Also, we discovered that there are limits to what we can achieve all by ourselves. Those of us with fibromyalgia know just how many limitations we deal with on a daily basis. This Step, however, is about spiritual growth rather than our physical limitations. With greater spiritual growth, we can learn to accept and live with our physical limitations with greater ease. Humility is not the same as humiliation.
Humiliation is a form of abuse and has no place in our spiritual growth.
Humility is about self-acceptance. If we have worked through the first 6 Steps slowly and faithfully, then we will no longer be able to go back to the oblivion of denial. However, we need to become able to effectively eliminating those aspects of our personalities that cause us embarrassment or make our lives unmanageable. This means that we must accept ourselves as we are, with all of our limitations. This includes the limitations that fibromyalgia has placed upon our lives, along with our personality limitations.