Steps in the Big Book
Step
Reading
1
“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol...”
The Doctor’s Opinion pp. xxiii-xxx
1
“...that our lives had become unmanageable.”
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism pp. 30-43
2
“Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Chapter 4: We Agnostics pp. 44-57
2
“Came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Chapter 2: There Is A Solution pp. 17-29
4
3
“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 pp. 58-64
4
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.” Resentment
Chapter 5: How It Works pp. 64-67
4
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.” Fear
Chapter 5: How It Works pp. 67-68
4
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.” Sex
Chapter 5: How It Works pp. 68-71
5
“Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”
Chapter 6: Into Action pp. 72-75
6
&
7“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character.” “Humbly asked Him to remove our
shortcomings.”
Chapter 6: Into Action pp. 76
8
&
9“Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.” “Made direct
amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would
injure them or others.”
Chapter 6: Into Action pp. 76-84
10
“Continued to take personal inventory and when we
were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Chapter 6: Into Action pp. 84-85
11
“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.”
Chapter 6: Into Action pp. 85-88
12
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result
of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics...”
Chapter 7: Working with Others pp. 89-96
12
“...and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.”
Chapter 7: Working with Others pp. 96-103