Twelve Steps
Meetings
Big Book
Fun Facts and Random Questions
Firsts, Onlys and Musts
100
How many steps were there originally?
6
100
AA members approaching new members for romance or dates is sometimes referred to as....
"Thirteenth-stepping"
100
What are the three essentials in AA Big Book?
Willingness, honesty and open mindedness
are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable.
100
What was the organization that inspired a lot of AA's ideals and methods?
The Oxford Group
100
Recite the first step. What does the DASH between two parts of step 1 mean?
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Dash means end one thought beginning of another200
Which step is the first step to include talk of a higher power?
Step 2
200
AA members who only stay physically sober and share with others how to stay only physically sober are called what ?
Two steppers
200
What is the full title of the original "Big Book"?
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism
200
which one of our cofounders had a dog named Roger?
Dr. Bob
200
What is “ the first step in recovery”? (The way it says it on p 39 in chapter “More about alcoholism”)
we learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery.
300
How many of the 12 Steps of AA have the word alcohol or alcoholic in them?
2
300
AA meetings that do not carry a Big Book solution topic followed by a big book solution discussion are called what ?
Dead Cat meetings
Open Disgusting meetings
300
what name did Bill W want to give the Big Book but couldn’t
The Way Out
300
Was Bill Wilson on the cover of Time magazine?
No, Bill W refused to have his picture even from the back. His full identity was only revealed after his death
300
What was our Sweet Gene’s first spiritual experience? Where did it happen?
Gene fell on his knees next to his jail cot and surrendered. Then he fell asleep peacefully to the great annoyance off his jail cell mate.
400
The 12 Steps of NA have 11 of the 12 beginning with the word "we"; How many steps does the 12 Steps of AA begin with "we"?
1
400
What is the PRIMARY PURPOSE of a real AA group ? (Hint: use tradition not pre-amble)
each group has but one primary purpose – to carry it’s message to the alcoholic who still suffers (Tradition 5)
400
The beginning of the Big Book has not been changed since 1939, but exactly how many pages does that consist of?
164
400
How did the Serenity Prayer come to be used in 12 Step programs?
It was seen in an obituary and brought to Bill W's attention by a member named Jack.
400
What is the only step that promises freedom from drinking?
Step 10
500
How many steps have more two or more separate parts to them? Name these steps and their separate parts 🤩
5 steps: 1, 8, 10, 11 and 12
1, 8, 10 and 11 have 2 parts
12 has 3 parts
500
After Bill W quit drinking, WHICH 2 STEPS (as we know them today) became turning points and led to the formation of our Alcoholics Anonymous.
step 12 ( Bill sharing his experience, strength and hope to Dr Bob)
And step 9 (Dr Bob going around town making amends )
500
Why is the Alcoholics Anonymous book nicknamed "The Big Book"?
They picked the cheapest, thickest paper the printer had, and requested that each page be printed with unusually large margins surrounding the text. This made for an unusually large book.
500
Which one of the cofounders had tattoos, Bill W or Dr Bob?
Dr Bob
500
ill in the blanks:
"you don’t have to ________ everyone in AA, but you must_________them. "
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