The Twelve Steps

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are used in similar groups for a variety of real and imagined addictions, including two that I felt I had, to food, and to sex.

For me, leaving the Twelve Steps was an act of personal liberation. These letters outline the long road I took to that decision.

• First meeting
• Anger
• Step 8
• Vengeance is mine, I will repay
• Ethical dilemma
• Why I may abandon the Twelve Steps
• Leaving OA

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