12 STEPS OF SURVIVORS OF INCEST ANONYMOUS


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The following are the 12 Steps of Survivors of Incest Anonymous (often abbreviated as SIA).

For the steps below, you can click on the More button to read comments from books and websites about that step, or click on the Working button to read about or hear people working the given step, or click on the Videos button to see videos about the given step.

You can also read a summary of the Survivors of Incest Anonymous program in our directory site.



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Step 1

We admitted we were powerless over the abuse, the effects of the abuse, and that our lives had become unmanageable.

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Step 2

Came to believe that a loving Higher Power, greater than ourselves, could restore hope, healing and sanity.

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Step 3

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of a loving Higher Power, as we understood that to be.

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Step 4

Made a searching and fearless inventory of ourselves, the abuse and its effects on our lives. We had no more secrets.

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Step 5

Admitted to a loving Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being, our strengths and weaknesses.

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Step 6

Were entirely ready to have a loving Higher Power help us remove all the debilitating consequences of the abuse, and became willing to treat ourselves with respect, compassion, and acceptance.

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Step 7

Humbly and honestly asked a loving Higher Power to remove the unhealthy and self-defeating consequences stemming from the abuse.

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Step 8

Made a list of all the people we may have harmed (of our own free will), including ourselves and our Inner Child(ren), and became willing to make amends to them all.

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Step 9

Made direct amends to such people where ever possible, except when to do so would result in physical, mental, emotional or spiritual harm to ourselves or others.

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Step 10

Continued to take responsibility for our own recovery, and when we found ourselves behaving in patterns still dictated by the abuse, promptly admitted it. When we succeed, we promptly enjoy it.

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Step 11

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with ourselves and a loving Higher Power as we understood that to be, asking only for knowledge of its will for us and the power and courage to carry that out.

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Step 12

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other survivors and practice these principles in all our endeavors.

Other
Resources

Online Meetings

List of online meetings by addiction

SIA

Summary of Survivors of Incest Anonymous
in our directory

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