Date: 09-13-94, 21:42
Subj: 12 steps

This is for all of us Computer Addicts out there.
Hope you use these steps.

Here are the steps we took which is suggested as a program of recovery !

1.  We admitted we were powerless over our CPU's and that our
    lives have become unmanageable.

2.  Came to believe that a power greater then Microsoft could
    restore us to Sanity.

3.  Made a decision to turn our floppies and our CD Roms over to
    our spouse since they misunderstood us.

4.  Make a searching and fearless virus scan of our hard drives.

5.  Admitted to God, To ourselves and another computer addict the
    exact nature of our computer setups.

6.  Were entirely ready to have our files removed and reformat
    our hard drives.

7.  Humbly Entered Format C:\

8.  Made a list of all systems we had crashed and became willing
    to make amends to them all.

9.  Made direct amends to such systems except when to do so would
    perhaps cause us to copy some of there files for our own
    personal use.

10. Continued to run a virus scan and when one was found we
    promptly deleted it.

11. Sought through online services and BBS's to download all the
    files we might need, including e-mail for a conscious contact
    with others.  Praying for new files and more e-mail, and the
    power to use those files and respond to our e-mail soon as we
    can.

12. Having finally had a good nights sleep as a result of these
    steps we tried to carry this message to other computer
    addicts and to practice the principles in our our computer
    affairs.

<grin>

Have a good one,

   Alice (Allie) Iverson  [alice.iverson@homebase.com]

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