Step 1: Understand that you are powerless when it comes to love Step 2: Open your heart to love or there is no chance to love or be loved Step 3: When in love there is no return to sanity Step 4: Turn matters of love over to the heart, your mind will lose anyway Step 5: Take inventory of why you feel this love (will help in future step) Step 6: Admit to yourself the exact nature of this love Step 7: Realize that love is worth the risk of all heartaches Step 8: Never put off love, act on it, tomorrow may be to late Step 9: Conjure up courage and then proceed to step 10 Step 10: Express your love, use the inventory from step 5 as a guide Step 11: Be prepared for anything, you may or may not get the response you seek Step 12: Repeat step 1: understand that you are powerless when it comes to love