1. We admitted we were powerless over
____alcohol, drugs, etc____ ~ 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 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 we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of
His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the
result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to ____alcoholics, addicts, etc?____ , and
to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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