Tony A’s 12 Steps

Tony A’s 12 Steps

1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of living with alcoholism and that our
   lives had become unmanageable.
2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could bring us clarity.
3. We made a decision to practice self-love and to trust in a Higher Power of our
   understanding.
4. We made a searching and blameless inventory of our parents because, in essence, we
   had become them.
5. We admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact
   nature of our childhood abandonment.
6. We were entirely ready to begin the healing process with the aid of our Higher Power.
7. We humbly asked our Higher Power to help us with our healing process.
8. We became willing to open ourselves to receive the unconditional love of our Higher
   Power.
9. We became willing to accept our own unconditional love by understanding that our
   Higher Power loves us unconditionally.
10. We continued to take personal inventory and to love and approve of ourselves.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our
    Higher Power, praying only for knowledge of its will for us and the power to carry it
    out.
12. We have had a spiritual awakening as a result of taking these steps, and we continue to
    love ourselves and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
    Source: “The Laundry List: The ACoA Experience” by Tony A.