I would be happy to take 12 steps without stumbling or shuffeling my feet

Your twelve principles of acceptance are beautiful. We definitely need to refine our thinking and produce a document that we can read and ponder when we find ourselves feeling alone, or in any other way burdened by our load. Maybe even a small hand book of comfort and a reminder that there is hope.
Thank you for your thoughts and feedback.

Sorry Greg. the shuffle is our official dancestep!

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.

Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.