These pages on Steps 10, 11 and 12 make no claim to originality. They are based on stories, experiences and teachings which are as ancient as the first spiritual writings from thousands of years ago and as new as the hesitant sharing of a group member from yesterday's meeting.

Like all stories, experiences and teachings, though, these pages impart no wisdom in and of themselves. Rather than carry any meaning of their own, they point to something -- and the "something" they point to is action.

If we read these pages but do nothing, if we attend 12-Step meetings where these three Steps are spoken of but take no action, then the truths which we read, see and hear have no power to help us. Spiritual truths are always either a call to action or a reflection of what we discover when we perform that action. They are powerless to effect any change in us unless we act.

Here are the basics: We are to do Steps 10, 11 and 12 daily, on a continuous basis. If we don't know how to do them on a continuous basis, then we should find someone who does know and ask her. Hopefully, we can find some group -- within a 12-Step fellowship, at some church, within some spiritual community -- that is committed to such a continuous practice. If we perform that action, we will know these truths -- that is a guarantee. As the AA Big Book says, "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path ...."