12 Step Programme

[Bob Johnson]

Has anyone done the 12 step programme?
Is it religious? Does it work? Any alternatives?

[Mr Rehab]

The 12 Step Programme was started years ago by 'Alcoholics Anonymous' and has proved to be the best way of solving an alcohol addiction. Here are the original 12 steps.

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
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.4

[Bob Johnson]

That's great. Thanks for the reply.

[Harry78]

I don't know if I could be doing with all that. Too heavy for me!!! Are there places which don't do this 12 step stuff??

[Miles C]

I have done most of the 12 steps, well up to 7. Its good. I think most rehab's do it now. You get to know your inner self.