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Al-Anon's
Twelve Steps
Because
of their proven power and worth, AA's Twelve Steps have
been adopted almost word for word by Al-Anon. They
represent a way of life appealing to all people of
goodwill, of any religious faith or of none. Note the
power of the very words
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 moral 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.
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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 the result of these
Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to
practice these principles in all our affairs.
Reprinted
with permission from the Al-Anon/Alateen Service
Manual (P-24/27), © 1992, Al-Anon Family Group
Headquarters, Inc
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