- *We* admitted we were oppressed.
- Came to believe that we could live with autonomy.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives away from the care of the oppressors.
- Made a moral inventory of the systems of control.
- Admitted the exact nature of their wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to be free of these systems.
- Began transforming our local communities.
- Made a list of all persons being harmed, and became willing to stop this from happening.
- Stopped the harm to such people except when to do so would injure them or others more gravely.
- Continued to observe the systems of control and our effect on our local communities.
- Sought through imaginative activities to improve our connection to our passion and power.
- Tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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