12 step program

[Josh26]

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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.
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.

[NautyOne]

Whats next?  you gonna rewrite scripture?  Oh, wait.  You just did.  Pretty Ball-zy

[beachtowel]

I write the first step like I do to include all drugs because of my negative experiences with AA

In NA we always accept alcoholics and they do not have to say there are addicts and they are totally accepted.......
That is the way it should be...........

In my studies at school also included in mood altering substances include sex and gambling......
I wasn't sure exactly where you were going........

[CATUF]

Sorry if it sounded like I was reading things into your post.  I intended only to ask for clarification so I would know what you meant.  I confess that assumed you must have some reason for changing the official NA Step 1 (". . . we were powerless over our addiction . . .") to "powerless against our drug of choice."  

By "mood-altering substance," I meant the same thing that NA refers to in "WHO IS AN ADDICT?"  (p. 3) when it speaks addicts being people who cannot use ANY "mind-altering, mood-changing substance" i.e. DRUGS.  Of course, in keeping with the Basic Text's admonition  ("we cannot afford to be confused about this - Alcohol is a drug." (p. 18)), that would include alcohol.

[beachtowel]

please explain mood-altering substances............so I understand where your coming from....I was referring to drugs this is a drug forum.........

[beachtowel]

Again someone reading another meaning into my post......

I use drug of choice because this is what drug of choice means to me:

Drug of choice means your drug of choice this entails every drug known to man kind how is that limiting anything?

[bettie1976]

good question! I didnt even see that cuz I was speed reading.