| 1. |
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction or addictions - that our lives had become unmanageable
|
| 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. |
Made a searching
and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. |
| 5. |
Admitted to God,
to our selves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs. |
| 6. |
Were entirely ready
to have God remove all these defects of character. |
| 7. |
Humbly asked God
to remove our shortcomings. |
| 8. |
Made a list of all
persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to
them all. |
| 9. |
Made direct amends
to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others. |
| 10. |
Continued 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, as
we understand God, praying only for knowledge of God's will
for us and the power to carry it out. |
| 12. |
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all out affairs. |
