1. Alcoholics Anonymous - The Original Six Steps of AA
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Alcoholics Anonymous - The Original Six Steps of AA, in Bill Wilson's own hand-writing.
Step 1: Admitted hopeless
Step 2: Got honest with self
Step 3: Got honest with another
Step 4: Made amends
Step 5: Helped others without demand
Step 6: Prayed to God as you understand him
Original Six Steps
From 'Pass It On': The Story of Bill Wilson and How the A. A. Message Reached the World
1. We admitted that we were licked, that we were powerless over alcohol.
2. We made a moral inventory of our defects or sins.
3. We confessed or shared our shortcomings with another person in confidence.
4. We made restitution to all those we had harmed by our drinking.
5. We tried to help other alcoholics, with no thought of reward in money or prestige.
6. We prayed to whatever God we thought there was for power to practice these precepts.
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2. [MIRRORED] - Frank Buchman / Oxford Group --- #1 Two Way Prayer A Short History of AA’s 12 Steps
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[MIRRORED] - Frank Buchman / Oxford Group
(#1 Two Way Prayer - A Short History of AA’s 12 Steps)
CREDIT = William Wigmore
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PLAYLIST - youtube.com/watch?v=08SDa_gtvck&list=PLHI6fNikvH-hbCDGw2wO6K07DrRAUjPrl
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STEP 1
We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol - that
our lives had become
unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power
greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the
care of God as we understood
Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves,
and to another human being
the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have
God remove all these defects
of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove
our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we
had harmed, and became
willing to make amends to
them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such
people wherever possible,
except when to do so would
injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal
inventory and when we were
wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
Easy Does it,
Absolutes,
aa meetings,
sobriety,
aa speaker,
oxford group,
miracle,
peace,
serenity,
fellowship,
.
...
3. 1-17-09 - Stairway Group 101 club tk 12 - 6 steps of the oxford group
How it works
4. AA Originals: Step Six - Surrender 2.0
Early AA’s often underwent two surrenders. The second became Steps 6 & 7. Wilson said he put the Four Absolutes here.
#sobriety #recovery #twowayprayer
5. Pioneer Guide to the 12 Steps: Steps 6 & 7 (What Did Wilson Hide There)
What did Wilson hide in Steps 6 & 7? Find out in Father Bill W.'s next video in the Pioneers Series.
#sobriety #recovery #twowayprayer
6. 4 Absolutes and the OXFORD GROUP
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4 Absolutes and the OXFORD GROUP
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STEP 1
We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol - that
our lives had become
unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power
greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the
care of God as we understood
Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves,
and to another human being
the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have
God remove all these defects
of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove
our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we
had harmed, and became
willing to make amends to
them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such
people wherever possible,
except when to do so would
injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal
inventory and when we were
wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
Easy Does it,
Absolutes,
aa meetings,
sobriety,
aa speaker,
oxford group,
miracle,
peace,
serenity,
fellowship,
.
7. Frank Buchman -- Oxford Group
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Frank Buchman -- Oxford Group
...
8. 12 Steps and the Oxford Group
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STEP 1
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
.
9. Steps 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
...
4 AA WORKSHOPS - TAKE ALL 12 STEPS !!
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Download / Listen to 12 Step Workshop Audio
spiritualsteps.com/7130.html
PDF - HANDOUT
* 4th Step - Paul F - spiritualsteps.com/2016/PAUL_F_4TH_STEP.pdf
PAUL F
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2005.mp3
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PDF - HANDOUT
* 4th Step - B & K - spiritualsteps.com/2016/4TH_STEP_REV_7_B_K.pdf
BRIAN & KATHERINE
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2005.mp3
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KEN B
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2005.mp3
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WALLY P AND MIKE M
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_01.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_02.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_03.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 11
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_04.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_05.mp3
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STEP 1
We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol - that
our lives had become
unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power
greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the
care of God as we understood
Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves,
and to another human being
the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have
God remove all these defects
of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove
our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we
had harmed, and became
willing to make amends to
them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such
people wherever possible,
except when to do so would
injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal
inventory and when we were
wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
Easy Does it,
Absolutes,
aa meetings,
sobriety,
aa speaker,
oxford group,
miracle,
peace,
serenity,
fellowship,
/
10. Big Book History #16: Creating a Story - The 6 Step Myth
Bill Schaberg reviews Bill Wilson’s unreliability as a historian and then goes on to debunk his story of the Six Step Program – which Wilson claimed was the “pretty consistent procedure” for recovery before the Twelve Steps were written.
Having eliminated those alleged Six Steps as the forerunner and source of the Twelve Steps, Schaberg then presents extensive evidence to support his contention that the Twelve Steps – rather than being an encapsulation of the collective experience of early A.A. members – were instead a summary of Bill Wilson’s own experience as he got sober.
11. 12 STEPS and the OXFORD GROUPS 4 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
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12 STEPS and the OXFORD GROUPS 4 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
STEP 1
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
Easy Does it,
Absolutes,
aa meetings,
sobriety,
aa speaker,
oxford group,
miracle,
peace,
serenity,
fellowship,
12. AA --- Ebby T tells Bill W the simple principles for recovery (Oxford Group) in 1934 (video 1965)
.
AA --- Ebby T tells Bill W
the simple principles for recovery
(Oxford Group) in 1934 (video 1965)
.
13. Steps 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - Wally P and Mike M
...
4 AA WORKSHOPS - TAKE ALL 12 STEPS !!
These pages are neither endorsed nor approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
It is solely provided by the owner of this YouTube channel to reach out to the alcoholic who still suffers.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This page contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This website distributes this material without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C § 107.
Download / Listen to 12 Step Workshop Audio
spiritualsteps.com/7130.html
PDF - HANDOUT
* 4th Step - Paul F - spiritualsteps.com/2016/PAUL_F_4TH_STEP.pdf
PAUL F
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/PAUL%20CD%2005.mp3
------------------------------------------------------------
PDF - HANDOUT
* 4th Step - B & K - spiritualsteps.com/2016/4TH_STEP_REV_7_B_K.pdf
BRIAN & KATHERINE
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/BK%20CD%2005.mp3
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KEN B
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2001.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2002.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2003.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 10, 11
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2004.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/KEN%20CD%2005.mp3
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WALLY P AND MIKE M
CD 1 ~ STEPS 1 AND 2
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_01.mp3
CD 2 ~ STEPS 3, 4 AND 5
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_02.mp3
CD 3 ~ STEPS 6-10
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_03.mp3
CD 4 ~ STEPS 11
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_04.mp3
CD 5 ~ STEP 12
spiritualsteps.com/W_M_CD_05.mp3
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These pages are neither endorsed nor approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
aa.org/
* Alcoholics Anonymous, “Big Book” pdf
aa.org/the-big-book
* Alcoholics Anonymous, “Big Book” audio
aa.org/resources/media?terms=big+book&format=audio&items_per_page=24&sort_bef_combine=title_ASC
STEP 1
We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol - that
our lives had become
unmanageable.
STEP 2
Came to believe that a Power
greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity
STEP 3
Made a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the
care of God as we understood
Him.
STEP 4
Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of ourselves.
STEP 5
Admitted to God, to ourselves,
and to another human being
the exact nature of our wrongs.
STEP 6
Were entirely ready to have
God remove all these defects
of character.
STEP 7
Humbly asked Him to remove
our shortcomings.
STEP 8
Made a list of all persons we
had harmed, and became
willing to make amends to
them all.
STEP 9
Made direct amends to such
people wherever possible,
except when to do so would
injure them or others.
STEP 10
Continued to take personal
inventory and when we were
wrong promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
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.
STEP 12
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.
SURRENDER
SHARING
AMENDS
GUIDANCE
HONESTY
PURITY
UNSELFISHNESS
LOVE
TRUST GOD
CLEAN HOUSE
HELP OTHERS
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Chapter 5,
How it works,
AA,
Dr Bob,
Bill W,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
RECOVERED,
Powerless,
1st Step Experience,
Craving,
Desire,
Real Alcoholic,
Easy Does It,
4 Absolutes,
Honesty,
Purity,
Unselfishness,
Love,
Keep Coming Back,
Clarence Snyder,
AA Cleveland,
Akron Ohio,
Founders',
Serenity,
Amazing Grace,
The Doctor's Opinion,
Dr Silkworth,
drunk,
sober,
How it works,
Big Book,
12 Steps,
1st Step Experience,
Alcoholic,
Easy Does it,
Absolutes,
aa meetings,
sobriety,
aa speaker,
oxford group,
miracle,
peace,
serenity,
fellowship,
/
14. Glenn F Chesnut Oxford groups and AA
Kevin Hanlon, one of the filmmakers behind the Emmy-winning PBS Documentary Bill W: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous, created an incredible tribute video featuring never-before-seen interview clips with the late A.A. historian, Glenn Chesnut.
15. Episode 27: Steps 6 and 7 with Benn and John
There are many people in Alcoholics Anonymous today for whom an interventionist God has nothing to do with their sobriety. Certainly as an atheist, I fall into that camp, so my perspective on Steps Six and Seven is much different from those early AAs who first experienced recovery within the context of the Christian evangelical movement known as the Oxford Group. Grateful for the experience of our founders, and building upon their work, and I rephrased these Steps within the context of the times in which I live, and the belief system that I hold.
In my view, Step Six simply involved acquiring a new attitude as a result of experiencing the previous five steps. Those steps prepared me to do the hard work necessary for improved mental and emotional health. I was ready to change the way I think, feel, and behave—to build character. In Step Seven, I realized that I would need help with this, so with humility and persistence, I did and still do whatever is necessary to fully engage in the recovery process, so that I may become a healthier, happier and more balanced person.
By the time I arrived at these Steps, I reached a point in my recovery where I possessed more self-awareness than at any other time in my life. From this experience, I learned that I needed other people who supported me in my desire to stop drinking, so it was important that I abandon a life based solely on self-sufficiency, and that I do away with the obstacles that blocked me from forming honest and open relationships with others. This to me, is what Steps Six and Seven are all about.
I hope you enjoy this podcast episode in which Benn and I discuss these two Steps.