Wisdom 2

Question 1

Principle 1

Answer 1

Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable

Question 2

Principle 2

Answer 2

Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover

Question 3

Principle 3

Answer 3

Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control

Question 4

Principle 4

Answer 4

Openly examine and confess my hurts, hang-ups and habits to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Question 5

Principle 5

Answer 5

Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects

Question 6

Principle 6

Answer 6

Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others

Question 7

Principle 7

Answer 7

Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will

Question 8

Principle 8

Answer 8

Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words

Question 9

Step 1

Answer 9

We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable

Question 10

Step 2

Answer 10

We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

Question 11

Step 3

Answer 11

We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God

Question 12

Step 4

Answer 12

We made a searching and fearless honest inventory of ourselves

Question 13

Step 5

Answer 13

We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our hurts, hang-ups and habits

Question 14

Step 6

Answer 14

We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character

Question 15

Step 7

Answer 15

We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.

Question 16

Step 8

Answer 16

We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all

Question 17

Step 9

Answer 17

We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Question 18

Step 10

Answer 18

We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it

Question 19

Step 11

Answer 19

We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out

Question 20

Step 12

Answer 20

Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.