Twelve Steps
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Fun Facts:
Firsts
100

The 12 steps originated out of these phrases

What are the 6 tenets of the Oxford Group

100

The name of the oldest, continuously operating Women's AA Group in the world

What is the Winnipeg Womens Group

100

How many sections are in the Big Book?

What are 4

100

This organization inspired many of A.A.'s ideals and methods.

What is the Oxford Group

100

Recite the first step.

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.

200

Which step is the first step to include talk of a higher power?

What is Step 2

200

What does it mean to say some AA meetings are "closed" or "open"?

What is closed meetings are for alcoholics only, open meetings anyone can attend

200

What is the original full title of the Big Book?

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

200

She is the nurse who helped almost 5000 hospitalized alcoholic patients

Who is Sister Ignatia

200

This is the year the first woman joined AA.

What is 1937

300

This many of the 12 steps have the word "alcohol" in them

What is 2

300

There are both men and women specific meetings. True or False

True

300

Fill in the blank:

"Acceptance is__________.

the answer to all my problems today."

300

Alcoholics Anonymous state this is its "spiritual foundation"

What is anonymity
300

The name of the first AA group in Manitoba

What is the The Winnipeg Group

400

This many of the 12 steps begin with the word "WE"

What is 1

400

Fill in the blank:

Every A.A. group ought to be __________.

What is fully self supporting

400

How many pages in the Big Book have been left unchanged since 1939? 

What is 164

400

How did the Serenity Prayer come to be used in AA?

What is a member named Jack saw it in an obituary and showed it to Bill W

400

The year of the first Gratitude Day in Winnipeg

What is 1972

500

After which step do we find the Promises?

What is Step Nine

500

Bill W and Dr. Bob had their first meeting this year, in this city and state

When is 1935 Akron, Ohio

500

Why Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?

Why is they picked the cheapest, thickest paper the printer had, and asked each page be printed with large margins surrounding the text. This resulted in an unusually large book.

500

He twelfth stepped Bill Wilson

Who is Ebby Thacher

500

The day AA members celebrate as the birthday of Alcoholics Anonymous

June 10, 1935