Step One: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.”
Key One: “Through my conscious union with the Infinite Universal Presence, I am powerful, clear and free. Through the realization that God is within me, expressing as me, my life is in divine and perfect order.”
Step Two: “[We] came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Key Two: “Through my conscious connection with the One Power, I reclaim my spiritual dominion and emotional balance. I am restored to my original nature of clarity, peace and wholeness. I am restored.”
Step Three: “[We] made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
Key Three: “I turn my life over to the care of the God I understand, know and embody as love, harmony, peace, health, prosperity and joy. I know that which I am surrendering to, and I do so absolutely. Knowing that this Power is the very essence of my being, I say with my whole heart and mind: Thy will be done.”
Step Four: “[We] made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
Key Four: “Through my absolute surrender and conscious connection to the One Power and Presence, I courageously, deeply and gently search within myself for all thought patterns and behaviors that are out of alignment with love, integrity, harmony and order.”
Step Five: “[We] admitted to God, to ourselves and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”
Key Five: “I claim the courage and willingness to share the exact nature of my mistakes with another spiritual being. I am heard with compassion, unconditional love and wisdom. In this loving vibration, clarity, peace and balance are restored.”
Step Six: “We were entirely ready to have God remove these defects of character.”
Key Six: “I am now ready to release all thought patterns and behaviors unlike my true nature, which is wholeness. I free-fall into the loving presence of Spirit within, and allow it to heal every known and unknown false belief. I am transformed by the renewal of my mind.”
Step Seven: “[We] humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”
Key Seven: “In loving compassion for every aspect of my being, I humbly surrender to the love of Spirit. I know myself as a perfect expression of Life. I surrender all, and I am restored to the life I am created to live.”
Step Eight: “[We] made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.”
Key Eight: “I acknowledge the people I have offended based on false beliefs, fear, doubt and unworthiness. I am willing to go to any lengths to clean up my side of the street.”
Step Nine: “[We] made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”
Key Nine: “Backed by all the Power of the Universe, I lovingly, directly and honestly make amends in a way that supports the highest good of all concerned.”
Step Ten: “[We] continued to take a personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.”
Key Ten: “I am in tune with my inner self. With integrity, love and self-compassion, I acknowledge my mistakes, and continue to clean up the mistakes of my past and present.”
Step Eleven: “[We] 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.”
Key Eleven: “Through daily prayer and meditation, I deepen my conscious connection to the Divine and experience the fullness of the Universal Presence as the dynamic reality of my life.”
Step Twelve: “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.”
Key Twelve: “Through my awakened consciousness, I am now prepared to carry the message of truth out into the world. I am now a clear channel to support the awakening of others to their true identity of wholeness.”
