Step One
Step One – We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Trev – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Jessielea – What does it feel like to have a craving for more after the first drink?
- Frank – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Andrew M – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Rhonda R – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Lesley – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Lisa R – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Megan T – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- T’Mara – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- Damien – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Garry S – How has our drinking made our lives unmanageable?
- Cath – How do I know I’m an alcoholic?
- Anthony E – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- David C – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Denise M – What are some personal examples of having no defence against the first drink?
- Patrick – Why did we decide to stop drinking?
- Michael P – How did our drinking affect other people?
- Deb B – How did we try to hide our alcoholic drinking?
- Peter T – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Gerry B – How has our drinking made our lives unmanageable?
- Connie C – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Will – How has our drinking made our lives unmanageable?
- Zac G – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Erica S – Why did we decide to stop drinking?
- Uliana – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- Karolina – How do I know I’m an alcoholic?
- Chris D – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- Alan C – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- Mark S – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Emma G – How did we try to hide our alcoholic drinking?
- Drew P – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Rosemary O – What lies did we tell about our drinking?
- Rachel R – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- Frank O – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Stuart B – How has our drinking made our lives unmanageable?
- Seth P – What did we lose because of our drinking?
- Susie P – What did we lose because of our drinking?
- Fab – When did we start to realise we drink differently to others?
- Kylie W – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- Cherrie G – When did we start to realise we drink differently to others?
- Damien G – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- John A – When did we start to realise we drink differently to others?
- Laura B – What did we lose because of our drinking?
- Anne W – What lies did we tell about our drinking?
- Syd G – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Wenceslao – What did we lose because of our drinking?
- Kevin H – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Simon L – What are some personal examples of having no defence against the first drink?
- Neil G – What are some personal examples of having no defence against the first drink?
- Lisa L – How did our drinking affect other people?
- Deidre – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Julian – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Rachel M – How is our drinking different from the average drinker?
- Simone – How did our drinking affect other people?
- Jay – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Pam F – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- Katherine C – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- Nichola S – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Gaye H – How did our drinking affect other people?
- Taylor – How is our drinking different from the average drinker?
- Mild Bill – Why did we decide to stop drinking?
- George C – How is our drinking different from the average drinker?
- Barb M – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Elisha – How do I know I’m an alcoholic?
- Barbara – Why did we decide to stop drinking?
- Brenton – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- Tara – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?
- Libby – How is our drinking different from the average drinker?
- Greg J – “How is our drinking different from the average drinker?”
- Anna – How do I know I’m an alcoholic?
Step Two
Step Two – Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Assi – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Rosie C – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- Jessielea – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Johnny – When did we find hope?
- Cath – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Damien – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Gem – When did we find hope?
- David C – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Brenda – When did we find hope?
- Brian – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Chris D – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Neil G – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Libby – What does the AA program promise?
- Barb M – How did we come to believe in a power greater than ourselves?
- Megan T – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- Wenceslao – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Guy – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Connie C – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Chris L – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- David – When did we find hope?
- Garry S – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- PJ – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Jasmin – How did we come to believe in a power greater than ourselves?
- Laura N – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- T’Mara – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- Simone – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- John A – Why do we need a Higher Power?
- Derek – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Kenny S – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Blake S – Where did we find hope?
- Kylie W – Where did we find hope?
- Laura B – When did we realise that the drinking problem could be solved?
- Greg C – When did we realise that the drinking problem could be solved?
- Barry F – Where did we find hope?
- Anthony E – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- Carlie – How did we come to believe in a power greater than ourselves?
- Sharon W – How did we come to believe in a power greater that ourselves?
- Matt G – What does the AA program promise?
- Peter T – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Joel F – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Emma G – What does the AA program promise?
- Brendan S – What does the AA program promise?
- Jim B – Why do we need a Higher Power?
- Steph – Why do we need a Higher Power?
- Steve T – Why do we need a Higher Power?
- Dayna – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Anne W – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Paul Y – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Molly – When did we find hope?
- Jim – When did we find hope?
- Michael – When did we find hope?
Step Three
Step Three – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
- Trev – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Barb M – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- PJ – How do we know we have had the ‘spiritual awakening’ promised in Step Twelve?
- Anne W – What do we do about wrongs we can never right?
- Lisa R – What are some examples of amends we can’t or shouldn’t make?
- Anthony E – What old ideas did we need to let go?
- Assi – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Jessielea – How do we explain to other people why we decided not to drink?
- Megan T – What unexpected consequences came from making amends?
- Jessielea – What does it feel like to have a craving for more after the first drink?
- Mark S – What fears did we discover while taking step four?
- Brenda – How do we maintain the discipline to pray and meditate regularly?
- Derek – What’s it like to be ‘restored to sanity’?
- Kenny S – What amends did we balk at doing?
- Rosie C – What convinced us to try AA’s 12 step program?
- Frank – What convinced us we were powerless over alcohol?
- Jessielea – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Johnny – When did we find hope?
- Brian – When did we start to try meditation and prayer?
- Guy – How have we made financial amends?
- Rachael G – What is an AA Homegroup and how did we choose one?
- Blake S – What are we deciding to do when we take Step Three?
- David M – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Andrew M – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Wenceslao – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- Andrew M – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- T’Mara – How did we become willing to make amends?
- David M – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Andrew M – What are we deciding to do when we take Step Three?
- Cath – How did we choose our own conception of God?
- Taylor – What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- Neil G – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Damien – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Patrick – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Simone – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Michael P – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Chris D – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Gem – When did we find hope?
- Rhonda R – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Deb B – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- David M – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- David C – How do we keep an open mind on spiritual ideas?
- Garry S – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Anne W – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- PJ – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- Lesley – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Barb M – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Anthony E – How have we made amends to family?
- Lisa R – How did we learn our drinking was abnormal?
- Mark S – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Derek – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Molly – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Brenda – When did we find hope?
- Megan T – How do I know I am an alcoholic?
- Kenny S – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- David M – What was our experience when taking step three?
- T’Mara – What was the last straw that made us decide to stop drinking?
- John A – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Kylie W – How did our lives change after we made amends?
- Brian – What convinced us that the AA program could work for us?
- Wenceslao – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Blake S – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Barry H – How did we overcome reluctance to make amends?
- Guy – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Patrick – What was the effect of taking Step Three?
- Simone – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Uliana – What was the effect of taking Step Three?
- Gareth – When were we ready to start the housecleaning steps?
- Cath – What is our morning spiritual routine?
- Michael P – How have we made amends to family?
Step Four
Step Four – Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Mark S – What fears did we discover while taking step four?
- Michael P – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- David M – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Garry S – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Barb M – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Kenny S – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- John A – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Rhonda R – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Cherrie G – How do we ensure our fourth step inventory is fearless and thorough?
- Lesley – What made us balk at writing our Step Four inventory?
- Derek – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Gaye H – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Uliana – What made us balk at writing our Step Four inventory?
- Sam B – What fears did we discover while taking inventory?
- Wenceslao – How do we ensure our fourth step inventory is fearless and thorough?
- Sanjay – How do we ensure our fourth step inventory is fearless and thorough?
- Jonny K – How do we ensure our fourth step inventory is fearless and thorough?
- Barbara – What made us balk at writing our Step Four inventory?
- Steve T – What made us balk at writing our Step Four inventory?
- Patarawee – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Carl F – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Chris D – What did we learn about ourselves in our step four inventory?
- Noelene – How are resentments dangerous to our sobriety?
- Tiffany – How are resentments dangerous to our sobriety?
- David C – How are resentments dangerous to our sobriety?
- Lindsay – Why is inventory necessary?
- Cath – Why is inventory necessary?
- Madison – Why is inventory necessary?
Step Five
Step Five – Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Barb M – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- David M – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Taylor – What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- Neil G – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Patrick – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Deb B – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Mark S – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Simone – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Gerry B – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- PJ – What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- Barry H – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Molly – What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- Anne W – What did we gain by sharing our inventory with another person?
- Zac G – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Elisha – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Mary M – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Steph – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Blake S – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Brenda – What was our experience when sharing our secrets with someone in the fifth step?
- Julie L – How did we overcome our reluctance to share our inventory with another person?
- Cindy S – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Anthony E – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Kati – What did we discover about ourselves while sharing our inventory?
- Andrea – How did we choose the person or people to hear our inventory?
- Peter T – How did we choose the person or people to hear our inventory?
- Anthea – How did we choose the person or people to hear our inventory?
Step Six
Step Six – Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
- David M – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Simone – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Derek – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Molly – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Anthony E – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Patrick – What character defects did we hesitate to give up?
- Brenda – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Barb M – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Lesley – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Kevin H – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Taylor – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Kenny S – How did we become willing to change?
- Guy – How did we become willing to change?
- Katherine C – How did we become willing to change?
- Lisa M – What does it mean to be ‘entirely ready’ in Step Six?
- David – What defects of character have we identified and need to let go?
- Terry W – What does it mean to be ‘entirely ready’ in Step Six?
- Ollie O – What does it mean to be ‘entirely ready’ in Step Six?
- Garry S – What does it mean to be ‘entirely ready’ in Step Six?
- Drew P – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
- Cam – What defects of character did we hesitate to give up?
Step Seven
Step Seven – Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
- Wenceslao – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Anne W – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Lisa R – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Barbara T – How did we find the humility to take step seven?
- Chris D – What spiritual qualities do we aspire to?
- Megan T – Which of our shortcomings have we seen removed?
- Barry H – Which of our shortcomings have we seen removed?
- Seamus C – What spiritual qualities do we aspire to?
- Deb B – What spiritual qualities do we aspire to?
- Wayne P – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Janet M – What do we pray for in step seven?
- Susan B – Which of our shortcomings have we seen removed?
- Frank O – Which of our shortcomings have we seen removed?
Step Eight
Step Eight – Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Anne W – What do we do about wrongs we can never right?
- Lisa R – What are some examples of amends we can’t or shouldn’t make?
- Kenny S – What amends did we balk at doing?
- Andrew M – How did we become willing to make amends?
- T’Mara – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Chris D – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Blake S – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Barry H – How did we overcome reluctance to make amends?
- Barbara T – What are some examples of amends we can’t or shouldn’t make?
- Brian – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Mark S – How did we overcome reluctance to make amends?
- Gerry B – What are some examples of amends we can’t or shouldn’t make?
- Neil G – What are some examples of amends we can’t or shouldn’t make?
- Rhonda R – What amends did we balk at doing?
- Derek – What amends did we balk at doing?
- Sonny – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Mary M – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Trent – How did we become willing to make amends?
- Rachel R – How did we become willing to make amends?
Step Nine
Step Nine – Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Megan T – What unexpected consequences came from making amends?
- Guy – How have we made financial amends?
- Anne W – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- PJ – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- Anthony E – How have we made amends to family?
- Kylie W – How did our lives change after we made amends?
- Michael P – How have we made amends to family?
- David C – How did our lives change after we made amends?
- Simone – How did our lives change after we made amends?
- Cherrie G – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- Peter T – How did our lives change after we made amends?
- Wenceslao – How have we made amends to family?
- John A – How have we made amends to family?
- Barb M – How do we ensure our amends are sensible, tactful, considerate and humble?
- Lisa M – How do we make amends to our loved ones?
- Rhonda R – How do we make amends to our loved ones?
- Damien G – How do we make amends to our loved ones?
Step Ten
Step Ten – Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
- Derek – What’s it like to be ‘restored to sanity’?
- Wenceslao – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- Taylor – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- John A – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- Deb B – What growth have we gained by practicing Step Ten?
- Robbie L – When did we feel that the drink problem had been removed?
- Kylie W – How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
- Zac G – How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
- Anthony E – How do we turn our thoughts to someone we can help?
- Connie C – When did we feel that the drink problem had been removed (as promised in step ten)?
- Michael P – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- T’Mara – How do we deal with new resentments when they crop up?
- Guy – How do we turn our thoughts to someone we can help?
- Laura N – How do we turn our thoughts to someone we can help?
- Ollie D – How do we turn our thoughts to someone we can help?
- Dean – How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
- Paul N – How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
- Cherrie G – How do we watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear?
Step Eleven
Step Eleven – Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
- Brenda – How do we maintain the discipline to pray and meditate regularly?
- Brian – When did we start to try meditation and prayer?
- Cath – What is our morning spiritual routine?
- Uliana – How do we constructively review our day?
- Mark S – How do we find the discipline to practice daily prayer and meditation?
- Ineka – What is our morning spiritual routine?
- Erica S – What is our morning spiritual routine?
- Phil – How do we constructively review our day?
- Jenny K – How do we constructively review our day?
- Erin M – How do we constructively review our day?
- Henry – Has there been a revolutionary change in our way of living and thinking?
- Lesley – Has there been a revolutionary change in our way of living and thinking?
- Dave A – Has there been a revolutionary change in our way of living and thinking?
- Jenny C – When did we start to try meditation and prayer?
- Darren D – When did we start to try meditation and prayer?
- Patrick – When did we start to try meditation and prayer?
Step Twelve
Step Twelve – Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
- PJ – How do we know we have had the ‘spiritual awakening’ promised in Step Twelve?
- Guy – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Blake S – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Neil G – What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- Michael P – How is Step Twelve important to our sobriety?
- Julian – What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- Libby – How do we know we have had the ‘spiritual awakening’ promised in Step Twelve?
- Rick – What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- Barbara T – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Chris D What solution are we offering to newcomers?
- Anne W – What solution are we offering to newcomers?
- Alan C – What do we tell newcomers about our struggles to stop drinking?
- Taury S – Can an atheist have a spiritual awakening?
- Paul C – How do we know we have had the ‘spiritual awakening’ promised in Step 12?
- Spencer B – What solution are we offering to newcomers?
- Chris L – What do we tell newcomers about our struggles to stop drinking?
- Uliana – How do we describe alcoholism to someone who is seeking help for their drinking problem?
- Megan T – How do we describe alcoholism to someone who is seeking help for their drinking problem?
- Mark S – How do we describe alcoholism to someone who is seeking help for their drinking problem?
- Steve L – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Andrew – How do we describe AA to someone who has never been to a meeting?
- Kate G – How do we describe AA to someone who has never been to a meeting?
- Seamus C – What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- Deb – What practical advice do we offer to a newcomer who is struggling to stop drinking?
- Jasmin – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- David C – What message do we pass on to newcomers in AA?
- Lisa R – What are the joys of working with others?
- Chris H – What are the joys of working with others?
- T’Mara – What are the joys of working with others?