The Daily Reprieve

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.

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.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

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

Name?  Sobriety date?  Acting out behaviors?  When we got sober?  Which step we are working on?  How long we've been in the program?

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

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

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

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

What does life on life's terms mean to you?  What does acceptance mean to you?  What does self-will look like for you?

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.