We admitted we were powerless over hair pulling –
that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character.
Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when
to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong
promptly admitted it.
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 it out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we
tried to carry this message to hair pullers and to practice these
principles in all our affairs.
The
Twelve Steps have been adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World
Services Inc.
