TODS strongly believes that our rapid detox procedure should be followed by a quality drug treatment program.

Twelve step programs have a proven track record of success. The basic twelve steps to recovery followed by members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other recovery groups can help you in your whole life and not just with any addictions you may have.

The first step is "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (substitute your own word or phrase here), that our lives had become unmanageable." Anything in our lives can become unmanageable, from our anger to how we handle stress. So consider what you need help with and replace the word alcohol with your own.

The second step is "We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." The idea here is that we cannot make manageable whatever is out of control. Once you accept that something is unmanageable by you alone, working this step becomes easier.

The third step is "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him." No need to see this as a traditional god. You could believe in the earth or Goddesses, whatever works for you. The idea, again, is that you are not in control of the situation and your spirituality must be.

The fourth step is "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Look deep in yourself to see what is wrong and go from there.

The fifth step is "Admitted to God, (as you understand Him) to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." Admitting your wrongs is difficult so don't push yourself with this step.

The sixth step is "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." Again, you are relinquishing your control here.

The seventh step is "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." Surrendering even more with this step.

The eighth step is "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." This is important in gaining your life back and removing any guilt you may have.

The ninth step is "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." Directly speaking with people when you can also helps overcome your bad feelings about what you have done wrong.

The tenth step is "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." Having the courage to look at yourself closely and realize your faults is an important part of being humble and working the steps.

The eleventh step is "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." Praying to your Higher Power helps alleviate stress of believing you are in control of the universe and can fix anything and everything.

The last step is "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." Once you feel you have completed these steps for whatever problem is bothering you in life, carry the power of what you learned, into the world and be amazed at how other people gain the courage to change their lives too

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