The 12 Steps Demystified
A break down of each of the 12 steps
Step One Demystified
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - Our lives had become unmanageable." - Step One Dear Lord, I admit that I am powerless over alcohol. I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it. Help me this day to understand the true meaning of powerlessness. Remove from me all denial of my alcoholism. Amen. - Step One Prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Step Two Demystified
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." - Step Two Heavenly Father, I know in my heart that only You can restore me to sanity. I humbly ask that You remove all twisted thought and addictive behavior from me this day. Heal my spirit and restore in me a clear mind. - Step Two Prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com"
Step Three Demystified
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." - Step Three God, I offer myself to Thee To build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love and Thy Way of life, May I do Thy will always! - Step Three prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com"
Steps Four & Five Demystified
"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." - Step Four Dear God, It is I who have made my life a mess. I have done it, but I cannot undo it. My mistakes are mine, and I will begin a searching and fearless moral inventory. I will write down my wrongs, but I will also include that which is good. I pray for the strength to complete the task. - Step 4 prayer "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." - Step Five "Almighty God, my inventory has shown me who I am, I admit to my wrongs, yet I ask for Your help in admitting my wrongs to another person and to You. Assure me, and be with me, in this step, for without this step I cannot progress in my recovery. With Your help, I can do this. Amen." - Step 5 Prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Step Six Demystified
"We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." - Step Six Dear God, I am ready for Your help in removing from me the defects of character which I now realize are an obstacle to my recovery. Help me to continue being honest with myself and guide me toward spiritual and mental health. Thy will be done. Amen. - Step Six prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com"
Step Seven Demystified
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." - Step Seven My Creator, I am now willing that You should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that You now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do Your bidding. Amen - 7th step prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Steps Eight & Nine Demystified
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." - Step Eight Heavenly Father, I ask Your help in making my list of all those I have harmed. I will take responsibility for my actions, and begin to clear my past mistakes. Grant me the willingness to begin my restitution. Amen. - 8th step prayer "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." - Step Nine God, I pray for the right attitude to make my right my wrongs to others, being ever mindful not to harm others in the process. I ask for Your guidance in making direct, and indirect amends. Most important, I will continue to make amends by staying abstinent, helping others, and growing in spiritual fitness. Amen. - 9th step prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Step Ten Demystified
"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." - Step Ten Dear God, I pray that I may continue: To grow in understanding and effectiveness; To take daily spot check inventories of myself; To correct mistakes when I make them; To take responsibility for my actions; To be ever aware of my negative and self-defeating attitudes and behaviors; To keep my willfulness in check; To always remember I need Your help; To keep love and tolerance of others as my code; And to continue in daily prayer how I can best serve You, my Higher Power. - 10th step prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Step Eleven Demystified
"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." - Step Eleven Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred,http://...let me sow http://love.where there is injury,http://...pardon. Where there is doubt,http://...faith. Where there is despair,http://...hope. Where there is darkness,http://...light. Where there is sadness,http://...joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled,http://....as to console, To be understood,http://...as to understand, To be loved,http://...as to love, For It is in giving,http://...that we receive, It is in pardoning,http://...that we are pardoned, It is in dying,http://...that we are born in to eternal life. - 11th step prayer (Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi) Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com
Step Twelve Demystified
"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." - Step Twelve Dear God, My spiritual awakening continues to unfold. The help I have received I shall pass on and give to others, both in and out of the Fellowship. For this opportunity I am grateful. I pray most humbly to continue walking day by day on the road of spiritual progress. I pray for the inner strength and wisdom to practice the principles of this way of life in all I do and say. I need You, my friends, and the Program every hour of every day. This is a better way to live. - 12th step prayer Produced in partnership with Clean Dreams and Troy Abrams. For more information or if you want help walking these steps email us at http://contact@themosthighshow.com