ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

12 STEPS

 

1.  WE ADMITTED THAT WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL, AND THAT OUR LIVES HAVE BECOME UNMANAGABLE.

 

2.  CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY.

 

3.  MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM.

 

4.  WE TOOK A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES.

 

5.  ADMITTED TO GOD, OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, THE EXACT NATURES OF OUR WRONGS.

 

6.  WE WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER.

 

7.  HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS.

 

8.  MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS THAT WE HAVE HARMED, AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMMENDS TO THEM ALL.

 

9.  MADE DIRECT AMMENDS TO THOSE WE HAD HARMED, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS.

 

10.  CONTINUE TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY, AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT.

 

11.  SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD, AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT.

 

12.  HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO ALCOHOLICS AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPALS IN ALL OF OUR AFFAIRS.