The 12 Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous
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The 12 Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are actually the 12 Steps of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
A Listing of The 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
The following is a list of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become
unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- 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.
- 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.
source: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
| The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the 21-year-old
minimum drinking age laws have saved 21,887 lives since the mid-1970s. |
 Some people have come up with one-word concepts that
reflect the meaning of each AA Step. The following is an example of this process:
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Surrender
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Hope
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Commitment
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Honesty
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Truth
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Willingness
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Humility
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Reflection
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Amendment
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Vigilance
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Attunement
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Service
source: Illustrated Alcoholic
Anonymous Bibliography
| Individuals who quit using other drugs (such as cocaine, injected drugs, or tobacco)
at the same time they stop drinking alcohol, might experience severe withdrawal problems. As a
result, they should see a doctor before they quit their addictive habits. |
The 12 Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous: Conclusion
In actuality, the 12 principles of Alcoholics Anonymous are the Twelve Steps of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
| Over the last decade, sophisticated brain-imaging technologies have demonstrated
that constant use of alcohol significantly alters the structure of the brain in ways that can last
for months and even years, creating a chronic brain disease. With this knowledge in hand, the
search is on for drugs that can restore the brain to its pre-drinking state. |
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