5th Tradition
Tradition Five says each group has but one of these: to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
What is a primary purpose?
Source: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (AA), Tradition Five, p. 150 in the current printing.
Correct answer 1000
If stolen 1500
Chapter 2 says that if you avoid just this one drink, you never get drunk.
Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team
What is the first drink?
Living Sober (AA), Chapter 2, “Staying away from the first drink,” p. 4.
Correct answer 500
Incorrect answer 300 to the other team
Step Seven: “Humbly asked Him to remove our ______.”
What are shortcomings?
Source: Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Chapter 5, “How It Works,” p. 59; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven, p. 70.
If stolen 1000 to opposing team
Narcotics Anonymous was formed in July of this year, with its first meeting.
What is 1953?
Source: Narcotics Anonymous Greybook (1981 review draft), history of the book.
The Greybook is a historical archive draft, not current approved NA literature.
Correct answer 1000
If stolen 2000
From 1986 to 2011 this woman’s nationally syndicated talk show ran 25 seasons, and then she launched her own network, OWN.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
General knowledge. No recovery literature. Reference: Biography.com, “Oprah Winfrey.”
NA’s wording of its Fifth Tradition says to carry the message to this person.
Who is the addict who still suffers?
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Tradition Seven
Correct answer 600
If stolen 1000
Chapter 3 swaps long-term vows and pledges for this short-term plan.
Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team
What is the 24-hour plan?
Source: Living Sober (AA), Chapter 3, “Using the 24-hour plan.”
Correct answer 600
Incorrect 200 to the other team
The Seventh Step prayer in the Big Book opens by addressing God with these two words.
What is “My Creator”?
Source: Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Chapter 6, “Into Action,” p. 76.
Correct answer 600
If stolen 1200
NA’s first book, published in 1962, goes by this color nickname.
What is the White Booklet?
Source: Narcotics Anonymous IP No. 1 (reprinted from the White Booklet); Greybook (1981 review draft), history of the book.
Right answer 1800
Wrong answer 1000 to the other team
In 1968 she became the first Black woman elected to Congress, and in 1972 she sought the Democratic presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
General knowledge. No recovery literature. Reference: National Archives, “Shirley Chisholm” (archives.gov).
⚠ ZERO OUT: If answered incorrectly, that team's score resets to ZERO.
The 12&12 summary of Tradition Five says sobriety can’t be kept unless it is this.
What is given away?
Correct answer 900
If stolen 1200
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (AA), Contents, summary of Tradition Five; chapter begins p. 150.
Chapter 9 suggests eating or drinking something, usually this flavor, to dampen the urge to drink.
What is sweet?
Living Sober (AA), Chapter 9, “Eating or drinking something, usually sweet.”
Correct answer 900
Incorrect answer 300 to the other team
Because Step Seven so specifically concerns it, the 12&12 pauses to ask what this quality is.
What is humility?
Source: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (AA), Step Seven, p. 70.
Correct answer 600
If stolen 900
The NA pamphlet “Just for Today” says a lot happens in one day, and we should appreciate both kinds. Name them.
What are the negative and the positive?
Narcotics Anonymous IP No. 8, Just for Today (© 1983 NA World Services), closing paragraph.
Right answer 1500
Wrong answer 2100 to the other team
She opened a school for Black girls in Daytona in 1904 with $1.50, later led FDR’s “Black Cabinet,” and the school grew into a university that carries her name
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
★ SPECIAL: If answered correctly, that team's score DOUBLES.
Tradition Five and this Step both center on carrying the message.
Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team
What is Step Twelve?
Source: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (AA), Step Twelve (p. 106) and Tradition Five (p. 150).
Correct answer 800
incorrect answer 400 to the other team
Some members add these three words to the slogan “Easy Does It.”
What is “but do it”?
Source: Living Sober (AA), Chapter 1, “Using this booklet” (the two cautions). See also Chapter 18, “Easy Does It.”
⚠ ZERO OUT: If answered incorrectly, that team's score resets to ZERO.
In the 1981 Greybook draft, “Just for Today” is this numbered chapter.
What is chapter nine?
Source: Narcotics Anonymous Greybook (1981 review draft), foreword. “Just for Today” is also Chapter 9 of the NA Basic Text.
The Greybook is a historical archive draft, not current approved NA literature.
Correct answer 1200
If stolen 2000
In the 1981 Greybook draft, “Just for Today” is this numbered chapter.
What is chapter nine?
Source: Narcotics Anonymous Greybook (1981 review draft), foreword. “Just for Today” is also Chapter 9 of the NA Basic Text.
The Greybook is a historical archive draft, not current approved NA literature.
⚠ ZERO OUT: If answered incorrectly, that team's score resets to ZERO.
Born Sarah Breedlove, she built a hair-care empire, and Guinness World Records lists her as the first woman to earn a personal fortune over $1,000,000.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
☠ STEAL ALL: If answered incorrectly, the OPPOSING team takes ALL of that team's points.
In 1946 the Traditions first ran in the AA Grapevine under the title “Twelve Points to Assure Our
What is Future?
Source: AA World Services, “The Twelve Traditions” (aa.org/the-twelve-traditions).
1500 if answered correctly
If stolen 2000
Chapter 12, on rest, mentions one member’s odd insomnia remedy: this soda, heated, with pepper in it.
Only the person who picked can answer with no help from their team
What is ginger ale?
Source: Living Sober (AA), Chapter 12, “Getting plenty of rest.”
Correct answer 2000
Incorrect answer 1000 to the other team
The Seventh Step prayer appears on this page of the Big Book.
What is page 76?
Source: Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Chapter 6, “Into Action,” p. 76.
The Greybook is a historical archive draft, not current approved NA literature.
☠ STEAL ALL: If answered incorrectly, the OPPOSING team takes ALL of that team's points.
The Greybook draft says the book exists to tell every addict: “Just for today, you never have to ___ again.”
What is use?
Source: Narcotics Anonymous Greybook (1981 review draft), foreword.
The Greybook is a historical archive draft, not current approved NA literature.
⭐ DOUBLE POINTS: If answered correctly, that team's ENTIRE score doubles.
In July 2009 she became CEO of Xerox, the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Who is Ursula Burns?
⚠ SPECIAL: If answered incorrectly, that team's score resets to ZERO.