AA History
Founded by these two men in 1935, AA began as a solution for alcoholism
Who are Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith?
The first word of Step 1
What is "We"?
The person(s) to whom we admit our wrongs in Step 5
Who are God, ourselves, and another human being?
The direct action we take in Step 9
What is making amends to people we have harmed?
Term for a person who helps guide a newcomer through the steps
What is a sponsor?
This 1939 text, known as "The Big Book," became AA's primary text
What is "Alcoholics Anonymous"?
What we admit we are powerless over in Step 1
What is alcohol?
What we become "entirely ready" to have removed in Step 6
What are our defects of character?
What we continue to take in Step 10
What is personal inventory?
The informal name for an AA meeting where members share their stories
What is a speaker meeting?
This religious movement that influenced AA's development in the 1930s
What is the Oxford Group?
The "Power greater than ourselves" referred to in Step 2
What is a Higher Power (or God as we understood Him)?
The action of Step 7
What is humbly asking God to remove our shortcomings?
The two main components of Step 11
What are prayer and meditation?
Term for the anniversary of one's sobriety date
What is a birthday or anniversary?
The year the 12 Steps were first published in the Big Book
What is 1939?
The action required in Step 3
What is making a decision to turn our will and lives over to God?
The list we make in Step 8
What is a list of all persons we had harmed?
The "spiritual awakening" mentioned in Step 12 is the result of
What are these steps?
The AA term for a return to drinking
What is a slip or relapse?
This famous psychologist Carl Jung's conversation with Roland H. influenced AA's spiritual approach
What is the idea that a "spiritual experience" could cure alcoholism?
The complete inventory mentioned in Step 4
What is a fearless and moral inventory of ourselves?
The two key actions required in Step 8
What are making a list AND becoming willing to make amends?
The three parts of Step 12's action
What are having a spiritual awakening, carrying the message, and practicing these principles?
The three legacies of AA
What are Recovery, Unity, and Service?