Ebook: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - The Story Of How Many Thousands Of Men And Women Have Recovered From Alcoholism

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as
a progra m of re covery:

1. We admitted that our lives had become unmanageable with the addiction.

2. Came to believe that a Pow er greater than our-
selves co uld restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care o f God AS W E UN DER STOO D 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. We are 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 wherever possible,
except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when
we w ere wro ng 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, and to practice these principles in all
our affairs.