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The
Promises
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The
Promises of Debtors Anonymous
In
the Program of Debtors Anonymous, we come together to share our
experience, strength and hope that we may recover from the disease
of compulsive debting. When we follow DA’s suggested Twelve Steps
and use the DA Tools, we begin to receive these gifts of the Program:
- Where we once felt despair, we will
experience a newfound hope.
- Clarity will replace vagueness;
we will intuitively know how to handle situations
which used to baffle us.
- We will live within our means, yet
our means will not define us.
- We will begin to live a prosperous
life, unencumbered by fear, worry, resentment,
or debt.
- We will realize that we are enough;
we will value ourselves and our contributions.
- Isolation will give way to fellowship;
faith will displace fear.
- We will recognize that there is
enough; our resources will be generous and we
will share them with others and with D.A.
- We will cease to compare ourselves
to others; jealousy and envy will fade.
- Acceptance and gratitude will replace
regret, self-pity and longing.
- We will no longer fear the truth;
we will move from hiding in denial to living in
reality.
- Honesty will guide our actions toward
a rich life filled with meaning and purpose.
- We will recognize a Power Greater
Than Ourselves as the source of our abundance;
we realize that God is doing for us what we could
not do for ourselves.
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Are these extravagant promises? We think not;
they are well within our means. When we work this program with
integrity and to the best of our ability, one day at a time, a
life of prosperity and serenity will be ours.
(Approved August 19, 2001,
15th Annual World Service Conference)
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