The following ‘12 Steps of Recovery’ are applicable to all forms of addictive behavior as adapted from the AA Big Book
Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – 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 a Higher Power as we understood this Power
Step 4
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Step 5
Admitted to a Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 6
Were entirely ready to have a Higher Power remove all these defects of character
Step 7
Humbly asked this Higher Power to remove our shortcomings
Step 8
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them 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 a Higher Power as we understood this Power, praying only for knowledge of the Power’s 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 other addicts and the world and to practice these principles in all our affairs
