THE TWELVE STEPS
Study of
these
Steps is essential to progress in the Al-Anon program. The principles
they
embody are universal, applicable to everyone, whatever his or her
personal
creed. In Al-Anon, we strive for an ever-deeper understanding of these
Steps, and pray for the wisdom to apply them to our lives.
- 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 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 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 others, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.
Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps, copyright
1996 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Reprinted with permission of Al-Anon Family Group
Headquarters, Inc.
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