After many years of denial, recovery can begin when with one simple admission and acceptance of being powerless over alcohol -- for alcoholics and their friends and family. Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become...

The Principles of the Steps for that lovely reminder on your wrist. One of our more popular request at conferences is now available on the web site. This sterling silver bracelet has all 12 of the Stepping Stones with the circle triangle on the...

Perseverance - Exercising self-discovery, honesty, abandonment, humility, reflection and amendment on a momentary, daily, and periodic basis. Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.Each Stepping Stone has the principle of the step on one side and...

Patience - The purpose of Step 11 is to discover the plan God, as you understand Him, has for your life. Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of...

Love – We share with others what has been so freely given to us. Standing with God by our side and a new way of living, we carry the blessing of love.Step 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,...

It seems to be a spiritual truth, that before a higher power can begin to operate, you must first believe that it can. Step 2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Each Stepping Stone has the...

Surrender - A lifetime of self-will run riot can come to a screeching halt, and change forever, by making a simple decision to turn it all over to a higher power. Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over...

Honesty - Step 4 is a soul searching inventory of self. There is a saying in the 12-step programs that recovery is a process, not an event. The same can be said for this step -- more will surely be revealed. Step 4. Made...

Courage- Probably the most difficult of all the steps to face, Step 5 is also the one that provides the greatest opportunity for growth. Step 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Each Stepping...

Willingness - Choosing to abandon defects of character. After identifying shortcomings and admitting to them by working Step 4 and 5, the next step forces members of 12-step recovery groups to ask themselves if they are really willing to give up some of those...

Humility -- The spiritual focus of Step 7 is humility, asking a higher power to do something that cannot be done by self-will or mere determination. Step 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Each Stepping Stone has the principle of the step...

Forgiveness - Step Eight is a social housecleaning, just as Step Four was our personal housecleaning. In Step Eight we're setting out to clean up all the bruised relationships and the pockets of guilt, pain, fear, resentment, and sadness that are stored inside, stuck...

Freedom - Step 9 is another one of the 12 steps, that initially appears most difficult, but the rewards of putting this principle into practice can be immense. Through the process of Step 9, we release the binding agents that hinder true personal growth....