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AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob. Smyth – they drew their inspiration for the 12 Steps from the Oxford group and the belief that all problems rooted in fear and selfishness could be changed by following the 12 Step Programme and trusting in God or as many may say Higher Power or a power greater than ourselves. Integral to this is the Four Absolutes – a moral inventory of absolute honesty, purity, unselfishness and love.
This model also is the basis for Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Heroin Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Sex Addictions and Food Addicts Anonymous. All offer a 12 step approach to recovery based on the success of the original AA model. The 12 steps were also adapted by Al – Anon/ Alateen, a programme of recovery for families and friends affected by a loved one’s drinking.
Step 1: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Step 6: We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends tothem all.
Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Step 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.
Step 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.
