SOBRIETY WITHOUT SUPERSTITION THE SEVEN RITUALS I IN OUR SUFFERING, WE HAD A MOMENT OF CLARITY. WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD LOST OURSELVES AND RECOGNIZED ADDICTION AS OUR ADVERSARY. II WE DECIDED OUR WILL AND AUTHORITY OVER OURSELVES WOULD BE REBORN THROUGH ADOPTING A NEW WAY OF LIFE. I WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, FOCUSING ONLY ON WHAT WE COULD CONTROL. IV WE ACKNOWLEDGED BEHAVIORS AND PATTERNS OF THINKING THAT WE FOUND TO BE UNACCEPTABLE OR UNHEALTHY. v UPON ACKNOWLEDGING THESE FACETS OF OURSELVES, WE BEGAN THE PRACTICE OF CONTINUAL INTROSPECTION AND MINDFULNESS. VI WE CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TOWARDS SELF-ACTUALIZATION, SEEKING KNOWLEDGE ON OUR PATH TO ACT & RESPOND ETHICALLY & RESPONSIBLY IN ALL THINGS. Vil AFTER FOLLOWING THIS PATH, WE RECOGNIZED OUR OWN SELF GROWTH AND SOUGHT TO POINT THE WAY TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING. HEAL THYSELF, HAIL THYSELF.