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religious belief as a condition of membership, it cannot be described as a religious society. The <br />Gamblers Anonymous recovery program is based on acceptance of certain spiritual values but <br />the member is free to interpret these principles as he chooses. <br />THE RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />Here are the steps which are a program of recovery <br />1. We admitted we were powerless over gambling - that our lives had become <br />unmanageable. <br />2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to a normal way of <br />thinking and living. <br />3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of this Power of our own <br />understanding. <br />4. Made a searching and fearless moral and financial inventory of ourselves. <br />5. Admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. <br />6. Were entirely ready to have these defects of character removed. <br />7. Humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings. <br />8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them <br />all. <br />9. Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure <br />them or others. <br />10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. <br />11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we <br />understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry <br />that out. <br />12. Having made an effort to practice these principles in all our affairs, we tried to carry this <br />message to other compulsive gamblers. <br />The 12 Step Program is fundamentally based on ancient spiritual principles and rooted in sound <br />medical therapy. The best recommendation for the program is the fact that "it works." <br />Gamblers Anonymous would like to indicate that we are not soliciting members. Our intention <br />is to highlight that gambling for certain individuals is an illness called "compulsive gambling." <br />Gamblers Anonymous provides the message that there is an alternative to the destruction of <br />compulsive gambling and this alternative is the Gamblers Anonymous program. <br />Our ranks are filled with members who have recovered from the illness by stopping gambling <br />and attaining a normal way of life. These members remain ready to help any individual who <br />passes through the Gamblers Anonymous door. <br />7 <br />