Step Study

A.A.’s FIRST LEGACY: RECOVERY

Click the Step To View That Step’s Study Guide

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Step 11
Step 12

From the Foreword of the 12& 12 – “A.A.’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.”

Note: “Happily whole” in INTERNAL and “Usefully whole” is external. It’s been my experience that by taking the 12 Steps and by having experienced a spiritual awakening, I will be given a life beyond my wildest dreams AND I will fully understand what it means to think of others and to be of service to the still suffering alcoholic.

Each Step Guide Contains:

  • The Step
  • One Thing You Need To Know
  • The Step’s Spiritual Principle
  • The Step’s Reading Assignment
  • What You Will Surrender
  • A Brief Summary About the Step
  • Myths About that Step
  • The Step’s Inventory
  • The Step’s Checklist

NOTE TO ALL BEFORE STARTING THIS STEP STUDY

This study outlines the process I use anytime someone (newcomer or not) asks me to teach them how to take the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.  And as we all know, there are many ways to take someone through the Steps, but this is the process I use.  One thing to note though, before I start ANYONE on Step 1, there is a little prep work we do before taking that Step:

  1. On our first sit down, I let them tell me their story.  I do this for the primary reason, that I want to hear what they are (or think they are) bringing to the table and so I can begin to qualify them as an alcoholic (which will be fleshed out in the #2 and #3 bullet point below).
  2. On the second sit down, we read together, “The Doctor’s Opinion.”
  3. On the third sit down, we read together, “More About Alcoholism.”
    • On this sit down, once we are done reading, I take them to Step 1 in this study and teach them how to begin.

Disclaimer:  Again, this is only one man’s process and it’s not right or wrong, it’s just the process I have been using for so long as I have been sponsoring people.  Use it – don’t use it, it’s completely up to you.  It’s been my experience that using the setup above creates a strong foundation for sponsees to be able to jump in and begin taking the Steps.  I wish you all the best (sponsor and sponsee alike) as you walk through taking our amazing Steps so you too, may experience the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism.  May God bless your journey!

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