Avery Rowles, MA, LPC, CSAT
Clinical Director
4 years at Sant é Center for Healing

Step Twelve
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”

As an individual works the 12 th Step, the realization comes that they have strength they previously weren’t aware of. Step work leads to a “spiritual awakening” or the understanding that they are “in possession of a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable.” 1   Once the step is reached, the individual will then go on to share the message, help others, and continue to live each step in all they do.

We can all apply the spirit of the 12 th Step as we look at the close of the year. At this time of year, one is apt to review the past 12 months, what has transpired and where life has led them. Looking at the lessons learned, goals reached, and goals remaining, we determine ways to be of service to others in the upcoming year. Let us celebrate our successes and evaluate our disappointments as we can learn from both.

The Santé family wishes you a wonderful holiday season and an amazing 2020! Let us know how we can help you, your clients and your patients in the New Year and beyond.

1. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions