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As addicts we can identify with these types of feelings or conditions that have come from our sin as well. No sane person would want to find themselves in this state of corruption and decay. But because of the sin in our addictive behaviors and our inability to say no to those behaviors, we find ourselves feeling bad in body, heart, mind and soul. Notice the many areas of consequences. In the soul there is a feeling "as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me." In the body, there is "no soundness in the flesh" and even a "loathsome disease". In the heart there is "turmoil of my heart" and the resulting groaning. In relationships, there is a turning away of lovers, friends and family. In society there are "snares" and the saying of mischevious and deceitful things. There is a hint in this psalm also of the solution in laying it before God (38:9). These are what should be covered in the following steps of the program - how to turn it over to God and begin making things right before God and man. \i0\f0\par \par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 55:4\cf0 My heart is greatly pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.\par \cf3 Psa 55:5\cf0 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.\par \cf3 Psa 55:6\cf0 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.\par \cf3 Psa 55:7\cf0 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.\par \cf3 Psa 55:8\cf0 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 69:19\cf0 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all beforLVALe you.\par \cf3 Psa 69:20\cf0 Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 88:3\cf0 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws near unto the grave.\par \cf3 Psa 88:4\cf0 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:\par \cf3 Psa 88:5\cf0 Adrift among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.\par \cf3 Psa 88:6\cf0 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deep.\par \cf3 Psa 88:7\cf0 Your anger lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.\par \cf3 Psa 88:8\cf0 You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 102:3\cf0 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.\par \cf3 Psa 102:4\cf0 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.\par \cf3 Psa 102:5\cf0 Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.\par \cf3 Psa 102:6\cf0 I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.\par \cf3 Psa 102:7\cf0 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.\par \cf3 Psa 102:8\cf0 My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that rail against me are sworn against me.\par \cf3 Psa 102:9\cf0 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,\par \cf3 Psa 102:10\cf0 Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down.\par \cf3 Psa 102:11\cf0 My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 109:22\cf0 LVALFor I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.\par \cf3 Psa 109:23\cf0 I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am shaken off like the locust.\par \cf3 Psa 109:24\cf0 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness.\par \cf3 Psa 109:25\cf0 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Pro 14:12\cf0 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Pro 18:14\cf0 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness; but a wounded spirit who can bear?\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \cf3\fs24 Pro 26:11\cf0 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Pro 26:12\cf0 See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \i\f1 Both of these verses from Proverbs can be relevant to how we probably have lived before taking the first step. In verse 11, the fool returns to his folly as a dog returns to its vomit. Our addictive behaviors have been our folly, that which makes a fool out of us. And just as the dog returns to what it knows and is familiar with, even though it may be unhealthy and nasty from an objective viewpoint, so also we have returned to our own addictive behaviors over and over again, even though they are unhealthy and nasty from any objective viewpoint. What may have blinded us to the insanity of this behavior is given in the next verse, verse 12. If we have been wise in our own eyes, saying to ourselves that most everyone or everything else is stupid or wrong or too inhibited or dull in their beliefs and life (name your own excuse that allows you to be wise in your own eyes), then we set ourselves up for being a fool or worse. In reality, we have really become addicted and have let LVALthat addiction rule our reason, rather than the other way around. We usually only wake up to this fact when we find our lives out of control and have to admit that perhaps we were not so wise after all. This can be a difficult thing to do, but is the first step on the road to recovery. \par \i0\f0\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Mat 9:36\cf0 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. \par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs24 Mar 5:2\cf0 And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, \par \cf3 Mar 5:3\cf0 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: \par \cf3 Mar 5:4\cf0 Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man subdue him. \par \cf3 Mar 5:5\cf0 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. \par \cf3 Mar 5:6\cf0 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, \par \cf3 Mar 5:7\cf0 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, that you torment me not. \par \cf3 Mar 5:8\cf0 For he had said unto him, \cf4 Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.\cf0 \par \cf3 Mar 5:9\cf0 And he asked him, \cf4 What is your name?\cf0 And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. \par \cf3 Mar 5:10\cf0 And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country. \par \cf3 Mar 5:11\cf0 Now there was there near unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. \par \cf3 Mar 5:12\cf0 And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. \par \cf3 Mar 5:13\cf0 And Jesus gave them leave. And tLVALhe unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (there were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea. \par \cf3 Mar 5:14\cf0 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. \par \cf3 Mar 5:15\cf0 And they came to Jesus, and saw him that was possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. \par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \i\f1 This passage tells of the healing by Jesus of a man who had many demons. In modern times we may wonder about what demon possession was really about. But regardless of our conclusions, there are many parallels between someone with demon possession and how we can act in our addictive behaviors. Verse 5:5 tells of the man crying and cutting himself with stones day and night. If we have gone very far into our addictive behaviors we most likely have found ourselves crying and hating ourselves afterwards for what we have done. The hatred may even have gone as far as cutting or doing bodily harm to ourselves in one way or another. It may go on day and night, having no end to the addictive behavior until we finally collapse in sheer exhaustion. And when we get up from the sleep of exhaustion the addictive behavior may take over again until exhaustion, creating an utterly self-destructive form of living. Also, we see in verses 5:3 and 5:4 about the incredible strength of this man. In our addictive behaviors with our adrenalin rushing through us, we also can often have a physical strength beyond our normal day to day strength. This may even be a source of pride and one reason that we turn to our addictive behavior, to have a feeling of strength or empowerment that we normally cannot find within ourselves. The lie of the addiction is, of course, that when we are through with our addictive behavior then we are usually weaker overall than before, having exhausLVALted our strength or goodwill from others in often daredevil or foolhardy schemes that bring us no lasting good and often destruction. In verses 5:6 and 5:7 we see the answer to this man's dilemma. By God's grace this demon possessed man has the sense to run and worship Jesus. Whether it was the demons within this man or the man himself, there was an acknowledgement of Jesus' position as the "Son of the most high God". Following this, Jesus yielded His power over the man's demons and by verse 5:15 we see that this man had been returned to his right mind. So from the 12 step perspective, one might say that this passage covers steps 1 through 3. The last phrase in verse 15 is very telling also. Instead of rejoicing with this man that he had been delivered, the towns people "were afraid". So it may be also as we turn from our addictive habits. Instead of support and appreciation it may be that others shun us or are afraid of us, especially those who somehow benefit from our addiction (e.g., fellow addicts). This should not deter us from moving forward. In the context of the 12 step program, going forward would mean creating an inventory, which would be a 4th step. In the case of this demon possessed man, an inventory would remind him strongly what he had been delivered from and help motivate him to never return to that state of being again. \par \par \i0\f0\par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Rom 7:18\cf0 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. \par \cf3 Rom 7:19\cf0 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. \par \cf3 Rom 7:20\cf0 Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. \par \cf3 Rom 7:21\cf0 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. \par \cf3 Rom 7:22\cf0 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: \par \cf3 Rom 7:23\cf0 But I see another law LVALin my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. \par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\i\f1 This is a classic passage that tells of how the apostle Paul was ultimately powerless over the sin in his life apart from the power of God. He had the will to do what is right, but at the same time he also had the inclination to do what brought him into the "captivity of sin". In the facing of our addiction and the taking of our first step, we also become aware of how powerless we are over the sin of our addictive behaviors. We realize that no matter how strongly we might will or want ourselves to be a certain way, to do a certain thing or to not do a certain thing, then we find that we are not able to carry through with that in a consistent manner. We find ourselves back to the same old self-destructive behaviors that we have grown accustomed to, that have become so much a part of our lives. In our "flesh", we are not able to carry through on staying away from our addictive behaviors, even though we may want to and know at some level how self-destructive they are. We have been powerless over our addictive behaviors and our life has become unmanageable. \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\i0\f0\par \par \cf3 2Pe 2:12\cf0 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; \par \cf3 2Pe 2:13\cf0 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; \par \cf3 2Pe 2:14\cf0 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: \par \cf3 2Pe 2:15\cf0 Who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wage LVAL s of unrighteousness; \par \cf3 2Pe 2:16\cf0 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb donkey speaking with man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. \par \cf3 2Pe 2:17\cf0 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever. \par \cf3 2Pe 2:18\cf0 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that have just escaped from them who live in error. \par \cf3 2Pe 2:19\cf0 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. \par \par \par \par \par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \pard\f2\par }  d=xO& Step 12S.=  Step 11gL.=  Step 10J.=  Step 9H.=Step 8\F.=Step 7"1B.=Step 6_;.=Step 5)8.=Step 4p0.=Step 3FV*.=Step 2P.=Step 1R.=LVAL.={\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Georgia;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f2\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red128\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green128\blue128;\red128\green128\blue128;\red255\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\nowidctlpar\cf1\lang1033\b\i\f0\fs23 Step 2 - We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity\par \cf2\b0\i0\par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 18:2\cf0 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.\par \cf3 Psa 18:3\cf0 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.\par \cf3\fs24 Psa 18:4\cf0 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.\par \cf3 Psa 18:5\cf0 The sorrows of sheol surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.\par \cf3 Psa 18:6\cf0 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \i\f1 David proclaims the strength, protection and deliverance that comes from the Lord. When David was overcome with sorrow and fear, he called upon the Lord, and the Lord heard him in his distress and brought safety and deliverance. During the second step, we search for a power that can deliver us from the insanity of our addictive behaviors. This power needs to be something or someone on whom we can rely and in whom we can have confidence. David's witness in the Psalms as well as the experiences of many, many others as recorded in the Bible and throughout history attest to the faithfulness of the Lord in providing safety and deliverance from distress when we turn to Him in our sincere need. \i0\f0\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 20:7\cf0 Some trust in chariots, and some in horLVALses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.\par \cf3 Psa 20:8\cf0 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.\par \par \par \cf3 Psa 27:13\cf0 I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.\par \cf3 Psa 27:14\cf0 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 33:18\cf0 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;\par \cf3 Psa 33:19\cf0 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.\par \cf3 Psa 33:20\cf0 Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.\par \cf3 Psa 33:21\cf0 For our he\cf3 Psa 107:22\cf0 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.\par \cf3 Psa 33:22\cf0 Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in you.\par \cf3\par \par Psa 46:1 \cf0 \cf4\i [To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A song upon alamoth.]\cf0\i0 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.\par \cf3 Psa 46:2\cf0 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 71:1\cf0 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.\par \cf3 Psa 71:2\cf0 Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear unto me, and save me.\par \cf3 Psa 71:3\cf0 Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.\par \cf3 Psa 71:4\cf0 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 107:23\cf0 LVAL They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business on great waters;\par \cf3 Psa 107:24\cf0 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.\par \cf3 Psa 107:25\cf0 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, who lifts up the waves thereof.\par \cf3 Psa 107:26\cf0 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.\par \cf3 Psa 107:27\cf0 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.\par \cf3 Psa 107:28\cf0 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.\par \cf3 Psa 107:29\cf0 He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.\par \cf3 Psa 107:30\cf0 Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he brings them unto their desired haven.\par \cf3 Psa 107:31\cf0 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!\par art shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.\par \cf3\par Psa 107:41\cf0 Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes their families like a flock.\par \cf3 Psa 107:42\cf0 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.\par \cf3 Psa 107:43\cf0 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 121:1 \cf4\i [A song of ascents.]\cf0\i0 I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from which comes my help.\par \cf3 Psa 121:2\cf0 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.\par \cf3 Psa 121:3\cf0 He will not allow your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber.\par \cf3 Psa 121:4\cf0 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.\par \cf3 Psa 121:5\cf0 The LORD is your keeper: the LORD is your shade upon your right hand.\par \cf3 Psa 121:6\cf0 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by niLVALght.\par \cf3 Psa 121:7\cf0 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul.\par \cf3 Psa 121:8\cf0 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 130:1\cf0 \cf4\i [A song of ascents.]\cf0\i0 Out of the depths have I cried unto you, O LORD.\par \cf3 Psa 130:2\cf0 Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.\par \cf3 Psa 130:3\cf0 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?\par \cf3 Psa 130:4\cf0 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.\par \cf3 Psa 130:5\cf0 I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope.\par \cf3 Psa 130:6\cf0 My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.\par \cf3 Psa 130:7\cf0 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.\par \cf3 Psa 130:8\cf0 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Psa 139:1 \cf0 \cf4\i [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.]\cf0\i0 O LORD, you have searched me, and known me.\par \cf3 Psa 139:2\cf0 You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.\par \cf3 Psa 139:3\cf0 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.\par \cf3 Psa 139:4\cf0 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.\par \cf3 Psa 139:5\cf0 You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.\par \cf3 Psa 139:6\cf0 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.\par \cf3 Psa 139:7\cf0 Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?\par \cf3 Psa 139:8\cf0 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my beLVAL d in Sheol, behold, you are there.\par \cf3 Psa 139:9\cf0 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;\par \cf3 Psa 139:10\cf0 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.\par \cf3 Psa 139:11\cf0 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.\par \cf3 Psa 139:12\cf0 Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.\par \cf3 Psa 139:13\cf0 For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.\par \cf3 Psa 139:14\cf0 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.\par \cf3 Psa 139:15\cf0 My frame was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.\par \cf3 Psa 139:16\cf0 Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.\par \cf3 Psa 139:17\cf0 How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!\par \cf3 Psa 139:18\cf0 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Pro 1:7\cf0 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.\par \pard\nowidctlpar\cf2\fs23\par \par \pard\nowidctlpar\fi-360\li360\cf3\fs22 Pro 2:6\cf0 For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.\par \cf3 Pro 2:7\cf0 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.\par \cf3 Pro 2:8\cf0 He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the way of his saints.\par \cf3 Pro 2:9\cf0 Then shal