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"The Twelve Steps"

taken from the Alcoholics Anonymous text-third edition

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.

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 alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Recovery Meditations

taken from the book - "Serenity", a companion for twelve step recovery.

Step One

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about admitting the unmanageability of our lives, see these passages.

Matthew 9:36
Romans 7:18-20
Psalm 6:2-4
Psalm 31:9,10
Psalm 38:1-9
Psalm 44:15,16
Psalm 72:12,13

Step Two

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about God's power to restore us to wholeness, see these passages.

Matthew 12:18-21
Mark 9:23,24
Luke 13:10-13
John 6:63
John 12:46
Psalm 18:1-3
Psalm 142

Step Three

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about surrendering your will and life to God, see these passages.

Matthew 11:28-30
Matthew 16:21-26
Ephesians 2:8,9
Psalm 3:5,6
Psalm 23
Psalm 91:1-4
Proverbs 3:5,6

Step Four

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about the personal inventorying of our lives, see these passages.

Matthew 23:23-28
Luke 12:1-6
Romans 13:11-14
1 Corinthians 4:19,20
Galatians 6:3-5
Proverbs 5:3-6
Proverbs 16:2,3

Step Five

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about confession's role in our recovery, see these passages.

Luke 15:17-20
Acts 19:18
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Hebrews 4:12-16
James 5:16
1 John 1:8,9
Proverbs 28:13,14

Step Six

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about willingness to yield our character defects to God, see these passages.

Romans 6:11,12
Ephesians 4:17-23
Colossians 3:5-8
1 Peter 1:13-16
1 John 4:18
Revelation 3:19,20
Psalm 119:28-40

Step Seven

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about the importance of asking God to remove our shortcomings, see these passages.

Matthew 18:4
Acts 3:19
Hebrews 12:5-11
1 Peter 5:6,7
1 John 5:14,15
Psalm 32:6-8
Psalm 37:23,24

Step Eight

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about importance of our willingness to make amends to the people we have harmed, see these passages.

Matthew 18:21-35
Luke 6:37,38
Luke 19:8
John 13:34,35
1 Corinthians 13
2 Timothy 1:7
James 4:11,12

Step Nine

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about how to reconcile with people we have harmed, see these passages.

Matthew 5:9
Romans 15:2
Philippians 1:9-11
Colossians 4:5,6
Philemon 8-17
Psalm 51:14-17
Proverbs 16:20-24

Step Ten

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about the need for an ongoing inventory of our lives, see these passages.

Mark 14:38
Romans 12:3
1 Thessalonians 5:17-22
Hebrews 2:1-3
1 Peter 2:11
Psalm 85:8,9
Psalm 103:8-18

Step Eleven

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about the value of prayer and meditation in seeking God's will and power for our lives, see these passages.

John 4:13,14
Romans 8:26-28
Galatians 2:20
Philippians 4:6-9
Titus 3:1-7
Psalm 84:5-12
Psalm 127:1,2

Step Twelve

To help you understand what the Scriptures say about sharing our spiritual awakening with others through message and example, see these passages.

Mark 5:18-20
1 Corinthians 9:22-27
1 Corinthians 15:10
1 Timothy 1:12-16
Psalm 92:1-4
Psalm 96:1,2
Proverbs 31:26-31

"The 12 Steps Prayer"

taken from the 12 Step Prayer Book, by Bill Pittman

Power, greater than myself, as I understand You, I willingly admit that without Your help I am powerless over alcohol and my life has become unmanageable. I believe You can restore me to sanity. I turn my life and my will over to You. I have made a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself and I admit to You, to myself, and to another the exact nature of my wrongs. I am entirely ready to have You remove these defects of character. I humbly ask You to remove my shortcomings. I have made direct amends to all persons I have harmed, except when to do so would injure them or others. I will continue to take inventory and when I am wrong I will promptly admit it. I seek through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious contact with You and pray only for knowledge of Your will for me and the power to carry it out. Grant me the grace to carry the message of Your help unto others and to practice the principles of the Twelve Steps in all my affairs.

'The Twelve Rewards'

1. Hope instead of desperation.
2. Faith instead of despair.
3. Courage instead of fear.
4. Peace of mind instead of confusion.
5. Self-respect instead of self-contempt.
6. Self-confidence instead of helplessness.
7. The respect of others instead of pity and contempt.
8. A clean conscience instead of a sense of guilt.
9. Real friendship instead of loneliness.
10. A clean pattern of life instead of a purposeless existence.
11. The love & understanding of my family instead of their doubts & fears.
12. The freedom of a happy life instead of the bondage of addiction.

compiled from the Twelve Step Prayer Book, by Bill Pittman

The 12 Promises

1. We will attain & maintain sobriety.
2. We are going to know a new freedom & a new happiness.
3. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
4. We will comprehend the word "Serenity" & we will know peace.
5. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experiences can benefit others.
6. That feeling of uselessness & self-pity will disappear.
7. We will lose interest in selfish things & gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude & outlook on life will change.
10. Fear of people & economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

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