The Twelve Steps

1-We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-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 ourselves 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 Him 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 whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10-Continued to take personal inventory and when were wrong promptly admitted it.

11-Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Godas we understood Him.

12-Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.