The twelve steps of AA are useful in many applications in life, not just
        alcohol and substance abuse situations.  The following is a list of these
        steps and some of the bible verses to help with them.  I enjoy a beer
        at times and have never cared much for drugs, but I still found doing
        these steps very helpful in my life.

        There are many things that can take control over our lives, the more noticeable
        ones are alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes. But there are many other sneakier ones
        that may avoid detection but are just as harmful to are health, mental well being
        and relationships. By working the steps these controllers can be found and a new
        and better person will emerge from the other end.
         
         1 Cor 6:9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
        of   God?   Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
        nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with  mankind,

        1 Cor 6:10  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
        extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
         

           
        1.  We admit we are powerless over our dependencies, that our lives had
              become unmanageable.
              Mathew 9:36, Romans 7:18-20, Psalm 6:2-4, Psalm 38:1-9
        2.  We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us
             to sanity.
             Mathew 12:18-21, Mark 9:23,24, Luke 13:10-13, John 6:63, John 12:46

        3.  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as
             we understood him.
             Mathew 11:28, Mathew 16:21-26, Ephesians 2:8,9, Psalm 3:5,6, Psalm 23

        4.  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
             Mathew 23:21-28, Luke 12:1-6, Romans 13:11-14, Galatians 6:3-5

        5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
             of our wrongs.
             Luke 15:17-20, Acts 19:18, Hebrews 4:12-16, James 5:16, 1 John 1:8,9

        6.  Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
             Romans 6:11,12, Ephesians 4:17-23, Colosians 3:5-8, 1 Peter 1:13-16

        7.  Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
             Mathew 18:4, Acts 3:19, Hebrews 12:5-11, 1 Peter 5:6,7, 1 John 5:14,15

        8.  Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
             amends to them all.
             Mathew 18:21-35, Luke 6:37,38, Luke 19:8, John 13:34,35, James 4:11,12

        9.  Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
             so would injure them or others.
             Mathew 5:9, Romans 15:2, Colossians 4:5,6, Psalm 51:14-17

        10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
              admitted it.
              Mark 14:38, Romans 12:3, Hebrews 2:1-3, 1 Peter 2:11, Psalm 85:8,9

        11. 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.
              John 4:13,14, Romans 8:26-28, Galatians 2:20, Titus 3:1-7, Psalm 4:5-12

        12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to
              practice these principles in all our affairs.
              Mark 5:18-20, 1 Timothy 1:12-16, Psalm 92:1-4, Psalm 96:1,2