Upcoming 12 Step Class For All Schedule

Date	Time	Place	Week's Agenda
Saturday January 14th 2012	9:30am - 3:30pm	444 N. 3rd St Suite 307 Phila, PA 19123	12 Steps For All Workshop

The History of the 12 Step Class For All Program

The 12 step class for all started as a program called Back to Basics which is still continuing today.   The back to basics concept was originated with Wally P.  (Article excerpt below printed January 2008 by Wally P.)

In the early days, the sponsor chose the newcomer and stayed with this person until he or she had taken all Twelve Steps and was able to demonstrate an ability to take others through the work.  How long did this take?  In many instances the process was completed in a day or two, sometimes it took longer, but rarely did it take more than a month.  Then the sponsor and sponsee moved on to work with others just coming into the program.  Sometimes they worked together as co-sponsors until the sponsee became proficient with the recovery process.

One of the key statements from the 1940's was, “Put no block between the newcomer and Step 12.  Get the newcomer through the process and working with others as quickly as possible.”  In so doing, the sponsor helped alleviate the newcomer’s feelings of “remorse, horror and hopelessness” (A.A., 6:1) and replaced these feelings with a “new sense of power and direction” (A.A., 46:2).

 

In the early days, the Steps were summarized into four words, Surrender, (Steps 1, 2 and 3), Sharing (Steps 4, 5, 6 and 7), Amends (Steps 8 and 9), and Guidance (Steps 10, 11 and 12).