Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 Steps
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 1. “we admitted that we were powerless over our [substance use], that our lives had become unmanageable.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 2. “we came to believe that a power greater than us could that restore us to sanity.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 3. “we made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of [the higher power] of our understanding.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 4. “we made a searching and fearless moral inventory of us.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 5. “we admitted to god, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 6. “we were entirely ready to have god remove all these defects of character.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 7. “we humbly ask [our higher power] to remove our shortcomings.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 8. “we made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 9. “we made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.“
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 10. “we continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 11. “we sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with [our higher power] as we understand it, praying only for knowledge of its will for us and the power to carry that out.”
Alcoholics Anonymous Step 12. “having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other [struggling individuals] and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”
NYC has many Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) Meetings.
Many advocates in NYC recommend that you try different New York AA meetings since every one is different. There may be AA meetings in New York that are attended by people that are very well suited to support you in your recovery. So please consider trying different New York meetings until you find one that really suits you.
About this New York Psychologist
Dr. J Ryan Fuller has published in the areas of anger management and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and is currently the Clinical Director of New York Behavioral Health and is in private practice in New York City. You can find Dr. J Ryan Fuller on Google+ and Twitter.