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The All Addicts Anonymous Program

Group meetingWith the coming of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), millions of alcoholics, otherwise hopeless, have found their way back to sanity. But there is far greater lifesaving power in the principles of AA than has yet been widely recognized, because what is involved is the practice of the ethical and spiritual principles common to all mankind, and applicable to all mankind.

The original Program of Alcoholics Anonymous consisted of the Four Absolutes of the Oxford Group, later formulated by AA as the Twelve Step Program. The Absolutes were the foundation on which the Steps were built. This original Program was a world-shaker. This is the Program by which co-founders Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith got sober — by which the famous first hundred AAs recovered — by which the whole movement was launched, in the United States and Canada, and worldwide.

Group meetingOver the years, as it turns out, a remarkable discovery has been made. It has been found that these original AA principles are equally effective in producing recoveries not only from addictive drinking but also from many other forms of addictive behavior, including both the substance addictions and the mental addictions. Consequently it is now possible to have one Program which works equally well for all addicts and all addictions, and especially for the many persons who are fighting more than one addiction at the same time.

And so the original Four Absolutes, the original Twelve Steps, and the original commentary on the Steps — as adapted for all addicts and all addictions — are now called the All Addicts Anonymous Program.

The Four Absolutes (as adapted for all addicts and all addictions)

Note well: the Four Absolutes are the time-tested moral and ethical code of the All Addicts Anonymous Program. The Four Absolutes, in one form or another, have actually been the foundation of the moral and spiritual life of mankind in all ages and in all civilizations —

  1. Absolute honesty — no lying, no cheating, no stealing. In a word, in all your affairs, simply and absolutely no falsehood.
  2. Absolute purity — purity of mind, purity of body, purity of the emotions, purity of heart, sexual purity.
  3. Absolute unselfishness — seeking what is right and true in every situation above what I want.
  4. Absolute love — loving God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength, and your neighbor as yourself.

The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (as adapted for all addicts and all addictions)

The Twelve Steps are a lifeline for alcohol addicts, many of whom — lacking opportunity to contact an AA group — have recovered by the mere knowledge and application of these twelve principles. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, not only for alcoholics, but for all other addicts.

Adapted versions of the Twelve Steps have been used by non-alcoholics for many years — by the Al-Anon Family Groups, Alateen, Neurotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, and many others. The original version of the Steps, for use by alcoholics only, may be found in the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous (New York, 1976: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.).

The Twelve Steps as adapted for use in the All Addicts Anonymous Program can be used by any addict—

  1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions, that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  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 other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

The Ten Points (as adapted for all addicts and all addictions)

Chapter five of the book Alcoholics Anonymous has always been a faithful guide for people who want to practice the Twelve Step Program. The following Ten Points are a summary of the lifesaving directions given in chapter five, and currently used in the All Addicts Anonymous Program —

  1. Completely give yourself to this simple Program.
  2. Practice rigorous honesty.
  3. Be willing to go to any lengths to recover.
  4. Be fearless and thorough in your practice of the principles.
  5. Realize that there is no easier, softer way.
  6. Let go of your old ideas absolutely.
  7. Recognize that half measures will not work.
  8. Ask God’s protection and care with complete abandon.
  9. Be willing to grow along spiritual lines.
  10. Accept the following pertinent ideas as proved by All Addicts Anonymous experience:

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