Stacy
I understand how confusing, and intimidating the steps can be if your trying to go it alone,
if your going to try A.A. then you owe it to yourself to REALY give it a solid attempt, by hanging with the sober women, and getting a female sponsor, A.A. does work, but we only get out as much as we put in. some of our suggestions are hard like asking for a sponsor , or getting the phone numbers of the women, but it is all part of learning to live sober.
another poster pedicted that you will have problems with the steps in the future,
for me following the steps one at a time in order, with a sponsor, has proven very effective,
we all run into some snags at times,
and that in no way means that the steps are not working, it means simply that we have hit a snag.
Phoenix had a great suggestion about keeping a journal, my sponsor got me started on that right away, and I didn't understand why at the time, but later it proved to be a big help.