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July 1975

The Steps Are the Program

Just as each of us is a totality, and not a collection of related parts, so each Step of the twelve is connected to every other Step

THE WORD "heal" means "make whole." The aim of AA is to help a shattered, fragmented human being find wholeness, direction, and freedom. This begins with release from our compulsion to drink and, through our use of the Twelve Steps, gradually moves into growing freedom from fear, depression, anxiety, and the overwhelming self-concern that characterized life before AA.

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