Twelve Steps
Meetings
Big Book
Fun Facts and Random Questions
Firsts
100

This was the original number of steps

What is 6?

100

This is year and City/State where the first meeting between Bill W. and Dr. Bob occurred.

What is 1935 in Akron, Ohio?

100

On the first page of Bill's story, a Hampshire Grenadier is mentioned. This was how he caught his death.

What is "Drinking cold, small beer."?

100

Dr. Bob was a real doctor. This was his area of practice.

What is proctology?

100

The first International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous was held in Cleveland, OH in this year.

What is 1950?

200

This is the first step to mention a higher power

What is Step 2?

200

This refers to the type of meeting which requests that only alcoholics attend.

What is a closed meeting?

200

This is the amount of times the word 'powerless' is used in the first 164 pages of the Big Book?

What is once?

200

These are the three legacies in AA.

What are Recovery, Unity, and Service?

200

This is the year that the first woman joined AA.

What is 1937?

300

This is the number of steps in AA to include the word 'alcohol' or 'alcoholic' in them.

What is 2?

300

Name the two things that Dr. Bob said were needed to start a new group in AA.

What is a resentment and a coffee pot?

300

The Big Book was most recently translated into this language.

What is Plain Language?

300

The book 'As Bill Sees It' formally had this title.

What is 'The AA Way of Life'

300

This correctional facility was the first to have an AA group.

What is San Quentin Prison?

400

This is the number of steps that begin with the word "we".

What is 1?

400

Fill in the blank:

Every A.A. group ought to be______________, declining outside contributions.

What is fully self supporting?

400

This is the amount of sections in the Big Book.

What is 4?

400

This set of 12 principles was written for the fellowship as a whole.

What are the 12 Concepts?

400

This is the name of the first 12 step treatment center which was founded by Bill Wilson and Marty Mann.

What is High Watch Recovery Center?

500

This group provided the inspiration for the 12 steps of AA.

What is the Oxford Group?

500

This is the person who started the third AA group that was located in Cleveland, OH.

Who is Clarence S.?

500

This is the full title of the original "Big Book".

What is 'Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism'?

500

This individual wrote the Serenity Prayer?

Who is Reinhold Niebuhr?

500

This is the year of the first publication of the 12 Traditions.

What is 1946?