More AA stuff.
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masque12Here is the original AA 12 steps. Below is my redaction of them, from a Left Hand Path perspective. Take them as you will.
1. Admit you have a problem, but realize that you have the power to overcome it.
2. Know that you have to do the work yourself, no force outside yourself can do it for you.
3. Make a decision to take control of your life, become the master of your own destiny.
4. Make an accurate assessment of yourself, recognizing your weaknesses AND strengths, and decide what you want to change about yourself.
5. Acknowledge what mistakes you have made in the past, and move past them, realize that dwelling on the past won't get you anywhere.
6. Ready yourself to change your life for the better, to repair whatever defects of character you think you have.
7. Work towards correcting your shortcomings, have the confidence to know you can change yourself if you desire.
8. Take responsibility for your actions, and make amends for those in the past where necessary.
9. Make direct amends to people you have wronged, and hold those responsible who have wronged you.
10. Maintain an accurate assessment of your progress. When you make mistakes, make amends, and when you do something right, reward yourself.
11. Seek through meditation and reflection to gain an understanding of your will, and to KNOW that your life is under your control. You have the power to change yourself, and no one and nothing can take that away from you.
12. Decide for yourself if you want to help other people to learn how to regain control of their lives as you have.
1. Admit you have a problem, but realize that you have the power to overcome it.
2. Know that you have to do the work yourself, no force outside yourself can do it for you.
3. Make a decision to take control of your life, become the master of your own destiny.
4. Make an accurate assessment of yourself, recognizing your weaknesses AND strengths, and decide what you want to change about yourself.
5. Acknowledge what mistakes you have made in the past, and move past them, realize that dwelling on the past won't get you anywhere.
6. Ready yourself to change your life for the better, to repair whatever defects of character you think you have.
7. Work towards correcting your shortcomings, have the confidence to know you can change yourself if you desire.
8. Take responsibility for your actions, and make amends for those in the past where necessary.
9. Make direct amends to people you have wronged, and hold those responsible who have wronged you.
10. Maintain an accurate assessment of your progress. When you make mistakes, make amends, and when you do something right, reward yourself.
11. Seek through meditation and reflection to gain an understanding of your will, and to KNOW that your life is under your control. You have the power to change yourself, and no one and nothing can take that away from you.
12. Decide for yourself if you want to help other people to learn how to regain control of their lives as you have.
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Date: 2004-09-05 03:59 am (UTC)Oh, definitely. If I come across something like AA, that just seems completely wrong and backwards, I test it out. Switch it around, turn it inside out, and see if it works better that way. Simple, but effective.
As much as I love psychology, I most definitely have certain problems with it (at least as it's taught in the university--I have yet to be able to use it "professionally"). I have come up with a number of "renegade psychology" concepts my selves, and am always glad to add more to my bag o' tricks.
I never took it in school, most of my knowledge of it has been reading about it on my own, and personal experience with shrinks I've gone to. I'm rather partial to the psychological standpoint of most of the New Falcon writers, Robert Anton Wilson and Christopher Hyatt in particular. It helps that they're also magicians, and their take on it is going to be similar to mine. On a certain level, magic is just applied, DIY psychology anyway...
Not having been in A.A., I've not Experienced it much, and so may not have thought of this. But now that I've added this to my "meme-ories", I can have something to reference next time a friend comes to me about A.A. (many people come to me, knowing my psych background...too bad they're only friends with no money ;-)
I haven't been in it either, but I have some friends who are, so I started looking into it, and I didn't like what I found. You may have seen it in my previous journal entry, but in case you didn't, this is also a good site to send people to:
http://www.aadeprogramming.com/index_frames.html