Revised Step 5
"We openly shared our self-assessment and list of harms done, including thoughts, feelings, behaviors, contributing factors, and destructive actions, with a trusted person, fostering accountability and connection."

1. Choose Someone Safe: They should be supportive and nonjudgmental.
   
2. Be Prepared: Give yourself space and time. Don’t rush.
   
3. Say It All: Don’t hold back. Speak what you wrote in Step 4.
   
4. Include Emotions: Talk about the why — not just the what.
   
5. Allow for Connection: This is a moment of deep honesty. Let it change you.
   

• This Step Shatters Shame: Secrets lose power when spoken aloud.
  
• Judgment Isn’t the Goal: The right person will help you process, not punish.
  
• Connection Heals: Being truly seen is one of the most powerful recovery experiences.
  

Revised Step 4
"We honestly assessed the biological, psychological, and social factors contributing to our substance use and its consequences, reflecting on our values, and made a thorough and fearless list of all damage done to ourselves and others as a result of our addictive behavior(s)."

1. Create Safe Space: Find time and privacy for reflection. Honesty needs quiet.
   
2. Understand Your "Why": Use a biopsychosocial lens to understand how addiction happened.
   
3. Reconnect with Values: Identify what you believe in — and how you want to live.
   
4. List the Harm Done: Include harm to yourself, others, your relationships, your body, and your spirit.
   
5. Be Compassionate with Yourself: You’re learning, not sentencing yourself.
   

• This Step is About Clarity, Not Shame: You’re not bad — you’re human and healing.
  
• It Starts the Accountability Process: Awareness is the first step to real repair.
  
• Trauma-Informed Recovery: Your biology, history, and environment matter. This step respects that.
  

Revised Step 3
"We decided to actively engage in recovery, seeking guidance from our personal Source(s) of inspiration and becoming willing to utilize available resources within the recovery community."

1. Commit to Recovery: Say “yes” to healing today — even if you don’t know what it’ll look like yet.
   
2. Identify Your Inspirations: Who or what uplifts you? What aligns with your values?
   
3. Connect to Community: Join a group, talk to a peer, or attend a meeting. You don’t recover in isolation.
   
4. Be Willing: You don’t need perfection — just openness.
   
5. Track Small Wins: Keep a log of every action, no matter how small. It builds momentum.
   

• This Step Is Action-Oriented: It’s about doing, not just thinking or believing.
  
• You’re Still in Charge: You’re aligning with support, not losing autonomy.
  
• Recovery is Collaborative: Your community, your Source, and your tools are all part of the process.
  

Revised Step 2
"We came to believe that aid and guidance from inspirational Source(s) of our own understanding, combined with evidence-based strategies and peer support, could lead to lasting recovery."

1. Define Your Sources: What lifts you when you're down? What do you feel connected to?
   
2. Use Practical Tools: CBT, support groups, mindfulness — recovery is built with actions.
   
3. Join a Community: Healing is relational. Find peers who understand and support you.
   
4. Stay Curious: Doubt is okay. This is about growth, not perfection.
   
5. Track Belief: Notice when something feels right, or helps — that’s your belief forming.
   

• Define Your Own Inspiration: No dogma required. You choose what guides you.
  
• Use Both Spirit and Science: You can be rational and spiritual. Use every tool available.
  
• Growth Is Gradual: Don’t rush it. Belief develops like trust — over time.
  

Revised First Step
"We acknowledged that our substance use had become unmanageable, negatively impacting our health, well-being, and relationships, and that we felt powerless to stop it."

• Self-Honesty: Clarity over denial. You’re not confessing — you’re owning your story.
  
• Acceptance: Struggle doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you’re ready to grow.
  
• Compassionate Realism: Be real and kind to yourself. No shame, just truth.
  

1. Write a Personal History: When did it stop being fun or helpful and start hurting?
   
2. Talk to Someone Safe: A friend, sponsor, or therapist. Someone who listens without judgment.
   
3. Create a "Damage Map": List the ways substance use has affected your life.
   
4. Look for Patterns: What triggers it? What are the consequences? How do you feel before and after?
   
5. Accept Ambivalence: You don’t have to be 100% ready to quit — just honest about what’s happening.
   

• Powerlessness ≠ Helplessness: You’re not giving up — you’re letting go of what doesn’t work.
  
• This Step is a Beginning, Not a Verdict: It opens the door to change, not judgment.
  
• Avoid Comparing: Your experience is valid even if it doesn’t look like someone else’s.
  

• Although it does include a 12-step element, SoberLogic differs from AA/NA and all related programs in several important ways:
• The steps themselves have been revised, updated, and expanded to be more accessible, inclusive, and relevant to the modern recovery community.
  
• There is no formal element of sponsorship, although peers can form voluntary mentoring relationships if they so choose.
  
• Tools, strategies, and treatment options are included which are entirely absent in traditional 12-step programs.
  
• Spirituality is seen as a supplemental aspect of the program, rather than a non-negotiable foundation.
  
• The program is specifically trauma-informed and avoids alleged "cult-like" practices of shaming, shunning, love-bombing, and so forth.
  
• It can be used alongside other programs of the participant's choice, and we welcome such usage.
  
• Meetings will be less structured and more focused on free-flowing peer exchange than traditional 12-step meetings, with less reliance on scripted "readings" and less discouragement of "cross-talk" (while remaining focused on respecting and honoring others' boundaries).
  
• There is no Christian (or any other religious) foundation, either historically or currently.
  
• There is no "literature" (other than this forum and our other pages), no particular book or portion of the program is of any exalted significance (no Big Book - we have enough of those already).
  
• Sober time does not necessarily reset in the event of minor stumbles and slips.
  
• No counterproductive self-labeling such as "alcoholic" or "addict" is used. Instead, we say something like "I am a grateful person in recovery," or simply say our first names and nothing more. 
  
• There are no group prayers or rituals.
  
• All addictions are included. Where terminology such as "substance use" is employed, participants can simply substitute their own addictive behavior(s) of choice.
  
• Medication-assisted therapy, use of appropriate psychiatric meds, and other reasonable medical accomodations are not discouraged.
  
• Although we do celebrate sobriety anniversaries, sober time is not necessarily equated to understanding of the program.
  

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"Good Orderly Direction"

"Goodness Over Darkness"

"Group Of Drunks"

"God" can mean anything you choose, as long as it represents "a power greater than yourself."

If the word bothers you, Nature, Universe, Buddha, Tao, Allah, Great Spirit, and many more names can be used to point to the same Source of wisdom, power, and guidance. In the words of John Lennon, "whatever gets you through the night, it's alright, it's alright."

It can even be your dog, the fencepost, or the doorknob, if that somehow makes sense to you. We will never pressure you to adopt any particular view of spirituality.

And, of course, if you are atheist or agnostic, you can ignore this matter entirely and still be successful with the steps, tools, and strategies of SoberLogic.

We welcome people of all points of view. Let's recover together.

These five Precepts, inspired by those of Buddhism and other Eastern traditions, are meant as guidelines for daily practice and cultivation. They are not "commandments," but rather suggestions for avoiding trouble. Their purpose is to protect us from the consequences of not behaving in a moral/ethical manner. They are very simple, but require dedication and commitment to master.

1. Don't be violent.

2. Practice honesty.

3. No sex misconduct.

4. Avoid harsh speech.

5. Don't take intoxicants.

In this thread, we will explore more about how these Precepts can be applied to not only the problem of addiction, but also of transforming our often self-centered approach to life, and getting along better in the world as a whole.

In SoberLogic, we use the following definitions for various levels of deviation from our recovery goals:

Stumble: This is a very small "oopsie," such as taking just a single sip of something we shouldn't, buying a single $1 scratch ticket, or the equivalent for whatever our own addictive behavior of choice may be. It doesn't require resetting our sober time, but we should report it to our peer group and other support systems right away.

Slip: This is a bigger incident, such as having 1 or two whole drinks, or using whatever our addictive behavior is to an extent that we get some effect out of it (a "buzz" or dopamine boost) Again, sober time is not necessarily reset, but one may want to voluntarily reset it, and the slip should definitely be reported to your recovery peers and supports ASAP.

Relapse: This means "falling off the wagon." We have a whole bunch of drinks, buy a whole bunch of lottery tickets, do a whole bunch of drugs, or whatever our behavior of choice is. We go full-on and have a bender. This DOES reset our sober time, and we should reach out for help from our recovery peers and supports immediately.

Also keep in mind that an ongoing pattern of stumbling and/or slipping, if it continues for more than a few days, also constitutes a condition of relapse. We can't cheat the system - we can only cheat ourselves.