"Rarely have we seen a person fail
who has thoroughly followed our path."
(©Alcoholics Anonymous p. 58)

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery.

      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 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 a result of these steps, we tried
            to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice the principles
            in all our affairs.

(©Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 59 and 60)

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