Bible Verses
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
What is: Proverbs 3:6
Who was David’s great friend?
Who is: Jonathan (1 Sam 18:1)
What does James say we should do if we lack wisdom?
What is: Ask God for wisdom, in faith (Jam 1:5)
To which tribe did Jesus belong?
What is: Judah (Heb 7:14)
First book of the Bible, begins with G
What is : Genesis
18 book, starts with P
What is: Philemon
Which animal did the ten spies liken themselves to, when compared to the people of the land of Canaan?
What is: Grasshoppers (Num 13:33)
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is: Step 1?
The title of chapter one of the Big Book
What is: Bill's Story?
The co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous
What is: Bill Wilson and Bob Smith
In 1920, this famous New York stockbroker crashed with the stock market and became a hopeless drunk.
Who is: Bill Wilson
Learn to listen and _______ ____ _________
What is: listen to learn
"We can use this ___ long before we understand it."
What is: Power
NA was founded in this year
What is: 1953
Imagine you are in a dark room.
How do you get out?
What is: Stop imagining it
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
What is: John 3:16
Where did Jonah go after being thrown overboard and reaching dry land?
What is: Nineveh (Jon 3:3)
How long will the Kingdom of God last?
Forever (2 Pe 1:11)
Complete the saying of Jesus: “for the tree is known by his ____” (KJV)
What is: Fruit (Matt 12:33)
21st book, begins with E
What is: Ecclesiastes
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 26
What is: Jude
What seed did Manna look like?
What is: Coriander (Num 11:7)
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
What is: Step 3?
The chapter that lists the 12 steps
What is: Chapter 5, How it Works
The city that is considered the birth place of AA
What is: Akron, OH
This surgeon from Ohio often went into operation rooms hungover and later co-founded AA.
Who is: Dr. Bob Smith?
Growing old is mandatory ____________ is optional
What is: Growing up?
"It's not recovery that is painful; our ____ to it is what hurts."
- Narcotics Anonymous, Living Clean: The Journey Continues
What is: Resistance.
The NA devotional you read in the morning?
What is: Just For Today (JFT)
What is always on the way but never arrives?
What is: Tomorrow
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
What is: Philippians 4:13
What golden animal did the Israelites make as an idol?
What is: A Calf (Exo 32:4)
What did Paul do to the soothsayer which made her masters unhappy?
Commanded the spirit of divination to leave her (Acts 16:18-19)
Which garden did Jesus go to, to pray in before his arrest?
What is: Gethsemane (Matt 26:36)
30th book, starts with A
What is: Amos
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 20?
What is: James
Whose “days are like grass,” according to the Psalmist?
Man (Ps 103:15)
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
What is: Step 5?
This part of the Big Book describes the physical and medical aspects related to the allergy of alcohol
What is: The Doctor's Opinion
True or false, resentments are not the number one offender.
What is: False
Bill W. was born in 1895 in his parent's home and business, which ironically was this.
What is: a bar
Easy Does It, but _____ _____!
What is: Do It
"Our ____ involved much more than just using drugs, so our recovery must involve much more than simple abstinence."
- Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous
What is: Disease
True or False, Narcotics Anonymous was founded in St. Paul Minnesota
What is: False
A prison you feel safe in, yet never quite happy. Whenever you try to leave, it only grows bigger.
What is: Your comfort zone
... think about that one!
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
What is: Romans 8:28
What did the earth look like in the beginning?
What is: Without form and empty (Gen 1:2)
Out of the ten lepers who Jesus healed, how many came back to say thank you?
One (Luke 17:15)
Which bird does Jesus say we have more value than?
What is: Sparrow (Matt 10:31)
20th book, starts with P
What is: Proverbs
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 19?
What is: Hebrews
What was the name of Abigail’s first husband?
Nabal (1 Sam 25:3)
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
What is: Step 7
The chapter that is titled 'There is a Solution'
What is: Chapter 2
The alcoholic has a daily reprieve from drinking contingent upon maintenance of their _______ condition
What is: Spiritual?
Bill W. wrote a set of spiritual guidelines to ensure the survival of individual AA groups, call this.
What is: The 12 Traditions
Seven days without __ __________ _______ ____ ______
What is: a meeting makes one weak
"Our Negative sense of self has been replaced by a ______ ______ for others. Answers are provided and problems are solved. It is a great gift to feel human again."
- Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous
What is: Positive Concern
True or False, this keytag is for 6 months clean?
What is: False
Green is for 60 days
How many steps are in a twelve-step program?
What is: 12
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
What is: Philippians 4:6
How was Isaac’s wife chosen?
His father sent a servant back to Mesopotamia to choose a wife from his own family (Gen 24)
Who preached, “Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”?
John the Baptist (Matt 3:1-2)
When Jesus asked “whom say ye that I am?” what did Peter reply?
What is: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Matt 16:16)
11th book, starts with a number
What is: 1 Kings
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 3?
What is: Luke
What did Paul do when he couldn’t bear to be away from the brethren at Thessalonica any longer?
Sent Timothy to encourage them (1 Th 3:1-2)
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.
What is: Step 11?
The year that the Big Book was initially published
What is: 1939
Dr. William Silkworth wrote The Doctor's what in the preface of the AA Big Book?
What is: Opinion
Location of the house where Bill W. was born that was converted in to a AA meeting house / B&B
What is: East Dorset, Vermont?
An _________ alone is in bad company
What is: addict
"Our disease involved much more than just using drugs, so our recovery must involve much more than ___ ___."
-Narcotics Anonymous Fellowship, Narcotics Anonymous
What is: Simple Abstinence
How much clean time is associated with this keytag?
What is: 9 months
What step are they referring to in the third step prayer?
What is: Step 3
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
What is: Matthew 11:28
To which tribe did Jesus belong?
What is: Judah (Heb 7:14)
What is Jesus’ final commission to his disciples?
What is: Teach all nations, baptizing them (Matt 28:19)
When Jesus died, for how long was there darkness over the land?
What is: Three hours (Luke 23:44)
The last book of the OT
What is: Malachi
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 10?
What is: Ephesians
Which priest anointed Solomon?
What is: Zadok (1 Ki 1:39)
The only step you have get 100% right
What is: Step 1
What is the name of the guy that came into Bill's kitchen and talked with him about a solution he had found?
Who is: Ebby Thatcher
Name the four horsemen.
What are: terror, bewilderment, frustration, despair
See page 151, paragraph 2, line 9
What pivotal thing did Bill W. do while staying at the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, Ohio?
What is: He made a phone call in the hotel lobby instead of going to the bar
If you do what you always did,_____ ___ _____ ____ _______ ____
What is: "you'll get what you always got"
Why aren’t people in recovery good dancers?
What is: They lose interest after twelve steps.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
What is: Jeremiah 29:11
Who suggested that Jonah be thrown overboard?
Who is: Jonah himself (Jon 1:12)
What is “friendship with the world”, according to James?
What is: Enmity with God (Jam 4:4)
Which profession does Jesus compare himself to spiritually?
What is: Shepherd (John 10:14)
There are 39 books in the Old Testament, this is book number 36
What is: Zephaniah
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 8?
What is: 2 Corinthians
Which disciple asked Jesus to show them the Father?
Who is: Philip (John 14:8)
This step includes the words "carry this message"
What is: Step 12
On page one of “Bill’s Story”, he writes of a church, outside of which was the doggerel about the Hampshire Grenadier. What was the name of the church?
What is: Winchester Cathedral
Step 10 advises that we continue to watch for what?
selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, fear
or
a better sponsor or A.A. meeting
What is: selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, fear
See page 84, paragraph 2, line 9
Serenity is not freedom from the storm but ______ in the storm.
What is: PEACE
Why did the accountant do so well in AA?
What is: He was already a friend of bills.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.
What is: Psalm 107:1
Who ran from Mount Carmel to Samaria faster than Ahab could drive his chariot?
What is: Elijah (1 Ki 18:44-46)
In the vision of Jesus in Revelation, what came out of Jesus’ mouth?
What is: A sharp sword (Rev 19:15)
Who carried the cross for Christ?
What is: Simon of Cyrene (Matt 27:32)
There are 39 books in the Old Testament, this is book number 31 (Hint: begins with a vowel)
What is: Obadiah
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 14?
What is: 2 Thessalonians
Who had a bed 13.5 foot long by 6 foot wide?
Who is: Og (Deut 3:11)
Steps 8 and 9 both include the word "amends," this one says "direct amends"
What is: Step 9
Dr. Paul O. wrote a story that has been included in the story section of the Big Book. He talks of a concept that was the answer to all his problems. What is the concept?
What is: Acceptance
The alcoholic has a daily reprieve from drinking contingent upon what?
Going to meetings
or
the maintenance of our spiritual condition?
What is: the maintenance of our spiritual condition
Sometimes you need to pick up the thousand pound...
What is: "Phone"
A law student and a recovering alcoholic share what in common?
What is: They both have to pass the bar.
Our faith can move mountains.
What is: Matthew 17:20
Aaron turned his rod into a serpent before Pharaoh, and Pharaoh’s magicians did likewise, but what happened to their serpents?
What is: Aaron’s rod swallowed them (Exo 7:12)
What did John do with the little book (scroll) he took from the angel?
What is: He ate it (Rev 10:10)
What question concerning marriage did the Pharisees use to tempt Jesus?
What is: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (Divorce) (Matt 19:3)
There are 39 books in the Old Testament, this is book number 26 (Hint: begins with a vowel)
What is: Ezekiel
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 12?
What is: Colossians
How old was David when he died?
What is: Seventy (2 Sam 5:4)
This step includes the words "moral inventory"
What is: Step 4
On the second page of “A Vision For You”, p. 52, what is mentioned is as a sufficient substitute for liquor?
What is: Fellowship in A.A.
The name of AA's "Meeting in Print"
What is: The Grapevine
Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness (H.O.W.) are also known as this
What are: The "Essentials" of Recovery
To change a lightbulb, how many alcoholics does it take?
What is: Just one – he holds the lightbulb and the whole world revolves around him.
Jesus wept.
What is: John 11:35
Which Psalm contains the line, “He leads me beside the still waters”?
What is: Psalm 23 (Ps 23:2)
When a man said to Jesus, “who is my neighbor?” what parable did Jesus reply with?
What is: The good Samaritan (Luke 10:29)
Who did Pilate send Jesus to after he had interrogated him?
What is: Herod (Luke 23:7)
There are 39 books in the Old Testament, this is book number 29
What is: Joel
There are 27 books in the New Testament.
What book is # 25?
What is: 3 John
How long was Noah’s ark?
What is: 300 cubits / 450 feet (Gen 6:15)
This step includes the words "our will and our lives"
What is: Step 3
What year did Bill and Lois visit Birmingham during their motorcycle tour as a young married couple?
April 1926 -- camped in Fultondale
AA's Post Office Box number in Grand Central Station in NYC
What is: Box 459
"It's easier to resist the _ _ _ _ than to wrestle with the _ _ _ _ ."
What is: Bait and Hook
What prompted the duck to go to rehab?
What Is: Because he was a quack addict!