Step Twelve in the AA program of recovery is...
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.
We worked these steps and the result is a spiritual awakening. If we were painstaking and thorough it also resulted in the desire to drink being removed. That is part of the spiritual awakening.
Now, as a way of life, we try to carry this message (of hope) to other alcoholics and practice these (12 steps) principles in all our affairs.
