Memory Lane
Meetings
Big Book
Fun Facts and Random Questions
Firsts
100
How many steps were there originally?
6
100
AA members approaching new members for romance or dates is sometimes referred to as....
"Thirteenth-stepping"
100
How many sections are in the Big Book?
4
100
What was the organization that inspired a lot of AA's ideals and methods?
The Oxford Group
100
Recite the first step.
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
200
Which step is the first step to include talk of a higher power?
Step 2
200
What does it mean to say some AA meetings are "closed" or "open"?
Closed indicates only alcoholics attend, whereas open invites anyone to attend
200
What is the full title of the original "Big Book"?
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism
200
"Our primary purpose is to stay sober and _________________________________________....
...help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety."
200
This is the year that the first woman joined AA.
1937
300
How many of the 12 Steps of AA have the word alcohol or alcoholic in them?
2
300
There are both men and women specific meetings. True or False
True
300
Fill in the blank:
"Acceptance is__________.
the answer to all my problems today."
300
The "12 & 12" refers to which text?
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
300
The Name of one of the first institutions to allow AA meetings to come into their facility
Rockland State Hospital
400
The 12 Steps of NA have 11 of the 12 beginning with the word "we"; How many steps does the 12 Steps of AA begin with "we"?
1
400
Fill in the blank:
Every A.A. group ought to be______________, declining outside contributions.
fully self supporting
400
The beginning of the Big Book has not been changed since 1939, but exactly how many pages does that consist of?
164
400
How did the Serenity Prayer come to be used in 12 Step programs?
It was seen in an obituary and brought to Bill W's attention by a member named Jack.
400
First 12 Step treatment center in the world, founded by Bill Wilson and Marty Mann in 1939.
High Watch Recovery Center
500
What is the name of the priest who does "Chalk Talk"?
Father Joseph Martin
500
The first meeting between Bill W and Dr. Bob happened in what year and what City/State?
1935 Akron, Ohio
500
Why is the Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?
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.
500
The 12 Steps are for the alcoholic, the 12 Traditions are for the group and the 12 _______ are for the fellowship as a whole.
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.
500
Fill in the blanks:
"The first ________gets you _________. "
drink & drunk."