THE 12 STEPS
STEP I
WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS
OVER GAMBLING – THAT OUR LIVES
HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE.
GOAL - STEP 1
AWARENESS ; RECOGNITION OF LOSS
OF CONTROL
REDUCE DENIAL ; FACE REALITY
ACCEPTANCE OF POWERLESSNESS
STEP 2
CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER
GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD
RESTORE US TO A NORMAL WAY OF
THINKING AND LIVING.
GOAL - STEP 2
ASK FOR HELP.
HOPE AND TRUST.
OPEN MIND.
NO LONGER ALONE - BELONGING.
STEP 3
MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL
AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF
THIS POWER OF OUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING.
GOAL - STEP 3
MAKE DECISION DAILY TO ASK FOR
HELP.
LET GO OF SELF – WILL ; OF NEED TO
CONTROL.
AVAIL OF GREATER WISDOM.
STEP 4
MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS
MORAL AND FINANCIAL INVENTORY
OF OURSELVES.
GOAL : STEP 4
HONESTY WITH SELF.
SELF KNOWLEDGE : WHO AM I ?
MY LIFE STORY
STEP 5
ADMITTED TO OURSELVES AND TO
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT
NATURE OF OUR WRONGS.
GOAL : STEP 5
OWN AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHO I AM.
LET GO NEGATIVITY FROM THE PAST.
RID SENSE OF ISOLATION.
BEGIN TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF
AND OTHERS.
STEP 6
WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE
THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER
REMOVED.
GOAL : STEP 6
IDENTIFY BLOCKS TO RECOVERY.
CHARACTER RECONSTRUCTION.
INCREASE ASSETS ; REDUCE LIABILITIES.
STEP 7
HUMBLY ASKED GOD (OF OUR
UNDERSTANDING) TO REMOVE OUR
SHORTCOMINGS.
GOAL STEP 7
PLAN OF ACTION.
PRIORITISE MAIN SHORTCOMINGS.
ASK FOR HELP.
STEP 8
MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD
HARMED AND BECAME WILLING TO
MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL.
GOAL : STEP 8
RESTORE RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS.
PREPARE FOR CHANGE.
LIST : PEOPLE EFFECTED; DAMAGE
DONE – PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL,
MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL,
FINANCIAL.
STEP 9
MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH
PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE, EXCEPT
WHEN TO DO SO WOULD INJURE THEM
OR OTHERS.
GOAL STEP 9
BEGIN TO RE-BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
MAKE AMENDS – NOT JUST APOLOGY.
ACT HONESTLY – STOP HIDING.
STEP 10
CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL
INVENTORY AND WHEN WE WERE
WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT.
GOAL : STEP 10
REGULAR MAINTENANCE
EVERYDAY SPOT – CHECK
PROMPTLY DEAL WITH MISTAKES.
STEP 11
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.
GOAL : STEP 11
STILLNESS : SLOW DOWN, FOCUS,
LIVE IN THE NOW
INVOKE WISDOM AND HELP FROM
GOD OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING
STEP 12
HAVING MADE AN EFFORT TO
PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL
OUR AFFAIRS, WE TRIED TO CARRY
THIS MESSAGE TO OTHER COMPULSIVE
GAMBLERS.
GOAL STEP 12
REACH OUT TO OTHERS
CARRY THE MESSAGE
LIVE BY THE PROGRAMME
ONE DAY AT A TIME