The 12 Steps

1

Honesty

We admitted we were powerless over addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable

2

Hope

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

3

Faith

Made a decision to turn our will and our life over to the care of God as we understood him

4

Integrity

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves

5

Courage

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs

6

Willingness

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character

7

Humility

Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings

8

Forgiveness

Made a list of all the people we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all

9

Justice

Made direct amends to such people, except when to do so would injure them or others

10

Perseverance

Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it

11

Spiritual Awareness

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 it out

12

Service

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these Steps, we carry this message to other addicts, and practice these principles in all our affairs