The AA (spiritual) Principles &Virtues from the 12 Steps
Spiritual Principles (as found in the 12 &12)
Bill W. considered each step to be a spiritual principle in and of itself, however, particularly in the 12 & 12, he outlined the spiritual principles behind each step. The most important of these is Humility.
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Core Spiritual Principles of the Program: Willingness, Open-mindedness, Honesty
AA’s Code: Love and Tolerance of Others
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We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Acceptance, Admission of Defeat, Open-mindedness, Willingness, Humility
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Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Open-mindedness, Humility, Acceptance
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Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
Willingness, Humility
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Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Honesty Fearlessness Willingness Humility
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Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Humility, Willingness, Honesty, Humility, Forgiveness, Open-mindedness, Acceptance, Prudence, Serenity
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Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness, Acceptance, Humility
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Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Humility, Willingness, open-mindedness
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Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Forgiveness, Calmness, Brotherhood, Honesty, Thoroughness, Responsibility, Humility Acceptance Tolerance Objective
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Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Good Judgment, Courage, Humility, Sincerity, Forthright, Generous, Willingness,
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Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Discipline, Acceptance, Humility, Patience, Persistence, Self-restraint, Honesty, Willingness, Forgiveness, Fair-minded, Tolerance, Love, Kindness,
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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.
Humility, Love, Forgiveness, Harmony, Truth, Faith, Hope, Compassion, Understanding, Self-forgetting, Willingness, Strength, Wisdom, Serenity,
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Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, especially alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Gratitude, Acceptance, Love, Honesty, Tolerance, Unselfishness, Strength, Serenity, Giving, Fortitude, Faith, Brotherhood, Service, Understanding, Courage, Wisdom, Humility,
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