Twelve Steps
6
How many steps were there originally?
AA members approaching new members for romance or dates is sometimes referred to as....
What is "Thirteenth-stepping"?
Also known as a diversion from our "primary purpose"
Name the sections of the Big Book
What are...
Foreword, Text, Personal Stories and Appendices
The organization that inspired a lot of AA's ideals and methods
What is The Oxford Group
Recite the first step.
What is....We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
The first step to include talk of a higher power
What is Step 2?
"closed" or "open"
What are meeting types?
Closed indicates only alcoholics attend, whereas open invites anyone to attend
The full title of the original "Big Book"
What is Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism?
Fill in the blank:
"Our primary purpose is to stay sober and _________________________________________....
What is "..help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety."
This is the year that the first woman joined AA.
When was 1937?
The number of AA's 12 Steps that have the word alcohol or alcoholic in them
What is 2?
True or False
There are both men and women specific meetings.
What is True?
Fill in the blank:
"Acceptance is__________.
What is "the answer to all my problems today."?
The "12 & 12" refers to which text?
What is The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
This institution was the first to allow AA meetings to come into their facility
What is Rockland State Hospital?
The number of steps does the that begin with "we"?
What is 1?
Fill in the blank:
Every A.A. group ought to be______________, declining outside contributions.
What is "fully self supporting"
The beginning of the Big Book has not been changed since 1939, but exactly how many pages does that consist of?
What is 164?
This prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr, was seen in an obituary and brought to Bill W's attention by a member named Jack and is now used in AA meetings around the world.
What is "The Serenity Prayer"?
First 12 Step treatment center in the world, founded by Bill Wilson and Marty Mann in 1939.
What was High Watch Recovery Center?
The name of the priest who does "Chalk Talk"
Who is Father Joseph Martin?
This is the year and location where the first meeting between Bill W and Dr. Bob happened
What is 1935 Akron, Ohio?
They picked the cheapest, thickest paper the printer had, and requested that each page be printed with unusually large margins surrounding the text. This made for an unusually large book.
Why is the Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?
Fill in the Blank: The 12 Steps are for the alcoholic, the 12 Traditions are for the group and the 12 _______ are for the fellowship as a whole.
What are the Concepts?
The Twelve Concepts of AA
Concept I: Final responsibility and ultimate authority for A.A. world services should always reside in the collective conscience of our whole Fellowship.
Concept II: The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.
Concept III: To insure effective leadership, we should endow each element of A.A. —the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives—with a traditional "Right of Decision."
Concept IV: At all responsible levels, we ought to maintain a traditional "Right of Participation," allowing a voting representation in reasonable proportion to the responsibility that each must discharge.
Concept V: Throughout our structure, a traditional "Right of Appeal" ought to prevail, so that minority opinion will be heard and personal grievances receive careful consideration.
Concept Vl: The Conference recognizes that the chief initiative and active responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee members of the Conference acting as the General Service Board.
Concept Vll: The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.
Concept VIII: The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of these entities.
Concept IX: Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable for our future functioning and safety. Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed by the trustees.
Concept X: Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.
Concept Xl: The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures, and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.
Concept Xll: The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.
Fill in the blanks:
"The first ________gets you _________. "
What is "drink & drunk."