The 12 Steps of FIDA – Free In Deed Anonymous
The Truth will set you free!
STEP 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction and destructive patterns, that our lives had become unmanageable.
STEP 2
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could set us free and heal us in the process of restoration.
STEP 3
We made the decision to entrust our will and our lives to the care of God, as far as we understood HIM in the complete Word of God, the Tanakh and the Good News.
STEP 4
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. We asked God to reveal us our sins, shortcomings and character defects.
STEP 5
We confessed to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our sins, shortcomings and character defects.
STEP 6
We were willing and ready for God to forgive our sins and help us deal with our shortcomings and character flaws.
STEP 7
We humbly asked Him to take our sins from us and set us free through receiving HIS Grace and Forgiveness in Faith.
STEP 8
We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to ask for forgiveness and to make amends to them all. We forgave those who have harmed us.
STEP 9
We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
STEP 10
We continued to take personal inventory and when we sinned or were wrong, promptly admitted it.
STEP 11
We sought through prayer and meditation on God’s Word, to improve our conscious contact with God, praying for the knowledge of His will for us and the obedience and power to carry that out.
STEP 12
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, based on a personal relationship with God, we tried to carry the message of being set free to others who are still in captivity. We continued to practice these principles in all our affairs.
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (“A.A.W.S.”). Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions does not mean that Alcoholics Anonymous is affiliated with this program. A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only – use of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but which address other problems, or in any other non-A.A. context, does not imply otherwise. Additionally, while A.A. is a spiritual program, A.A. is not a religious program. Thus, A.A. is not affiliated or allied with any sect, denomination, or specific religious belief.
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
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Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
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Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
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Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
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Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
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Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
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Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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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.
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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.