Twelve Steps
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
Recite the 11th step
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”
500
The first meeting between Bill W and Dr. Bob happened in what year and what City/State?
1935 Akron, Ohio
500
How many chapters are in the big book?
11
500
What is the name of the person that talked with Bill in his kitchen about a solution he had found?
Ebby Thatcher
500
What year did AA start?
1935