- We admitted we were powerless over the effects of living with alcoholism and that our lives had become unmanageable.
- We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could bring us clarity.
- We made a decision to practice self-love and to trust in a Higher Power of our understanding.
- We made a searching and blameless inventory of our parents because, in essence, we had become them.
- We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our childhood abandonment.
- We were entirely ready to begin the healing process with the aid of our Higher Power.
- We humbly asked our Higher Power to help us with our healing process.
- We became willing to open ourselves to receive the unconditional love of our Higher Power.
- We became willing to accept our own unconditional love by understanding that our Higher Power loves us unconditionally.
- We continued to take personal inventory and to love and approve of ourselves.
- We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power, praying only for knowledge of it’s will for us and the power to carry it out.
- We have had a spiritual awakening as a result of taking these steps, and we continue to love ourselves and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
from “The Laundry List” by Tony A.