Nowhere in the Big Book does it say we should wait around between steps... I think that if you did the steps as thoroughly as you could at this point in your sobriety, then hats off to you! My main goal in the program is to bring about a spiritual awakening sufficient to recover from alcoholism. We do that by working the steps.
I have just started working with someone as a sponsor (I think, he hasn't called me in a couple of days...
) -- so we'll see how I fare leading someone through the steps...
But I have to say I shudder anytime I read about or talk to someone who has drawn out Step 1 into some novelesque diary. MY belief is that if we wait too long, we may backslide.
I'm happy for your sobriety!
Ken