12 steps
OF ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are a set of principles of a spiritual nature that, if adopted as a way of life, can free the sick person from the obsession to drink and transform him into an integral, useful and happy being. These are the steps and principles associated with them:
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1. We admit that we were powerless before alcohol, that our lives had become ungovernable.
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2. We come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sound judgment.
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3. We decided to put our wills and our lives in God's care, as we conceive.
4. Without fear we made a thorough moral inventory of ourselves.
5. We admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
6. We were entirely willing to let God free us from our defects.
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7. We humbly ask you to free us from our defects.
8. We made a list of all those people whom we had offended and were willing to repair the damage we caused them.
9. We directly repair as many as possible the damage caused, except when doing so implied damage to them or others.
10. We continued to make our personal inventory and when we were wrong we admitted it immediately.
11. We seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we conceive it, asking only that he let us know his will for us and give us the strength to fulfill it.
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12. Having obtained a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we try to carry the message to alcoholics and practice these principles in all our affairs.
Principle: SERVICE
12 Steps
OF ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS
(SHORT FORM)
1. Our common welfare must have preference; personal recovery depends on the unit of A.A.
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2. For the purpose of our group there is only one fundamental authority: a loving God as expressed in the conscience of our group. Our leaders are nothing but trusted servers. They do not govern.
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3. The only requirement to be a member of A.A. It is wanting to stop drinking.
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4. Each group must be autonomous, except in matters that affect other groups or Alcoholics Anonymous, considered as a whole.
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5. Each group has only one primary objective: to carry the message to the alcoholic who is still suffering.
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6. A group of A.A. you must never endorse, finance or lend the name of A.A. to any related entity or third-party company, to prevent the problems of money, property and prestige from diverting us from our primary objective.
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7. Every group of A.A. He must fully support himself, refusing to receive outside contributions.
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8. A.A. It will never be professional, but our service centers can employ special workers.
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9. A.A. as such it should never be organized; but we can create boards or service committees that are directly accountable to those they serve.
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10. A.A. He has no opinion about matters outside his activities; therefore, his name should never be mixed in public controversies.
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11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; We need to always keep our personal anonymity with the press, radio and cinema.
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12. Anonymity is the spiritual basis of all our Traditions, always reminding us to put personalities first.