1. We seek to develop a daily relationship with a Higher Power, knowing that we are not alone in our efforts to heal ourselves from our addiction.
2. We are willing to be vulnerable because the
capacity to trust has been restored to us by our faith in a Higher Power.
3. We surrender, one day at a time, our whole life
strategy of, and our obsession with the pursuit of our bottom line addictions,
personal intrigues and unhealthy dependency.
4. We learn to avoid situations that may
put us at risk physically, morally, psychologically or spiritually.
5. We learn to accept and love ourselves,
to take responsibility for our own lives, and to take care of our own needs
before involving ourselves with others.
6. We become willing to ask for help, allowing
ourselves to be vulnerable and learning to trust and accept others.
7. We allow ourselves to work through the pain of our low
self-esteem and our fears of abandonment and responsibility. We learn to feel comfortable in solitude.
8. We begin to accept our imperfections
and mistakes as part of being human, healing our shame and perfectionism while
working on our character defects.
9. We begin to substitute honesty for
self-destructive ways
of expressing emotions and feelings.
10. We become honest in expressing who we
are, developing true intimacy in our relationships with ourselves and
others.
11. We learn to value the physical as a
by-product of sharing, commitment, trust and cooperation in a partnership.
12. We are restored to sanity, on a daily basis, by participating in the process of recovery.