The Steps and Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous were adapted with permission for the Twelve-Step Program for Spiritual Healing and Well-Being. They are both presented here, with the required disclaimer from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

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.

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THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

1. Our Common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority – a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
6. Each group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
9. A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

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The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (A.A.W.S.) Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions does not mean that A.A.W.S. has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that A.A.W.S. necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only – use of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but which address other problems, or in any other non-A.A. context, does not imply otherwise.

THE TWELVE STEPS FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING AND WELL-BEING

1. We admitted we were powerful, but that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to spiritual and emotional health and well-being.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.
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 God to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all, including ourselves.
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 God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we practiced these principles in all our affairs.

Permission to use the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation granted by A.A. World Services, Inc.

THE TWELVE TRADITIONS FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING AND WELL-BEING

1. Our common welfare comes first. Personal progress depends upon unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one authority – a loving God as may be expressed through our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern.
3. There are no requirements for membership other than a desire to grow spiritually and emotionally.
4. Each group should be autonomous, except in matters affecting another group or the organization as a whole.
5. Each group has but one purpose: To offer a safe, confidential place for healing to occur. Let there be no gossip or criticism and what is shared in the meeting and one-to-one is to remain confidential.
6. Each group ought never endorse, finance or lend their name to any outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary spiritual aim.
7. Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. The organization should remain forever nonprofessional, but any service centers may employ special workers.
9. Our groups, as such, ought never be organized but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. The organization has no opinion on outside issues; hence our name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion. We must always maintain personal anonymity.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above personalities.

Permission to use the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous for adaptation granted by A.A. World Services, Inc.