You Can Do It!
One Day at a Time

#1. Make a Start. You have made what is possibly the most important decision of your life. You’ve taken the first Step (there are 12 Steps ) and said to yourself, ” I can’t stop drinking, and I want help.”

#2. Live One Day at a Time. We break life into small pieces that we can handle. We stay sober one day, one hour or one minute at a time. We do our jobs one task at a time. We solve our problems one problem at a time.

#3. Go to Meetings. Take in as many meetings as you can: many long-sober AA’s suggest jump-starting your program by attending ninety meetings in ninety days. 

#4. Get a Sponsor. Our AA experience tells us that you will have a much better chance with a sponsor than without one. AA groups will help you find a temporary or permanent sponsor; if you are not certain about the group’s practices regarding sponsorship, simply ask the chairperson after a meeting.

#5. Get a Home Group and Get Involved. For most of us, one AA group has become a haven for our sobriety. We are given service jobs and get to know other members. This is known throughout the AA fellowship as the Home Group, often referred to as “The Heartbeat of AA.” 

#6. Family Matters. It is said that the average practicing alcoholic affects the lives of at least five other people. Many of these are family members, and there are ways that you can share your recovery with them:

• Open Meetings:  Family members may go along to open meetings with the AA member. Many weekend speaker meetings are open meetings. Closed meetings (indicated C in the schedule) are for alcoholics only.

AA Activities and Conferences: We have fun and fellowship with each other. There are social activities and weekend conferences open to both AA members and their families. Information about these activities and events may be found on the EVI Calendar link on this site, at our EVI office in Springfield and many groups will have flyers at their meetings. For national and international activities look online at www.aa.org.

• The Al-Anon Family Groups: Designed for members of the alcoholic family Al-Anon holds meetings as AA groups do. Al-Anon is a separate organization which uses the Twelve Steps to affect the recovery of non-alcoholic family members. For more information see www.al-anon.org.

#7. When You Travel. You will find that AA is in almost every city and town in the United States and Canada, as well as in most urban areas throughout the world. Many cities both in the US and abroad list meetings on the Meeting Guide App. 

#8. Your New Beginning. You’ve made a new beginning. If you are like most of us, there may be times that you feel frightened and lonely. If you are willing to use the tools that AA offers, you will never have to be alone again. You are among people who have been where you’ve been, felt what you’ve felt, thought what you’ve thought. We can do together what we can’t do by ourselves.

The above information borrowed from the North Texas District 21 Page “For The Newcomer“. The above information is significantly edited.