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| Chiefs and Elders Wisdom 12 Steps to Recovery Finding Your Way Fire Ceremony In the Early Days The Sacred Hoop Medicine Tools Ritual Smudging Tribal Laws The Medicine Wheel Mending the Sacred Hoop The Shaman The Sweat Lodge |
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Native American 12 Steps (Umatilla Tribal Alcohol Program)
Based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and especially prepared for Native Americans Step 1 We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that we had lost control of our lives. Step 2 We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could help us Step 3 We made a decision to ask for help from a Higher Power and others Step 4 We stopped and thought about our strengths and our weaknesses and Step 5 We admitted to the Great Spirit, to ourselves and to another person the Step 6 We are ready, with the help of the Great Spirit, to change. Step 7 We humbly ask a Higher Power and our friends to help us change. Step 8 We made a list of people who were hurt by our drinking, and want to Step 9 We are making up to those people whenever we can, except when to Step 10 We continue to think about our strengths and weaknesses, and when Step 11 We pray and think about ourselves, praying only for strength to do Step 12 We try to help other alcoholics and to practice these principles in everything we do. |
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