As a member of AA, I believe the reason MP splits the steps up is because that is they way they are most often worked in the program.
Here's my readers Digest version:
Steps 1-3: Come, Come to, Come to believe. Steps 4-5: Inventory & Admittance (Reality Check) Steps 6-7: Prepare for change through God/Accept Change through God (usually through tiring of our defects do we seek to shed them). Steps 8-9: (not yet written) Amend Wrongs. Step 10: Daily Inventory and Reality Check. Step 11: Grow closer to God and live in His Will. Step 12: Carry the message to those that suffer and live these (God's) principles in all our affairs.
As a member of AA, I believe the reason MP splits the steps up is because that is they way they are most often worked in the program.
Here's my readers Digest version:
Steps 1-3: Come, Come to, Come to believe. Steps 4-5: Inventory & Admittance (Reality Check) Steps 6-7: Prepare for change through God/Accept Change through God (usually through tiring of our defects do we seek to shed them). Steps 8-9: (not yet written) Amend Wrongs. Step 10: Daily Inventory and Reality Check. Step 11: Grow closer to God and live in His Will. Step 12: Carry the message to those that suffer and live these (God's) principles in all our affairs.