#1 Life's Unmanageable. We admit we're powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors.
"For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out."
-Romans 7:18
#2 We came to Believe that a Higher Power could restore us to Sanity.
"For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order for you to fulfill his good purpose. "
-Philippians 2:13
#3 We Made a Decision to Turn our Lives and our Wills over to the Care of God.
"Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and proper worship."
-Romans 12:1
#4 We made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves.
"Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord."
-Lamentations 3:40
#5 We Admitted to God, Ourselves, and Close Sponsor the exact Nature of our Wrongs.
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed."
-James 5:16
#6 We are Entirely Ready to have God removed all these Defects of Character.
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up."
-James 4:10
#7 We Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
-1 John 1:9
#8 We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
-Luke 6:31
#9 We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or
"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the alter and there remember that your brother or sister has somethings against you, leave your gift there in front of the alter. First go and be reconciled to them; then come offer your gift."
-Matthew 5:23-24
#10 We continued to take Personal Inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
"So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!"
-I Corinthians 10:12
#11 We sought through Prayer & Meditation to Consciously Connect with God praying for Wisdom
"Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly."
-Colossians 3:16
#12 Having had a Spiritual Experience; we carry this message to others & practice these principles
"If someone has caught you in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you may also be tempted."
-Galatians 6:1
