The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:
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These are the original Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that
our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory1
of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character2.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or
others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we
were wrong promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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.
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The Twelve Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous
Various writers
offer meaningful, personal interpretations of the 12 Steps
of AA that help us understand and apply the basic concepts.
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The Twelve Steps Poster
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| 1Moral Inventory is a
"fact-finding and fact-facing" process taken as a part
of twelve-step programs in order to "get down to causes
and conditions" of one's way of life |
| 2Moral character or character
is an evaluation of an individual's moral qualities. The
concept of character can imply a variety of
attributes including the existence or lack of integrity,
courage, fortitude, honesty, loyalty, or virtue. |
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The
12 Steps of
A A
First three steps
Steps 4-9
Last three steps
Twelve Step
recovery
Third and
Seventh Step Prayers Set Aside Prayer Prayer
of Saint Francis
Serenity Prayer Long Version Twelve
Traditions
Doctor's Opinion
Bill W.
Dr. Bob
Ebby Thatcher
Sister Ignatia
Alcohol Addiction Components
Dr. Bob's Last Message |
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