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===Alcoholics Anonymous Twelfth Step=== The twelfth step of the Alcoholics Anonymous program states that "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Twelve Steps of AA |url=http://www.aa.org.au/members/twelve-steps.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325011354/http://www.aa.org.au/members/twelve-steps.php |archive-date=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many times in ''The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous''<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/alcoholics-anonymous |title=The Big Book | Alcoholics Anonymous |via=Alcoholics Anonymous}}</ref> which argues that a spiritual experience is needed to bring about recovery from alcoholism.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter=Appendix II: Spiritual Experience |pages=567β568 |title=The Big Book | Alcoholics Anonymous |via=Alcoholics Anonymous |chapter-url=https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/en_bigbook_appendiceii.pdf}}</ref>
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