When crises occur – Acknowledge the chaos

Action steps:
1. Be gentle. It’s an act of trust.
2. Trust yourself. Intuition is your brain working behind your back.
3. Get help. Sometimes things are too much.
4. Create space for yourselves – use environment, time, and boundaries.
5. Allow yourself to retreat or cocoon for a time. Use that solitude for transformation, not survival.
6. Embrace your antagonists. Struggle, anger, and disagreements lead to renewal.
7. Admit mistakes, including the ones no one else would know.
8. Keep focused.
9. Stop doing things that don’t work.
10. Sustain your visions. You will become your images.
11. Avoid catastrophizing. A strong grip on reality helps you, as well as others.
12. Care for your body. It is a primary spiritual act.
13. Act to contain disasters.
14. Plan for surprises.
15. Focus and humility go together. When we pursue too many things, or try to do too much, we lose our focus.

Taken from A Gentle Path through the Twelve Steps