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Whether you’re currently struggling with alcohol abuse, an

alcohol use disorder (AUD), or are living in recovery, you’re in

a vulnerable population at risk for contracting COVID-19.

Attending in-person meetings during these times of

uncertainty is strongly misadvised to prevent the spread of

the virus.

Alcohol.org is brought to you by American Addiction Centers

(AAC), a leading provider of nationwide addiction

treatment. We have launched free Virtual Support

Meetings to help you stay connected and a private

Facebook Group. Please join to be kept up-to-date on future

meetings and to connect with those in recovery. Please call

our hotline at 888-685-5770 for more information on how to

access safe and e�ective treatment options.

For further information on treatment during the pandemic,

we’ve put together a guide that answers some of our most

frequently asked questions:

Treatment during COVID-19: What You Need to

Know

 

The 12 Steps of AA

AA’s 12-Step approach follows a set of guidelines designed

as “steps” toward recovery, and members can revisit these

steps at any time. The 12 Steps are:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our

lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves

could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the

care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of

ourselves.

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5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human

being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these

defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became

willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible,

except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we

were wrong promptly admitted it.

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.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these

Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and

to practice these principles in all our a�airs.

Stats on Alcohol Abuse

Per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(DSM-5), in order to be diagnosed with an alcohol use

disorder (AUD), individuals must meet any two of 11 criteria

during the same 12-month period. An estimated 16 million

people in the U.S. have an AUD, yet only a small percentage

of those individuals seek treatment. In 2015, only 4.4% of

people age 12 and older received specialty treatment for an

alcohol use disorder.

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