Being able to point accurately to the step instructions can be lifesaving. We made this book so that anyone who wants to can point easily to all 12 step instructions in the Big Book. This is the original text of AA. Our Big Book Step Instructions booklet is published below for public use and printing (Adobe Acrobat PDF). The primary instructions for the 12 steps are highlighted, in order, in the Big Book.
The instructions are divided into two for each of the 12 steps. This allows us more time for studying some of the primary step instructions from the Big Book. Our group focuses on one step a month. We read the first set of instructions the first week of every month. We read the second set of instructions the second week of every month.
The Big Book is the original source of for step instructions in Alcoholics Anonymous. All other sources (The Little Red Book, The 12 and 12, Group Sponsored Literature) were written as accompaniments or guides to be used to assist and deepen the path laid out by the original members of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Big Book.
Each week a specific theme is targeted that directly relates to each step. For some steps this brings us through a broad range of pages and chapters in the Big Book.
Highlighting by theme helps reveal the context of the original simple program passed on by the Founders and Pioneers of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is by knowing the actual context that we can thoroughly follow their path.