Powerlessness & Unmanageability
This step asks members to admit they cannot control their addiction.
Step One
Step Two invites members to believe that this can restore them to sanity.
What is a Power greater than ourselves?
Step Four asks members to make this kind of inventory.
What is a searching and fearless moral inventory?
Step Eight asks members to make a list of these people.
Who are the people we have harmed?
Step Ten encourages continuing this practice daily.
What is taking personal inventory?
Step Twelve emphasizes carrying this message to others.
What is the message of recovery?
Step One highlights two key realities: powerlessness and this consequence.
What is unmanageability?
In recovery, spirituality is often described as connection to something larger than this.
What is ourselves?
Step Five involves admitting our wrongs to God, ourselves, and this person.
Who is another human being?
Step Nine encourages making amends unless doing so would cause this.
What is harm (to them or others)?
Step Eleven focuses on improving conscious contact with a Higher Power through prayer and this.
What is meditation?
Helping others in recovery is often called this.
What is service?
This word describes the loss of control that addiction creates, even when someone wants to stop.
What is powerlessness?
This Step encourages turning one’s will and life over to a Higher Power.
What is Step Three?
Step Four inventories often include resentments, fears, and these harmful patterns.
What are character defects?
Amends differ from apologies because they focus on this.
What is changed behavior or repair?
Many people use gratitude lists as part of this Step Eleven spiritual tool.
What is reflection?
Step Twelve describes practicing these principles in all of these.
What are our affairs (or areas of life)?
Step One encourages honesty about the impact of addiction on these two areas of life.
What are relationships and functioning (or daily life)?
A Higher Power in recovery does not have to be religious; it can be defined in this personal way.
What is “a Higher Power of my own understanding”?
Step Five helps reduce this emotion that grows in secrecy.
What is shame?
Sometimes direct amends aren’t possible; this type of amends can still be made.
What are living amends?
Step Ten helps prevent these from building up again.
What are resentments?
Sponsorship is an example of this type of support.
What is peer support?
Accepting Step One often reduces this emotional burden caused by trying to control addiction alone.
What is shame (or guilt)?
Many people experience spiritual growth through these three practices: reflection, connection, and this.
What is service?
The purpose of Steps Four and Five is not punishment but this kind of healing.
What is emotional or spiritual healing?
Making amends often leads to this internal experience that supports long‑term recovery.
What is freedom or peace?
Step Eleven encourages seeking knowledge of God’s will and this.
What is the power to carry it out?
Step Twelve suggests that spiritual awakening leads to this ongoing lifestyle change.
What is living the principles of recovery?