Spiritual Principles
Step It Up
Traditions
AA Facts
NA Facts
100

The principle behind Step 1:

No one like to admit that they have a problem with mind-altering substances

Honesty

100

Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

Step 2

100

The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking

Tradition 3

100

Who are the founders of AA?

Bill W and Dr. Bob

100

Who is the founder of NA?

Jimmy K

200

The principle behind Step 9:

Nothing builds character like owning up to your own mistakes

Discpline

200

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

Step 6

200

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity

Tradition 1

200

How many 9th Step promises are there in AA?

Twelve

200

What year was NA established?

1953

300

The principle behind Step 5:

We could not continue to hide from the world, pretending we had done no wrong. We need to begin to act as if the "camera is always on".

Integrity

300

Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscience contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Step 11

300

Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Tradition 12

300

What is AA's primary purpose?

To stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.

300

What is the promise of NA?

Freedom from active addiction

400

The principle Behind Step 10:

Life isn't always easy, and it happens every day, but we persist in walking the path we believe to be right. We overcome adversity.

Perseverance

400

Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

Step 4

400

Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.

Tradition 4

400

In the AA pamphlet, how many questions are you asked to find out if you are an alcoholic?

20

400

According to NA literature, what are the three options we are given when we choose not to recover?

Jails, institutions and death.

500

The principle behind Step 3:

Though we had no proof except for witnessing others who had recovered successfully.

Faith

500

Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Step 8

500

Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions

Tradition 7

500

What year was the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous published?

1939

500

Which tradition allowed NA to establish itself separately from AA?

Tradition 4

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