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'''Alcoholics Anonymous''' is an organization created to help alcoholics on the path to recovery from [[alcoholism]].  Founded on June 10th, 1935 in Akron Ohio by William (Bill W.)Wilson and Dr. Robert (Dr. Bob) Smith, it utilizes a [[twelve step program]] to help those suffering from [[alcoholic drink|alcohol]] [[addiction]] to overcome their addiction, relying on [[faith]] in a "higher power".  Both Wilson and Smith were members of the [[Oxford Group]], a Christian reform movement started by Lutheran minister [[Frank Buchman]], until about 1939 when the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" was published.  The organization itself takes its name from the title of the book.

'''Alcoholics Anonymous''' is an organization created to help alcoholics on the path to recovery from [[alcoholism]].  Founded on June 10th, 1935 in [[Akron]], [[Ohio]] by William (Bill W.) Wilson and Dr. Robert (Dr. Bob) Smith, it utilizes a [[twelve step program]] to help those suffering from [[alcoholic drink|alcohol]] [[addiction]] to overcome their addiction, relying on [[faith]] in a "higher power".  Both Wilson and Smith were members of the [[Oxford Group]], a Christian reform movement started by Lutheran minister [[Frank Buchman]], until about 1939 when the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" was published.  The organization itself takes its name from the title of the book.

== The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous ==

== The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous ==

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.

#We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.

 

#Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

2. 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.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

#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.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

#Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

 

#Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

#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.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

#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.

 

#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.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

 

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

 

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

 

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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.

==The Success of 12-Step Programs==

==The Success of 12-Step Programs==