Step 2: Came to Believe
This step involves coming to believe in a Power greater than ourselves.
What is Step 2?
This step is about turning our will and lives over to the care of whom?
What is "God as we understood Him"?
Step 4 asks us to make a searching and fearless inventory of this.
What is "ourselves"?
This concept, often misunderstood, is about connecting to something beyond ourselves.
What is "spirituality"?
T/F: You must believe in the Christian God to work the steps.
What is "False"?
This word is used to describe how we began to trust something beyond ourselves.
What is "faith"?
This common phrase means surrendering control in Step 3.
What is "Let go and let God"?
This common format helps organize our moral inventory.
What is a "four-column inventory"?
The AA program is described as this type of program, not a religious one.
What is "spiritual"?
People often think Step 4 is about judging ourselves, but it's really about this.
What is "self-honesty and discovery"?
According to AA, this is restored by a Higher Power in Step 2.
What is "sanity"?
In Step 3, this is the action we take regarding our will.
What is "turn it over"?
In Step 4, we look at resentments, fears, and harms to others to identify these.
What are "character defects"?
This higher principle is said to restore us to sanity.
What is a "Higher Power"?
Step 3 is not about destroying or suppressing our will but instead we aim to _____ ___ ____.
What is "turn it over"?
True or False: Step 2 requires immediate belief in God.
What is "False"?
This is the alcoholic's dilemma or the two alternatives as described by Joe McQ.
What is "blot out the consciousness of our intolerable situation or accept spiritual help"?
Step 4 is often feared, but it's said that fear (F.E.A.R.) is really this.
What is "False Evidence Appearing Real"?
This emotion is a powerful motivator in early recovery and part of spiritual growth.
What is "hope"?
Many fear Step 2 because they confuse "Higher Power" with this.
What is "organized religion"?
This common slogan reflects Step 2’s theme of hope and progress.
What is "Came to believe"?
This prayer is often associated with Step 3.
What is the "Third Step Prayer"?
The goal of Step 4 is to prepare us for this next key step.
What is "Step 5 – admitting our wrongs"?
The Big Book emphasizes that this kind of awakening is a result of working the steps.
What is a "spiritual awakening"?
Some believe they can skip steps, but this is the truth.
What is "Each step builds on the last"?