher Power.
  7. We humbly asked our Higher Power to help us with our healing process.
  8. We became willing to open ourselves to receive the unconditional love of our Higher Power.
  9. We became willing to accept our own unconditional love by understanding that our Higher Power loves us unconditionally.
  10. We continued to take personal inventory and to love and approve of ourselves.
  11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power, praying only for knowledge of its will for us and the power to carry it out.
  12. We have had a spiritual awakening as a result of taking these steps, and we continue to love ourselves and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Source: A-New-Hope_ACA-Beginners-Meeting-Handbook.pdf — Chapter 9 Supplement, Tony A’s Version (held in the TToB source library).
TToB question: Which Step creates either relief or resistance in you today? You do not have to solve it. Notice it, and take it to a Brother.