We admitted we were powerless over kratom and 7-OH, that our brains had been hijacked, and that our lives had become unmanageable.

We came to believe that a hijacked brain cannot fix itself, and that we needed an external power to restore us to clarity and balance.

We made a decision to turn our recovery over to an external power, knowing our own management is permanently compromised.

We made a searching and fearless examination of ourselves, looking honestly at our actions, the thoughts driving them, and our trauma, so we could better understand our addiction.

We admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs, exposing the secrets, shame, and delusional thinking that kept us trapped.

We became entirely willing to let go of the negative emotions and destructive habits that no longer served us.

We humbly asked an external power to remove our negative emotions and destructive habits, instead of relying on our own management.

We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make living amends to them all.

We made direct living amends wherever possible, offering our unbuffered presence, except when doing so would cause harm to ourselves or others.

We practiced continuous calibration using our daily compass, taking personal inventory of our internal weather and promptly acknowledging our mistakes.

We sought through conscious regulation, reflection, or unbuffered prayer to improve our connection with an external power, asking only for the clarity to see the next right action and the power to carry it out.

As a result of these steps, our lives became unbuffered and we awakened spiritually, committing to the service loop to carry this message to others struggling with kratom.