I admit that I am powerless over alcohol—that my life has become unmanageable.

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I come to believe that a power greater than myself can restore my sanity.

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We have come to believe (the whole...

3. I decide to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understand Him.

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- Once Again, Chapter 4 of the...

4. I will thoroughly and boldly take a moral inventory of myself.

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5. I admit the true nature of my faults to God, myself, and another human being.

As an introduction to the step work:

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