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📘 12 Steps & 12 Traditions
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Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions
Bill W.'s essays on the Steps and Traditions
Read & listen online via AA.org
Introduction
Intro
Introduction
Overview of the Twelve and Twelve
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The Twelve Steps
St 1
Step One
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol…"
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St 2
Step Two
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves…"
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St 3
Step Three
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives…"
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St 4
Step Four
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory…"
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St 5
Step Five
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being…"
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St 6
Step Six
"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects…"
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St 7
Step Seven
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
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St 8
Step Eight
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed…"
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St 9
Step Nine
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible…"
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St 10
Step Ten
"Continued to take personal inventory…"
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St 11
Step Eleven
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve…"
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St 12
Step Twelve
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps…"
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The Twelve Traditions
Tr 1
Tradition One
"Our common welfare should come first…"
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Tr 2
Tradition Two
"For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority…"
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Tr 3
Tradition Three
"The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."
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Tr 4
Tradition Four
"Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups…"
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Tr 5
Tradition Five
"Each group has but one primary purpose…"
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Tr 6
Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name…"
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Tr 7
Tradition Seven
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting…"
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Tr 8
Tradition Eight
"Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional…"
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Tr 9
Tradition Nine
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized…"
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Tr 10
Tradition Ten
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues…"
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Tr 11
Tradition Eleven
"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion…"
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Tr 12
Tradition Twelve
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions…"
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