The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are a set of guiding principles that outline a course of action for recovering from alcoholism, addiction, and other compulsive behaviors. The 12 steps are:

1- Admit that you are powerless over alcohol – that your life has become unmanageable.
2- Believe that a Power greater than yourself can restore you to sanity.
3- Make a decision to turn your will and your life over to the care of God as you understand Him.
4- Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself.
5- Admit to God, to yourself, and to another human being the exact nature of your wrongs.
6- Be entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7- Humbly ask Him to remove your shortcomings.
8- Make a list of all persons you have harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all.
9-Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10-Continue to take personal inventory and when you are wrong, promptly admit it.
11-Seek through prayer and meditation to improve your conscious contact with God as you understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for you and the power to carry that out.
12-Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all your affairs.
The 12 steps provide a framework for individuals to address their alcoholism or addiction through self-reflection, making amends, and seeking spiritual growth. They are the foundation of the Alcoholics Anonymous program.