The Other 166 Hours
Short lessons, normal words
Read them at 3am. Press play and listen while you drive. Moderators walk through these live in the rooms, and everything stays here for the nights when you need it again.
The 12 Step classes
All twelve, start to finish
One class per step. A different step is posted in the chat rooms every day and rotates through all twelve before it starts over, so nothing gets skipped.
Work this step with a guide. These lessons are meant to support the work, not replace a sponsor or mentor. Find someone who has already completed this step — preferably a man who understands your background — and walk through it with him.
Step 1 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 1 — Powerless Over Addictions, Compulsive Behaviors and Denial
We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, and that our lives had become unmanageable. The first honest sentence is the door out.
Read or listenStep 2 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 2 — A Power Greater Than Ourselves Can Restore Us
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Hope grows out of evidence, and the evidence is usually another man.
Read or listenStep 3 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 3 — Turn Our Lives and Wills Over to God
We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God. A decision is something you can make before your feelings catch up.
Read or listenStep 4 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 4 — A Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Count what is actually on the shelf without screaming at the shelves.
Read or listenStep 5 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 5 — Admit the Exact Nature of Our Wrongs
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The third person on the list is the one that heals.
Read or listenStep 6 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 6 — Ready to Have God Remove Defects of Character
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. The step about the habits you secretly still like.
Read or listenStep 7 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 7 — Humbly Ask Him to Remove Shortcomings
We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. What changes when you stop trying to white-knuckle yourself into a better man.
Read or listenStep 8 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 8 — List Those We Harmed and Become Willing
We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Paper first. Doors later.
Read or listenStep 9 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 9 — Make Direct Amends Wherever Possible
We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Repair, not apology.
Read or listenStep 10 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 10 — Continue Inventory and Promptly Admit Wrong
We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. The step that keeps the first nine from being wasted.
Read or listenStep 11 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 11 — Improve Conscious Contact with God
We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God. A plain method for men who think they are bad at this.
Read or listenStep 12 · 6 min · text + audio
Step 12 — Carry the Message and Practice the Principles
Having had a spiritual awakening, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Give it away to keep it.
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