1. Read from the beginning of the Basic Text, "Our Symbol" pg. IX
to the end of Chapter 5, "What can I do".
2. Answer in writing the questions in the first paragraph after
the italicize section of Chapter 4 "How it Works".
3. Write what you expect from NA.
4. Write what you expect from your sponsor.
5. Get a Good Dictionary.
STEP ONE
1. Read Step One out of the Basic Text every day before writing.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the dictionary says it means.
3. Write what each of these parts mean to you:
a. We admitted
b. That we were Powerless
c. Our Addiction
d. That our lives
e. Had become unmanageable.
4. Every day write on events that happened that caused strong feelings Today
and from the Past. Write about the circumstances leading up to the event, the
event itself, and the consequences arising from the event, be they good or bad.
5. Look up Control. Write about what part your need to control played in the above events.
6. Look-up Surrender. Write about how an Attitude of Surrender may have helped.
1. Read Step Two out of the Basic Text Every Day before writing.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the Dictionary says it means.
3. Write your concept of insanity. Then look it up and write what you have learned.
4. Write your concept of sanity. Then look it up and write what you have learned.
5. Write your concept of Faith. Then look it up and write what you have learned.
6. Write what each Part means to you:
a. We Came
b. To Believe
c. That a Power
d. Greater than Ourselves
e. Could Restore us to Sanity
7. Write what is your "Power Greater than Yourself".
8. Every Day write on events that relate to, "Making the same mistake
and expecting different results". And Write on Events that a
"Power Greater that Yourself" participated in your life.
1. Read Step Three out of the Basic Text Every Day before writing on this Step.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the Dictionary says it means.
3. Write your concept of willingness then look it up and write what you have learned.
4. Write what each of these parts means to you:
a. We Made
b. A Decision
c. To Turn Our Will
d. And Our Lives
e. Over to the Care of God
f. As We Understood Him
5. Write how you understand God.
6. Every Day write on Events you thought about longer than you
needed to and events that you left in God's Hands.
1. Read Step Four out of the Basic Text at least every week
during the writing of this Step.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the dictionary says it means.
3. Write what each of these parts mean to you:
a. We made
b. a searching and fearless
c. Moral inventory
d. of ourselves
4. Read carefully the Guideline(s) and Instructions your Sponsor gives you.
5. Remember your not alone. You can ask questions or talk about anything
before, during, or after working this Step. If in doubt call your Sponsor.
6. Call your Sponsor within 24 hrs. of completing this Step.
1. Read Step Five out of the Basic Text every day until you go
over Step Four with your Sponsor.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the dictionary says it means.
3. Write what each of these parts mean to you:
a. We admitted
b. to God
c. to Ourselves
d. and to another Human Being
e. the exact nature of
f. our wrongs.
4. Make a Date with your Sponsor and God to finish this Step.
1. Read Step Six out of the Basic Text every day before writing.
2. Look up each word individually and write what you learn about the difference
between what you thought it meant and what the dictionary says it means.
3. Write what each of these parts mean to you:
a. We were
b. entirely ready
c. to have God remove
d. all these defects of character.
4. Write the most profound Asset and the most glaring Defect of everyone
you know. Especially everyone you see at Meetings.
5. Look up Willingness, Rebellion and Decisively.
6. Every day write on events that happened were your character defects
clouded your ability to think logically or wasted your time and energy.