Based on a true story, Steps follows Jack Alexander, a hard-nosed investigative reporter for The Saturday Evening Post, as he sets out to expose what he believes is a dangerous scam preying on desperate alcoholics. His investigation leads him to Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, two recovering alcoholics whose unlikely fellowship is built on anonymity, honesty and the simple belief that one alcoholic can help another stay sober. What begins as a sceptical assignment soon becomes a deeply human journey through Bill’s past, from his promising life on Wall Street to the devastating grip of addiction, and the spiritual awakening that gave him a second chance.
As Jack digs deeper, he discovers not con artists, but a growing movement of broken people finding hope in one another. Through Bill’s unwavering mission, Dr. Bob’s transformation, and Lois Wilson’s extraordinary love and sacrifice, Steps tells the moving origin story of Alcoholics Anonymous and the people who helped turn private suffering into a global fellowship. It is a story of faith, recovery and redemption, and of how one act of shared hope changed countless lives forever.
