If you have corrections or improvements, please pass them on to us using the mailbox at the bottom. That is what the authors of the Big Book and millions before you did. Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself. And we have seen many, many ways in which it is recommended to be taken. An early member of AA used a list of 20 defects of character as his outline.
Many sponsors propose a life history be written.
And, of course, the Hazelden people have a variety of guidance systems. There is even a PC computer approach that asks all sorts of revealing questions about one's sex and family life. If, on the other hand, you want to get on with the sober life, then let's get on with the tried and true method in the Big Book. It consists of five lists. The words that follow here will then assist you, but don't forget that your reading, discussing and understanding the Big Book in depth is essential.