Recovery

We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.

We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God.

We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Step Seven

Humility

We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.

Step Eight

Discipline & Action

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step Nine

Forgiveness

We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Step Ten

Acceptance

We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

Step Eleven

Knowledge & Awareness

We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.

Step Twelve

Service & Gratitude

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