History
The Year AA was Founded
1935
"Humbly ask him to remove our shortcomings"
Step 7
Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Step 9
2 hours
The approximate start of our intentional making of alcohol as a species.
9000 BC
The Year NA was Founded
1953
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
Step 10
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with god as we understand him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out
Step 11
An institutional set of beliefs
Religion
Alcoholism is a disease minus a
As of 2016, this many people are estimated to be members of AA
2 million
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs
Step 12
Were entirely ready to have god remove all these deficits of character
Step 6
Something that is anything beyond the individual
Higher Power
Harley Harmon
This Group eventually dissolved in the 70's and did not merge with NA
NARCO
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives became unmanageable
Step 1
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Step 5
Managed via total Sobriety/Abstinence for this length of time; which is the goal.
Forever; Life; Indefinitely
Recovery is aided by this.
Others in recovery.
These 2 were credited with starting AA
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him
Step 3
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 2
Spiritual Intervention cuts through this.
Hopelessness
Meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and acceptance of goodness of life
Spirituality