1. We admitted we were victims of the transportation industry seduced by speed, status, and sense of power-that we had become isolated and passive consumers of distances whose shape and length we could no longer control. We admitted we were not free but enslaved and powerless in this situation.

2. We came to believe that Human Power and Access By Proximity could restore a balance in ourselves, and between the human and the natural environment.

3. We made a decision to build up our will to create personal and social change, and to transform our lives.

4. We made a searching and fearless inventory of the impacts of our car addiction.

5. We admitted to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs and the wrongs committed in the name of motorists or on behalf of the automobile-petroleum-highway system.

6. We were entirely ready to overcome all the obstacles-laziness or sedentary lifestyle, lack of equipment or infrastructure, lack of supportive friends or family, low-density development, misguided zoning laws or planning policies, unenlightened officials, industrial might, etc.-standing in the way of personal and social change.

7. We humbly asked Those In Power to remove any remaining obstacles, and when and where this failed, we took personal and community action to remove them (the obstacles as well as Those In Power).

8. We made a list of all persons and beings past, present and future our driving had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. We made direct amends to such people and beings wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. We continued to take inventory of our ongoing progress and impacts, and when our behaviour caused unnecessary damage to others or the environment, we promptly admitted it and took action to mitigate it.

11. We sought through spontaneous and convivial interaction to improve our contact with Neighbors and Community Members, reclaiming where possible the public space lost to the rush of traffic.

12. Having had a personal awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other autoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.