צעדים "מוצעים"

בצעד השנים עשר שלנו נאמר גם, שבעקבות השימוש בכל הצעדים, כולנו מצאנו דבר הנקרא התעוררות רוחנית… האופן שבו נעשים חברי .A.A מוכנים לקבלת מתנה זו טמון ביישומם של שנים עשר הצעדים של תכניתנו.


TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07

I remember my sponsor's answer when I told him that the Steps were "suggested." He replied that they are "suggested" in the same way that, if you were to jump out of an airplane with a parachute, it is "suggested" that you pull the ripcord to save your life. He pointed out that it was "suggested" I practice the Twelve Steps, if I wanted to save my life. So I try to remember daily that I have a whole program of recovery based on all Twelve of the "suggested" Steps.