Practice These Principles : Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety â Steps 1, 2, 3
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A legtöbben közĂŒlĂŒnk, akik hosszĂș tĂĄvĂș felĂ©pĂŒlĂ©sben vagyunk, olyan jĂłl ismerjĂŒk a LĂ©pĂ©seket, hogy könnyen el tudnĂĄnk mondani Ćket emlĂ©kezetbĆl, Ă©s az ismert "Ă©s ezeket az elveket minden ĂŒgyĂŒnkben gyakorolni" mondattal fejeznĂ©nk be az elĆadĂĄst.
De mik azok az "ezen elvek"? Pontosan milyen elvek gyakorlĂĄsĂĄra szĂłlĂtanak fel minket a LĂ©pĂ©sek? Mely elveket gyakoroljuk, amikor egy adott LĂ©pĂ©sen dolgozunk? A mindennapi ĂŒgyeinkben felmerĂŒlĆ bĂĄrmilyen helyzetekkel szembesĂŒlve, mennyire könnyen felismerjĂŒk az Ă©rintett elveket, Ă©s aztĂĄn mennyire jĂłl Ă©ljĂŒk meg azokat?
Az AA-ban "ezen elvek" gyakorlĂĄsa jelenti a 12 LĂ©pĂ©s teljesĂtĂ©sĂ©t. Ez a program receptje a jĂł Ă©letre, a lelki növekedĂ©s Ă©s az Ă©rzelmi jĂłzansĂĄg Ă©letĂ©re, amelyet megosztunk tĂĄrsainkkal, segĂtve ezzel az alkoholistĂĄk Ă©s a köztĂŒnk szenvedĆk gyĂłgyulĂĄsĂĄt.
MĂ©gis, bĂĄr a felĂ©pĂŒlĂ©s szempontjĂĄbĂłl kulcsfontossĂĄgĂșak, sokan közĂŒlĂŒnk nem igazĂĄn tudjuk, hogy mik ezek az elvek, Ă©s a LĂ©pĂ©sekkel valĂł kapcsolatuk tovĂĄbbra is szĂŒrke zĂłna marad az AA-ban Ă©s valĂłszĂnƱleg mĂĄs közössĂ©gekben is.
Ez a bizonytalansĂĄg ĂĄtterjed egy mĂĄsik, ehhez kapcsolĂłdĂł szĂŒrke terĂŒletre is: a spirituĂĄlis, az erkölcsi Ă©s az Ă©rzelmi terĂŒlet kapcsolatĂĄra a felĂ©pĂŒlĂ©sben, Ă©s arra, hogy ezek hogyan kapcsolĂłdnak a jellemfejlĆdĂ©shez.
Mivel ezek a kapcsolatok is tisztĂĄzatlanok, az Ă©rzelmi jĂłzansĂĄg sokunk szĂĄmĂĄra mĂ©g jĂłval azutĂĄn is tĂĄvoli Ă©s megfoghatatlan cĂ©l marad, hogy abbahagytuk az ivĂĄst. Lehet, hogy jĂłzanok vagyunk (vagy tisztĂĄk, vagy mĂĄs mĂłdon absztinensek), de az Ă©letĂŒnk a legjobb esetben is csak kezelhetĆ Ă©s elviselhetĆ - nĂ©ha mĂ©g az sem.
A Gyakoroljuk ezeket az elveket tisztĂĄzza a LĂ©pĂ©sek Ă©s az elvek közötti kapcsolatot, ĂĄtfogĂł megĂ©rtĂ©st nyĂșjt arrĂłl, hogy mik ezek az elvek, Ă©s hogyan gyakorolhatjuk Ćket a mindennapi ĂŒgyeinkben. CĂ©lja, hogy segĂtsen bennĂŒnket abban, hogy a LĂ©pĂ©seket teljes teljessĂ©gĂŒkben mƱködtessĂŒk, hogy fejlĆdhessĂŒnk jellemĂŒnkben, elĂ©rjĂŒk a lelki Ă©s Ă©rzelmi gyĂłgyulĂĄst, Ă©s vĂ©gre beteljesedni lĂĄssuk az ĂgĂ©reteket egy olyan Ă©letben, amely "boldog, örömteli Ă©s szabad".
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Most of us in long-term recovery know the Steps so well that we could easily rattle them off from memory, wrapping up our recitation with the familiar âand to practice these principles in all our affairs.â
But what are âthese principles?â Exactly what principles are the Steps calling us to practice? Which principles do we practice when working a particular Step? Faced with any number of situations in our daily affairs, how readily do we discern the principles involved, and how well then do we live them out?
In AA practicing âthese principlesâ is the fulfillment of the 12 Steps. It is the programâs prescription for the good life, a life of spiritual growth and emotional sobriety that we share with our fellows, helping to bring healing to the alcoholic and to others who suffer in our midst.
Yet, though crucial to recovery, many of us are not really sure what these principles are, and their connection to the Steps remains a gray area, in AA and probably in other fellowships as well.
This uncertainty spills over into another and related gray area: the relationship between the spiritual, the moral, and the emotional in recovery, and how these are tied to character growth.
Because these links too are unclear, emotional sobriety remains a distant and elusive goal for many of us long after we have stopped drinking. We may be sober (or clean, or otherwise abstinent), but our lives are at best manageable and tolerableâsometimes not even that.
Practice These Principles brings clarity to the relationship between Steps and principles, offering a comprehensive understanding of what these principles are and how we can practice them in our daily affairs. Its purpose is to help us work the Steps in all their fullness so that we can grow in character, achieve spiritual and emotional healing, and see the Promises fulfilled at last in a life that is âhappy, joyous, and free.â
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