AA's Twelve Steps are a group of principles,
spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life,
can expel the obsession to drink
and enable the sufferer to become
happily and usefully whole.
AA's Twelve Traditions apply to the life
of the Fellowship itself.
They outline the means by which AA maintains its unity
and relates itself to the world about it,
the way it lives and grows.

Thought to Ponder....

The Steps protect me from myself;
the Traditions protect AA from me.

Recovery Related Acronym

T R U S T = Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions.