12 SLAA Hopes and Promises

Last Updated on 27 May 2025

The 12 Hopes and Promises
By choosing to follow this program, you’ll unlock a new chapter within yourself. This journey comes with inherent promises, manifesting in their own time, to provide guidance and unwavering support.

We will learn to have physical, emotional, and spiritual balance in our lives with the help of a Power greater than ourselves.
We will treat ourselves and others with dignity and respect.
We will begin to enjoy moments of self-reflection and serenity as feelings of loneliness and isolation subside.
We will no longer be troubled by an ongoing sense of longing.
We will be present in body and mind for all our relationships.
We will pursue healthy interests and activities that foster our growth.
We will know love as a mindful decision rather than a reaction to overwhelming feelings.
We will love and accept ourselves, and stop seeking validation from others.
We will relate to others from a state of physical, emotional, and spiritual wholeness.
We will nurture our own and others’ spiritual growth.
We will make peace with our past, and make amends to those we have wronged.
We will have gratitude for what has been given to us, what has been taken away, and what has been left behind.

Draft version of the 12 Hopes and Promises (presented before 2025 ABM/C)

Original [never fellowship approved] along the first line (with notes)
New version

We will regain control of our lives. (In our active addiction we have not had control – so how do we regain control?)
We will learn to have physical, emotional, and spiritual balance in our lives with the help of a Power greater than ourselves.
We will begin to feel dignity and respect for ourselves.
We will treat ourselves and others with dignity and respect.
The Loneliness will subside and we will begin to enjoy being alone. (This programs reminds us we are not alone as in our ‘motto line’)
We will begin to enjoy moments of self-reflection and serenity as feelings of loneliness and isolation subside.
We will no longer be plagued by an unceasing sense of longing.
We will no longer be troubled by an ongoing sense of longing.
In the company of family and friends, we will be with them in body and mind. (Friends and family does not include romantic partnerships)
We will be present in body and mind for all our relationships.
We will pursue interests and activities that we desire for ourselves.
We will pursue healthy interests and activities that foster our growth.
Love will be a committed, thoughtful decision rather than a feeling by which we are overwhelmed.
We will know love as a mindful decision rather than a reaction to overwhelming feelings.
We will Love and Accept ourselves.
We will love and accept ourselves and stop seeking validation from others.
We will relate to others from a state of wholeness.
We will relate to others from a state of physical, emotional, and spiritual wholeness.
We will extend ourselves to nurture our own spiritual growth and that of others.
We will nurture our own and others’ spiritual growth.
We will make peace with our past and make amends to those we have harmed.
We will make peace with our past, and make amends to those we have wronged.
We will be thankful for what has been given us, what has been taken away and what has been left behind.
We will have gratitude for what has been given to us, what has been taken away, and what has been left behind.