The 13 Steps of Fossil Fuel Addiction
1. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction to FF —that our lives had become unmanageable without them.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him or Her or It.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs, to ourselves, other people, other living beings, and the Web of Life on this planet.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him or Her or It to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons, animals, wildlife, forests, and waters we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people, animals, living beings, air, lands and waters, wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer/meditation/introspection/support group/psychiatrist to improve our conscious contact with a Higher Power, as we understood Him or Her or It, praying only for knowledge of Its will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening and a situational Come-to-Jesus moment as the result of these Steps, we will carry this message to other FF Addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
...and one more:
13. Read up and find ways to live sustainably, justly, and in harmony with the rest of the planet, which turns out to be a lot like the way my grandparents and great-grandparents lived.
