We admitted that we were powerless over illicit drugs including alcohol.

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could help restore us to sanity.

Made a decision to change our lives with the help of a higher power.

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Admitted to ourselves, our higher power and another person the exact nature of our wrongs.

Were entirely ready to change ourselves through the use of a higher power.

Asked our higher power to help us to remove our shortcomings.

Made a list of wrongs we have done and became willing to make amends where possible.

Made direct amends whenever possible except when to do so would injure ourselves or another.

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscience contact with a power greater than ourselves.

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps we shall carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer and to practice these principles in all our affairs.