“We admitted we were powerless over our dependencies that our lives have become unmanageable”. The principle behind Step One is Honesty, and when we...

“We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” The principle behind Step Two is Hope and when we take a closer...

“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God”. The principle behind Step Three is Faith, as we continue to trust in Jesus...

“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” As we prepare for our moral inventory, we step back and take a look again at step...

“We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” “When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no...

“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” After we have shared with God and another human being about our sin, we...

“Humbly asked Him (Jesus) to remove our shortcomings.” We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable and are now ready to let God remove...

“Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.” “Now we need more action, without which we find that...

“Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. The Big Book and the Bible emphasizes that...

“Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Step 10 suggests we continue to take personal inventory. 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...

“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps (and following Jesus), we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice...