AA Recovery Step Worksheets: Free Printable PDFs
These free AA recovery step worksheets provide printable PDFs for all 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Each worksheet gives you questions, prompts, or inventory charts to help you work through the step you’re currently on.
The worksheets are designed for personal use, sponsorship, or working through the Steps with a trusted person in recovery. Choose a step below to open its guide and download the worksheet.
Working the 12 Steps With a Worksheet
The 12 Steps are traditionally worked in order, often with the guidance of a sponsor or another person in recovery. These worksheets provide a practical place to write, reflect, and keep your Step work organized.
Free AA Step Worksheets to Download
Click any step below to open its guide and download the worksheet. Two additional workbooks are listed further down.
Step 1 Worksheet
A gentle reflection guide with honest questions about drinking and a life that has become unmanageable.
Step 2 Worksheet
Questions that help you explore a higher power of your own understanding.
Step 3 Worksheet
The first action step, with space to name your fears and write your decision to let go.
Step 4 Worksheet: AA Fourth Step Inventory
Four clear charts for resentment, fear, harms, and conduct, each with a worked example.
Step 5 Worksheet
Prompts to prepare what you will share and the patterns underneath your actions.
Step 6 Worksheet
A character defects worksheet that pairs each defect with its effect and the change you hope to see.
Step 7 Worksheet
A simple page for naming each shortcoming and writing a short line of prayer in your own words.
Step 8 Worksheet
Room to build your amends list and grow willing, one name at a time.
Step 9 Worksheet
A planning chart for each person, each harm, and the words you want to say.
Step 10 Worksheet
A daily inventory you can print fresh each night to keep your side of the street clean.
Step 11 Worksheet
A reflective guide for prayer, meditation, and conscious contact at the end of the day.
Step 12 Worksheet
Encouragement to carry the message and live these principles in everyday life.
The Sober Speak 12 Step Workbook
If you'd rather work through the Steps using one complete resource, see our AA recovery step worksheets and printable workbook.
Additional AA Recovery Worksheets
A few extra resources go deeper on the steps people return to most.
AA Fourth Step Moral Inventory Examples
Examples and guidance for completing a Fourth Step moral inventory.
Emotional Sobriety Worksheets
Additional worksheets for working through emotional challenges in recovery.
AA Recovery Step Worksheets and Printable Workbook
A complete workbook that brings all 12 Steps together in one printable resource.
AA Promises Printable
A printable resource for reviewing the AA Promises.
Excel Spreadsheet: a workbook for the 4th step
Gives you a fillable inventory you can save and reuse.
Step 10 & 11 personal inventory workbook
Pairs a daily inventory with a prayer list, adapted from the Big Book.
Prayers for Each Step of AA
Many people pause to pray as they work a step. These short prayer guides explain the words and their origins. The Serenity Prayer is a fitting companion to any step. You can find the full text of each prayer in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous or in your meeting materials.
Step 3 Prayer
Step 4 Prayer
Step 7 Prayer
Step 11 Prayer
The Serenity Prayer
Using the AA Step Worksheets
These worksheets are designed to give you a place to work through the questions, inventories, and reflections associated with each Step. Print the worksheet for the Step you’re working on, complete it at your own pace, and bring your questions or completed work to your sponsor or another trusted person in recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions About AA Worksheets
Yes. The worksheets and workbooks on this page are free to download. Most are printable PDFs, and the Step 4 inventory is also available as an Excel workbook.
You can start on your own, and many people do. The steps tend to go deeper and feel safer when you work them with a sponsor or a trusted person who has been through them.
Most are designed to print and write on by hand, which many people find slows them down in a good way. The 4th step inventory also comes as an Excel workbook if you prefer to type.
If you are new, start with the Step 1 worksheet and move through the steps in order. If you are revisiting the work, choose the step you are currently sitting with.
This page is for personal reflection and education only and is not medical advice. If you are struggling with alcohol or other drugs, please reach out to a qualified professional or a local recovery group. Step wording is from the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, published by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.