IV. The Big Book Step Study Hyannis Rotation :

12 Steps
Location in the A.A.
4th Edition
Rotation

Step 1
i
“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol…”
The Doctor’s Opinion, xxv-xxxii.
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Step 1
ii
“…that our lives had become unmanageable.”
Chapter 3: More About Alcoholism, 30-43.
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Step 2
“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Chapter 4: We Agnostics, 44-57.
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Step 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, 58-64.
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Step 4
i
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Resentment
Chapter 5: How It Works, 64-67.
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Step 4
ii
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Fear
Chapter 5: How It Works, 67-68.
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Step 4
iii
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Sex
Chapter 5: How It Works, 68-71.
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Step 5
“Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”
Chapter 6: Into Action, 72-75.
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Step 6
“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”
Chapter 6: Into Action, 76.
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Step 7
“Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.”

Step 8
“Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.”
Chapter 6: Into Action, 76-84.
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Step 9
“Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”

Step 10
“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Chapter 6: Into Action, 84-85.
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Step 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, 85-88.
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Step 12
i
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics…”
Chapter 7: Working with Others, 89-96.
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Step 12
ii
“…and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”
Chapter 7: Working with Others, 96-103.
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