Simplified 12 Steps

We admitted we were powerless over addictive sexual behavior - that our lives had become unmanageable.

I’ve got a problem

Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

I need help and help is out there

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.

I will ask for help

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

I’ll work out what’s wrong with me

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

I’ll share what’s wrong with me

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

I’m willing to change

Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.

I’ll accept help to change

Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

I’ll work out who I’ve hurt and do something about it

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

I will repair relationships when I can

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

I accept that I will make mistakes but I will resolve them when I do

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.

I will stay connected to others and be accountable

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to other sex addicts and to practice these principles in our lives.

I will help others