THE TWELVE STEPS AND THEIR BIBLICAL COMPARISONS   

1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors.  That our lives had become unmanageable. (Romans 7:18)

2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.(Philippians 2:13)

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God.(Romans 12:1)

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.(Lamentations 3:40)

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs.(James 5:16a)

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. (James 4:10)

7. Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.(1 John 1:9)

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.(Luke 6:31)

9. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.(Matthew 5:23-24)

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.(1 Corinthians 10:12)

11. 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.(Colossians 3:16a)

12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all our affairs.(Galatians 6:1)