Twelve Steps
Meetings
Big Book
Fun Facts and Random Questions
AA/NA
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 is the cost associated with 12-step meetings?
It's Free 99
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
What year was NA founded?
1953
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
What is the primary job of a sponsor
To walk their sponsee through the steps.
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
Recite the serenity prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
400
What is the number 1 offender that causes people to relapse
Resentments
500
What do steps 4 and 10 have in common
They both involve taking a personal inventory.
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
What does HALT stand for?
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
500
Fill in the blanks:
"The first ________gets you _________. "
drink & drunk."