1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives

had become unmanageable.

- Romans 7:18

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

- Philippians 2:13

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

- Romans 12:1

4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

- Lamentations 3:40

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

- James 5:16

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

- James 4:10

7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. - 1 John 1:9

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

- Luke 6:31

9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would

injure them or others.

- Matthew 5:23-24

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

- 1 Corinthians 10:12

11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying

only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.

- Colossians 3:16

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

- Galatians 6:1