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DRUMMERS ANONYMOUS TWELVE STEP PROGRAM
compiled by Ken Loss-Cutler
(This page is in Memoriam to Ken, who passed on to the great drumcircle in the sky, January, 2000)

1.  We admitted we were powerless over our need to drum - that life without drumming had become unmanageable.

2.  Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore our sore hands after a night of Drum Jamming.

3.  Made a decision to turn our need to learn good slaps and tones over to a good teacher as we understood Him.

4.  Made a searching and fearless inventory of our drum bags.

5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves and other human beings the exact nature of our need for drumming.

6. Were entirely ready to have God, through divine acceleration of our natural abilities, develop us into djembefolas.

7.  Humbly asked Him to do so.

8.  Made a list of all persons we had drummed with and became willing to drum with them again as soon as possible.

9.  Made direct phone calls to such people wherever possible, making sure they knew about the next local drum event.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and on the rare occasion that we were off the rhythm, promptly admitted it.

11.  Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God and our Drum as we understood Them, praying only for knowledge of Proper Technique and the power to carry that out.

12.  Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried  to carry our drums everywhere and to practice these principles in all our affairs.