Program History
These are the co-founders of AA.
Bill W. and Dr. Bob.
These pages have remained largely unchanged since the Big Book was published.
The first 164
This step contains a "searching and fearless moral inventory".
Step 4
This tradition outlines the "requirements" for AA membership.
Tradition 3
These are the 4 Absolutes
Honesty, Unseflishness, Purity, Love
This is the city where AA is considered to have been "founded".
Akron, Ohio
This chapter contains the list of the steps commonly referenced at meetings.
How it Works
These are the two parts of the first step.
Admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
This tradition states that all groups should decline outside contributions.
Tradition 7
These three things "[are] our code."
Patience, Love, and Tolerance
This is the city where the first meeting actually called "Alcoholics Anonymous" took place.
Cleveland
These 3 pages contain instructions on how to begin and end the day in recovery.
Pages 86,87,88.
These steps are often referred to as "The decision steps".
Steps 1,2,3
This group is in charge of literature and policy regarding the traditions.
This phrase, emphasizing that we only have a daily reprieve from alcoholism, is often seen on the walls of meeting rooms.
One Day at a Time
This woman introduced Bill W. to Dr. Bob.
Henrietta Seiberling
This chapter is entirely devoted to Step 12.
Working with Others
These steps are often referred to as "The forgotten steps", only explained in 2 paragraphs in "Into Action".
Steps 6 and 7
Tradition 2 states that all AA groups should be governed by this process.
Group Conscience
This 5 word phrase is often associated with Step 3.
Let go and let God.
This man visited Bill W. and informed him of the spiritual solution of the Oxford Group.
Ebby Thatcher
This is the only chapter in the first 164 NOT written by Bill Wilson.
To the Employers (Written by Hank P.)
The 12 Steps are originally adapted from this group.
The Oxford Group
The traditions were written in this year.
1946
This 3-Step phrase is often used to summarize the day-to-day action of the program. (Begins with "Trust")
Trust God, Clean House, Help Others