Twelve-step programs are mutual aid organizations for the purpose of recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, aided its membership to overcome alcoholism.
How do you pray the 12 steps?
Twelve Step Prayers
- First Step Prayer. Dear Lord, I admit that I am powerless over my addiction. ...
- Second Step Prayer. Heavenly Father, I know in my heart that only you can restore me to sanity. ...
- Third Step Prayer. God, ...
- Fourth Step Prayer. Dear God, ...
- Fifth Step Prayer. Higher Power, ...
- Sixth Step Prayer. Dear God,
What is the hardest of the 12 steps?
Whether you're working the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Al-Anon, or any other program, the most difficult of all the steps probably step 5. This is the one that asks us to admit "our wrongs" and to do so in front of our higher power and another person.
