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Step 6 - I become entirely ready to have God remove all of these defects of character Do you have any fairy tales or myths that you feel a special affinity with? Why? Describe situations and events where you have been full of pride. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Describe the kind of activities do you really enjoy (of course, NOT your addictive behavior).
What are some healthy eating or exercise habits that you could start? What are some unhealthy eating habits that you could give up? Describe some secret GOOD deeds that you have done or would like to do. Describe situations and events where you have been greedy, overly needy or materialistic. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are you ready to give these attitudes over to the care of God? Describe situations and events where you have given in to lust without regard for others or any morality. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are you ready to give these lustful feelings over to the power of God? Describe situations and events where you have been dishonest. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are you ready to depend upon God to keep you from dishonesty? Describe situations and events where you have given into excessive eating, drinking, shopping or covetousness. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are you ready to let God take control of these behaviors and attitudes?
Describe situations and events where you have been very envious or jealous of others. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are your ready to turn these situations over to God? Describe situations and events where you have avoided responsibility for your actions or lack of actions. What has this brought into your life that you like or enjoy? What problems has it caused you? Are you ready to allow God to help you take responsibility for your actions? List your major defects of character. What do you plan to do when these major defects of character begin to become evident? List each defect individually along with the proposed preventative behavior and how you will allow God to help you in your battle against these defects. 
Step 5 - I admit to God, to myself and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs After working through the fourth step questions, what do you realize about your limitations and capabilities? Describe any person who has helped you to see yourself more clearly and objectively in your process of recovery and of life. What qualities would you like to have in a sponsor? How do the people in the list of possible sponsors measure up to these criteria? Write down the names of the most trustworthy people that you know. Do you think that they would be willing or interested in being a sponsor for you? Describe your feelings and expectations about sharing your fifth step with your sponsor. List people that you can think of that you might share your story
choice to work your 5th step with. Person Safe, Risky or Bad choice Describe who you have chosen to be your sponsor and how theyr eacted when you approached them. Describe what it was like in sharing the fifth step. How did you feel before, after and during the process? Are you glad that you have done this? Describe any celebrations or activities that you have done in honor of completing the fifth step.
Step 4 - I make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself Have you had any broken relationships? If so, describe them and how they hurt others or yourself. Describe any grudges, anger or resentment that you have over these relationships. Have you ever felt self-righteous? Explain when and the circumstances. Was this justified? Elaborate. What events or triggers have caused you to begin your addictive behaviors in the past? Describe situations, feelings, events, food or people that you seem to be a part of your life just before or during your addictive behaviors. Have you ever held a grudge? Did you try to get revenge? If so, explain the situation and how it played out, including whether or not someone else was hurt. Describe times that you have been oversensitive. Did this ever damage your relationship with others, or were you just trying to keep your own boundaries? Describe the faults that you most detest in others. Do you have any of these traits yourself? Put a checkmark beside any of the following traits that you despise in others. Also check whether you see these traits in yourself. Traits that I Despise in Others Trait In Others In Myself Trait In Others In Myself Selfishness Greedy Cowardice Snobbish Dishonesty Sarcastic Fearfulness Hypercritical Controlling Gossip Manipulative Tightwad Intimidating Harsh Power-hungry Unforgiving Possessive Verbally abusive Prejudiced Physically abusive Overly dependent Sexually abusive Procrastinating Impatient Judgmental Adulterous Preoccupied Sneakiness Lying Ungrateful Cheating Cynical Intolerant Bitter Self-Pitying Full of Rage Jealous Envious Insecure Have you failed to do things that you KNOW that you should have done? If so, then explain in detail. What are your fears? How have they caused you difficulty in your life? Describe your relationship with your friends, co-workers or neighbors. Is there something that you wish that you could do over again? If so, explain in detail. Describe your relationships with your family of origin. Do you have conflicts with any siblings or with your parents? Are you avoiding these matters in your family? Describe the earliest memories of your life. Did you share a similar personality with those in your family or were they very different than you? Do you think that these similarities o differences caused problems in your life? If so, explain. If you were to describe your family's major themes, what would they be? Describe your relationships with your nuclear family (spouse and children) if that is different now from your family of origin. Is there anything that you wish that you could erase from this part of your life? Describe in detail any major experiences in your life that you believe changed your life forever afterwards (good or bad). What decisions have you made in your life that made a significant impact on your life? How did you go about making those decisions? How much of your life have you used up already? If you drew a time line of your life, where would you be now? Put your major experiences and major decisions on a timeline. Is there a pattern of any kind? What are you most ashamed of in your life? Do you see any patterns in your addictive behaviors? If so, explain them in detail. What have you done to cover and conceal your addictive behaviors? What other deceptions did this lead to? What kind of personality do you exhibit at home? At school? At work? When no-one is around? What is so shameful in your life that you would not want to tell anyone? Who would you hurt if you told this? Write a summary of the highlights of your fourth step. How would you like to share your fourth step summary? What details would you like to make sure that are known? Write these details down in your summary and prepare the summary for presentation in your fifth step. Describe anycelebrations or honoring activities that you hae done to honor the completion of your 4 th step.
Step 3 - I make a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understand God What are your greatest fears about giving up control over your life to God as you understand God? What things, people or circumstances have you tried to control in the past and how has that turned out? Do you think that God will be able to handle your life better than you have? How do you feel in general about turning your life over to God? In what ways will you keep up the process of turning your life over to God? Possibilities include going to religious services, 12 Step meetings, meeting with others in recovery, writing a journal, service to others, meditation, reading, physical exercise, contacting your sponsor or engaging in therapy. How would you answer the question "Who am I"? How would you answer the question "Who is God"? In other words, describe God as you understand God. Describe who or what you trust and to what degree. In what do you find meaning now or think that you can find meaning in the future?
How do you think that you should live your life after giving your life over to the care of God as you understand God? What changes do you expect to make and how will this look in specific detail? How do you plan to celebrate or honor this step of turning your life over to the care of God? Describe any celebration or honoring activity that you have actually made in turning your life over to the care of God.
Step 2 - I come to believe that a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity What was the religion that your family of origin practiced or claimed to be a part of? List the positive and negative aspects as you see it of your family’s religion. Have you made a break with your family's religion or have you stayed with it? Explain why you have taken your particular course of action. What other people have helped you to see the unmanageability of
your life? Do they believe in a Higher Power and if so describe their belief as far as you know of it.
Recall some of your best friends from childhood or adolescence. Describe what you liked best about them and what they liked best about you? Do you think that these qualities have any relationship to a Higher Power? Explain. From the following list of groups, write Yes or No according to whether you could share in their values or not? Group Share Values? Twelve Step Group Conservative Christian church Liberal Christian church Synagogue Mosque Hindu temple Buddhist temple Unitarian or non-Christian church Non-religious ethical organization Activist Humanitarian group (a.g. Amnesty Intl) Environmental Organization (e.g., Sierra Club) Describe events, situations or people who have helped you to understand what a "Higher Power" or God is all about. Describe any dreams that you have had about a "Higher Power" or God, and what they mean to you. What have been your previous experiences with religion? How do think that this does or does not relate to your experience with God as you understand God.
 Love Each Other
22Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other. 23You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why ëScripture saysû, 24 “All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off, 25 but the word of the Lord lasts forever.” This word is the Good News that was told to you.
Step 1 - I admit that I am powerless over my addiction and that my life has become unmanageable Have you seriously damaged your relationships with other people because of your addictive behaviors? If so, list the relationships and how you damaged them. If other people have told you how you how your have hurt them, then write down what they said. Describe any missed appointments that resulted from your addictive behaviors. Describe any memory lapses where you cannot account for where you were. Describe any times that you cannot recall how you got home. Describe times and ways that you have significantly neglected or damaged relationships with your loved ones in order to indulge in your addictive behaviors or because you were recovering from your addictive behaviors. Describe any illnesses that have resulted from your addictive behaviors. If your addictive behavior contributed to excessive spending, describe the situations and why you did it.
Describe times that you have withdrawn from social interaction and
isolated yourself to an extreme degree and why. Describe incidents where you expressed inappropriate anger towards other people. Describe embarrassing or humiliating incidents in your life. Were they related to your addictive behaviors? If so, how were they related? Describe attempts that you have made in the past to control your addictive behaviors.How successful have they been? Do these attempts show the powerlessness that you have over your addictive behaviors? Do you feel any remorse from the ways that you have acted in your life? If so, explain that in detail. Describe any irrational or crazy set of events that have happened since you began you addictive behavior. Did you rationalize this behavior? If so, in what way? Have you avoided people because they did not share in or approve of your addictive behavior? If so, list these people and situations. Describe any dreams that you have had that exhibit the unmanageability or chaos of your life.
Can you pinpoint one time period in your life when your life began to become extremely unmanageable? If so, describe that period of time and what was happening. Is there one incident or insight that made you realize that your life was unmanageable? If so, describe it in detail. How would you summarize the powerlessness and unmanageability of your life in the face of your addiction?
 Points of the Devils Plan for Man
1)Minors read over 70% of all pornography in America today. 2)Most hard core porn viewers are under 21 years of age. 3)Adults that seek treatment for sexual addictions almost always report exposer to porn at a young age. 4)In most cases if a child has been viewing porn it is not a one time experience it’s the tip of the iceberg.
5)Adolescents caught up in this type of behavior are normally to ashamed to ask for help or to immature to know there is a problem.
6)The way God made man, the man will want to worship something and it is up to the man and how he was brought up as to what he will worship and sexual idolatry is a major form of worship today. 7)The Enemy will constantly keep directing our eyes to look at some thing else instead of Jesus. 8)The Devil doesn’t care what he has to do to get you as long as he gets you. 9) Sex, Food, Alcohol, Drugs, and such have a hard grip on the person that once the idol is built drawing some one away from it is almost impossible.
10) The devil does not care if you don't believe in him in fact he hopes that you don't.
11) Give them reasons for what they are doing isn't wrong.
Hosea 6: 1-3
1 Let’s return to the LORD. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us so that we may live in his presence. 3 Let’s learn about the LORD. Let’s get to know the LORD. He will come to us as sure as the morning comes. He will come to us like the autumn rains and the spring rains that water the ground.
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