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Alcoholics Anonymous

The 12 suggested steps of Alcoholics Anonymous

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that Power greater then ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.

4. Made searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all the people we have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admit it.

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.

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.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of men and women who share the experience and hope with each other so they can solve the problem they have. The only requirement you must have to enter is the desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees you have to pay. A.A. teaches that to recover and alcoholic should abstain completely form all alcohol products.

A.A. was started by two alcoholics Bill and Bob in the mid 1930's. They and some other members of the A.A. group wrote the 12 step program so they could feel that they were working towards something. They keep there mind on how the program is helping them and they do all sorts of other things to keep there minds off alcohol. For the people who have been in the program for a long time try to help those who cant seem to stop.

To help make it a little easier all the people have sponsors so if they feel they need to drink they can get there minds off of the issue. Also they say if you attend the meetings for 90 or more days it will be a little easier because you can see how much other are accomplishing.

Usually a new comer to the meetings and program has the chance to talk to people around they area who are also in the program. They do that to give the newcomer a chance to hear what it will be like. Also