1. Psalm 34:17 – “The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”
2. Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
3. John 16:33 – “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
4. 2 Corinthians 4:17 – “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
5. James 1:2-4 – “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
6. 1 Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
7. Romans 8:28 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
8. Psalm 50:15 – “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
9. Isaiah 41:10 – “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
10. Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
11. Philippians 4:6-7 – “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
12. 2 Timothy 1:7 – “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable
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Came to believe that a Jesus could restore us to sanity
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Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
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Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
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Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
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Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
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Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
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Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Jesus, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out
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Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
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