I was going to reply to WakingUps post but thought I'd just start this as a new topic so more would read it.  When I sponsor someone, below is the stepwork I send for step 2.  The first 3 steps are the most important because they build the foundation for the rest of the steps.  If we don't have a good solid and strong foundation under us, we won't benefit as greatly from the remaining steps 4-12.  All of the step work I do is taken from The Big Book of Alcoholic Anonymous.  If anyone has any questions about the questions I use in this step, feel free to email me privately at kathysctc@yahoo.com

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Here is your Step 2.  Make sure you feel you're fully
done with step 1 before starting this next step.  If
you have any questions on step one, or feel there's
any part of it you *haven't gotten* then let's talk
more about it.


Read pages 44-55 of the Big Book then go ahead with
the questions.

Step Two We Agnostics Questions/Pages 44-55

1. a. When God is mentioned, have we reopened a
subject, which you thought you had neatly evaded or
entirely ignored?

b. Does the word God bring up a particular idea of
Him, which someone tried to impress upon you during
childhood?


c. Did you reject this idea of God and did you then
think you had abandoned the God idea entirely?

d. Were you bothered with the thought that faith and
dependence upon a power greater than yourself was
somewhat weak and even cowardly? Page 45- 46,


2. Have you discovered that you do not need to
consider another's conception of God? Pg 46


3. a. Do you have your own conception of God?


b. Do you agree this is all you need to commence
spiritual growth and to effect your first conscious
relation with God? Page 47, Paragraph 1 The "Second
Step Question"

4. a. Do you now believe or are you even willing to
believe, that there is a power greater than yourself?


b. Why? Page 47, Paragraph 2


5. a. Has even casual reference to spiritual things
made you bristle with antagonism?

b. Do you agree this thinking has to be abandoned?
Page 48, Top


6. Do you believe in many things for which there is
good evidence, but no perfect proof? Page 48,
Paragraph 3


7. a. Did you believe you already knew everything you
needed to know about living life?


b. Wasn't this rather egotistical of you? Page 49,
Paragraph 1


8. a. Are you willing to lay aside any prejudice you
may have, even against organized religion?


b. Do you believe that religious faiths have given
purpose and direction to millions?


c. Have you made fun of other peoples spiritual
beliefs and practices? Page 49, Paragraph 2


9. a. Did you use the shortcomings of a few as a basis
to condemn them all?


b. Did you criticize them for being intolerant, while
being intolerant of them yourself? Page 50, Paragraph
1


10. In the past, have you stuck to the idea that
self-sufficiency would solve your problems? Page 52,
Paragraph 4

11. Do you believe it more sane and logical to believe
in God than not to believe? Page 53, Paragraph 1


12. Faced with the First Step; a self-imposed crisis
you cannot evade, are you now willing to fearlessly
face the proposition that either God is everything or
He is nothing? Page 53, Paragraph 2


Consider each of the following questions on the next
page in two ways. 1.  Answer the question then  on
each of the following questions, ask yourself "What
are my prospects for the future in this area of my
life if God is nothing, and does not exist; if all I
have is what I've had in the past to deal with these
things?"
2. Next, go back through these questions and ask
yourself "What are my prospects for the future in this
area of my life if God is everything, and does exist;
and His power will deal with them?"

a. Are you having trouble with personal relationships?


If God is nothing - 

If God is everything -

b. Can you control your emotional nature?

If God is nothing - 

If God is everything -

c. Are you prey to misery and depression?

If God is nothing - 

If God is everything -

d.Can you make a living?

If God is nothing - 

If God is everything - 

e. Do you have a feeling of uselessness?

If God is nothing -

If God is everything - 

f. Are you full of fear? -

If God is nothing -

If God is everything -

g. Are you unhappy?

If God is nothing - 

If God is everything - 

h. Do you seem unable to be of real help to other
people? -

If God is nothing -

If God is everything -

13.Do you believe the answer to these problems is
inside rather than outside of ourselves? Page 52,
Paragraph 2


14. a. Have your ideas been working as far as solving
the problems listed above?


b. Do you believe the God idea might, are you willing
to try? Page 52, Paragraph 3


15. God either is or He isn't, what is your choice to
be? Page 53, Paragraph 2


16. a. Have you worshiped people, sentiment, things,
money, yourself, or with a better motive, the sunset,
the sea or a flower?

b. When you loved something or somebody, how much did
this have to do with pure reason?


c. Didn't these "unreasonable" feelings determine the
course of your life? Page 54, Paragraph 1


17. Do you agree that reason isn't everything? Page
54, Paragraph 3


18. Do you agree, that deep down within every man,
woman and child is the fundamental idea of God? Page
55, Paragraph 2


19. a. Are you willing to search fearlessly within
your own heart to find God, are you willing to believe
He is there?


b. Do you agree that it is only there that God can be
found? Page 55, Paragraph 3

You have WORKSHEETS???  Wow, I wish I'd had that these last couple of months.  So, Kathy, do you have one for Step 3 that you could share? 

Yes, the way I worked the steps with my sponsor there were worksheets for every step.  After completing my answers my sponsor would go over them and if she felt there were some I needed more work on she'd let me know.  I followed in her footsteps once I was ready to sponsor and I do it the same way, simply because it worked so well for me.  The steps aren't meant to be worked alone.  Even if we have every book, worksheet etc, we're still not really working them if we don't have a sponsor.

I understand that belief in a higher power is important for some, but i also know that there are 12 step versions that do not require a person to believe in god to work the twelve steps. I do not say this to offend anyone. I know that spirituality and belief and the lifeline for some people, and i respect that. But i also understand for some, believing in god is not a possibility, but their need for the 12 steps to be a lifeline is very real. Does anyone know of any worksheets like these that do not require a belief in god or a higher power?