If I realize my life
is beyond management
and I’m powerless
over food, over everything…
If I come to believe
a greater power can make me sane…
If I decide to turn over my life
and my will over to that power…
If I honestly examine my life,
my resentments, my fears…
If I admit to myself, to my god
and to someone else the nature,
the patterns of my life…
If I am ready for defects
to be abandoned, if I can ask
honestly, humbly for them to be…
If I sort out amends then make them…
If I continue to do these steps daily,
asking for guidance, surrendering,
obeying…
If I work these steps and tell others of them
then my life will become so awesome
it’s one I enjoy the privilege of living.