Twelve Steps to Recovery: Step 12

This is the last installment of our series on how the Twelve Steps of Recovery for Alcoholics Anonymous can be used by those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and/or EDNOS.

We’ve already examined Steps 1 and 8. Now, we’ll be looking at Step 12:

• Step 12 – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Again, we’ll replace the word “alcoholics” with the phrase “persons with eating disorders”.

Personally, I feel that I’m doing this Step almost daily by:

1. Writing this blog.

2. Talking with teens and adults about eating disorders.

3. Being observant and watching out for EDs in those I love.

How are you carrying the message? How will you carry it to those you meet in the future?

(Interested in learning more about the twelve steps in action? Check out Mark at A Dozen Steps.)