LOCATION OF THE TWELVE STEPS OF RECOVERY
IN THE BASIC TEXT OF THE BIG BOOK
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*BEGIN: INTRO WEEK...
"AN INTRODUCTION TO A NEW WAY OF LIFE"
CHAPTER 11: A VISION FOR YOU - Pg. 151-164
*STEP ONE......

"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
FORWARD TO 1st EDITION- pg. xiii-xiv And THE DOCTOR'S OPINION- pg. xxv-xxxii


"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
CHAPTER 1: BILL'S STORY - pg. 1-16
"...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 2: THERE IS A SOLUTION - pg. 17-29
"...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 3: MORE ABOUT ALCOHOLISM - pg. 30-43

*STEP TWO......

"CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES ... COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY."
CHAPTER 4: WE AGNOSTICS - pg. 44-57


*STEP THREE......

"MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD ... AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM."
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 58-64


*STEP FOUR......

"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (RESENTMENT'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 64-67


"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (FEAR'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 67-68
"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (SEX CONDUCT & HARM DONE TO OTHERS)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 68-71

*STEP FIVE......

"ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 72-75


*STEP SIX......

"WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.


*STEP SEVEN......

"HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.


*STEP EIGHT......

"MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED, AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84


*STEP NINE......

"MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO, WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84


*STEP TEN......

"CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 84-85


*STEP ELEVEN......

"SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD... AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM,... PRAYING ONLY FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US, AND THE POWER TO CARRY THAT OUT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 85-88


*STEP TWELVE......

"HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO ALCOHOLICS..."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 89-95


"...AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 96-103

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