The 12 Promises of Recovery in SLAA

The 12 Promises of Recovery in SLAA provide us with a clear framework for the changes we can expect in recovery. They help to clarify for us where we want to get to in recovery, and allow us to expand our ambitions to their full, for what a great new life can really look like!

1. We will regain control of our lives.

2. We will begin to feel dignity and respect for ourselves.

3. The Loneliness will subside and we will begin to enjoy being alone.

4. We will no longer be plagued by an unceasing sense of longing.

5. In the company of family and friends, we will be with them in body and mind.

6. We will pursue interests and activities that we desire for ourselves.

7. Love will be a committed, thoughtful decision rather than a feeling by which we are overwhelmed.

8. We will Love and Accept ourselves.

9. We will relate to others from a state of wholeness.

10. We will extend ourselves to nurture our own spiritual growth and that of others.

11. We will make peace with our past and make amends to those we have harmed.

12. We will be thankful for what has been given us, what has been taken away and what has been left behind.