NA Twelve Steps
This workbook question is found in this step:
Do I believe I can change?
What is Step 6--- NA workbook
True or False.
The origins of AA can be traced to Oxford Groups
True.
The origins of Alcoholics Anonymous can be traced to the Oxford Group, a religious movement popular in the United States and Europe in the early 20th century. Members of the Oxford Group practiced a formula of self-improvement by performing self-inventory, admitting wrongs, making amends, using prayer and meditation, and carrying the message to others.
[Taken from AA website]
What is 1953?
True or False.
AA's Big Book calls alcoholism "an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer." Found on page..
True. Pg. 65
"you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer."
The Big Book was published in this year
finish this line from Step 1.
Powerless over our........
Addiction. What is step 1
NA Helps individuals with which disorder;
Food. Sugar. Substance. Alcohol. Poor Choices. Moral.
Masturbation.
What is Mastur... oops, wrong one.
What is Substance?
Famed Psychologist Carl Jung had an indirect role in the founding of AA.
True.
Visit: https://www.aa.org/aa-timeline
This Person Wrote the Big Book
Who is Bill Wilson
We humbly asked Him to......
Finish the quote and name the step
What is...remove our shortcomings. Step 7
This steps asks that you make amends.
What is Step 9
Step 9 of AA: Make Amends With Those You’ve Harmed
As of May 2018 there were more than {how many} meetings worldwide.
What is 70,000 meetings
True or False
Founder, Bill W. had been a golden boy on Wall Street, enjoying success and power as a stockbroker
True
True or False.
The original name of the Big Book was Alcoholics Anonymous
This preparation is needed in step 7
Spiritual preparation
What is continue to take personal inventory
Step Ten
“Continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
As of 2018 NA met in this many countries
What is 144
True or False.
June 10, 1935 is regarded as the founding date of AA
True.
Dr. Bob lapses into drinking again but quickly recovers. The day widely known as the date of Dr. Bob's last drink, June 10, 1935, is celebrated as the founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous.
This original quote is in the foreword of the Big Book
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
Which NA workbook Step is this from:
Have I accepted my powerlessness over my shortcomings as well as my addiction?
Step 7
Expand on this.
True or false.
AA's 11th step allows for drink in moderation
False.
Step 11
“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.”
According to the philosophy of the NA program, most addicts did not realize they had a problem with drugs until they were dead or in jail and then sought help
False
According to the philosophy of the NA program, most addicts did not realize they had a problem with drugs until they had no other choice besides ending up dead or in jail.
True or False.
The first three members of AA all had names that started with B
BBB started AAA
True.
Eager to carry the message, Bill and Dr. Bob search for another person to help. After a slow start, their call to Akron City Hospital yields a prospect — Bill D., a lawyer. During the visits of Bill and Dr. Bob, Bill D. takes their message to heart and promises never to drink again — a vow he keeps for life. Now remembered as the “man on the bed”, Bill D. becomes the third member of what will eventually be called Alcoholics Anonymous.
True or False.
Studies show that sharing and read-outs at AA meetings help improve addiction outcomes for formal and informal treatment.
True.
Source:
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12‐step programs for alcohol use disorder