Step Seven of the Twelve Steps of Recovery

Let's begin discussion of Step Seven of the Twelve Steps of recovery: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." What does humility mean? Let's start with what humility does NOT mean. Sometimes people confuse humility with "humiliation" and then focus on all the degrading, shaming situations drug and alcohol use have caused them. Humiliation or pain from drug and alcohol use can certainly motivate a person to be humble enough to ask for help, but being humble means more that that. Here is what the NA Basic Text says: "Having decided we want God, as we understand Him, to relieve us of the useless or destructive aspects of our personalities, we have arrived at the Seventh Step. We couldn't handle the ordeal of life all by ourselves. It wasn't until we made a real mess of our lives that we realized we couldn't do it alone. By admitting this, we achieved a glimpse of humility. This is the main ingredient of Step Seven. Humility has a lot to do with getting honest with ourselves, which is something we have practiced from Step One. We accepted our addiction and powerlessness. We found a strength beyond ourselves and learned to rely on it. We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be who we are. None of us are [sic] perfectly good or perfectly bad. We are people who have assets and liabilities and most important of all, we are human."
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