Steps 1-3:  Acceptance, Searching, Submission

Step 1: Acceptance and Commitment

Accepted that we were powerless over our illness and made a decision to take a stand. ​

Step 2: Searching 

We earnestly embarked on a journey to fulfill our personal responsibility to discover the Truth regarding a spiritual power greater than ourselves who could give us hope of either restoring

our health or enabling us to cope with our sickness.

Step 3: Submission

Once identified, we decided to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

Steps 4-9:  Radical Renovation

Step 4: Traumas and Lies

We made a list of circumstances, individuals, or groups that had harmed us, what they had done, and

the subsequent lies we had believed about ourselves as a result. 

Step 5: Choosing Forgiveness

We ranked the degree of resentment & bitterness we still harbor and asked God to give us the strength

to forgive those who hurt us, be they individuals, groups, or institutions

Step 6: Traumas We Inflicted Upon Others

We made a list of all people we have harmed and admitted to God, ourselves, and to another human

being the exact nature of our wrongs. 

Step 7: Amends

We became willing to make amends to people we had harmed & then made direct amends to such

people wherever possible and appropriate.

Step 8: From Fear to Faith

We made a list of things we fear and consciously chose to cast our cares upon God, having faith that

He is both willing and able to help those who humbly seek Him.

Step 9: Vigilant and Sober

We made a decision to vigilantly guard our mind and to cease the use of any and all mind or mood

altering substances unless prescribed by a physician.