1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and
compulsive behaviors. That our lives had become unmanageable.
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful
nature. For Ihave the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
(Romans 7:18)
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could
restore us to sanity.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to
his good purpose. (Philippians 2:13)
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care
of God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your
spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1)
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the
LORD. (Lamentations 3:40)
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the
exact nature of our wrongs.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed. (James 5:16a)
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of
character.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
(James 4:10)
7. Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to
make amends to them all.
Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31)
9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except
when to do so would injure them or others.
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there
remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in
front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and
offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong,
promptly admitted it.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you
don't fall! (1 Corinthians 10:12)
11. 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.
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. (Colossians
3:16a)
12 Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps,
we tried to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all
our affairs.
- All scripture quoted from the New International Version.