Step 1: There’s a power that will kill me.
Step 2: There’s a Power that wants me to live.
Step 3: Which do I want? (If you want to die, stop here./ If you want to live, go on.)
Step 4: Using examples from your own life, understand that selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear control your actions.
Step 5: Tell all your private embarrassing secrets to another person.
Step 6: Decide whether or not you want to live that way any more.
Step 7: If you want your life to change, ask a Power greater than yourself to change it for you. (If you could have changed it yourself, you would have long ago.)
Step 8: Figure out how to make right all the things you did wrong.
Step 9: Fix what you can without causing more trouble in the process.
Step 10: Understand that making mistakes is part of being human (When you make a mistake, fix it, immediately if you can.)
Step 11: Ask for help to treat yourself and others the way you want your Higher Power to treat you.
Step 12: Don’t stop doing Steps 1 through 11, and Pass it on!
Steps 1 – 3: AA Considered
Steps 4 – 9: AA Learned
Steps 10 – 12: AA Life Begins
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