... Alcoholics Anonymous - Back To The Forties Class #1 Class #1 -In class 1 we discuss Step 1 - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable." Topics include - What is an alcoholic? Who is an alcoholic? Am I an alcoholic? Welcome to Back To the 40's - How Alcoholics Anonymous worked in the 1940's. During the first decade after the publication of the Big Book... The recovery rate from alcoholism within the fellowship of AA was 75%. AA's program, as practiced then, was quite different from the program that is practiced today. To produce such an astounding recovery rate, what was done in the early days of AA? These five classes will provide an in depth look how this was done. Discover this in depth look at: Taking the 12 steps right out of the the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous! "To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered in the main purpose of this book." (Alcoholics Anonymous, pg xiii) That's how it was done back in the early days and it worked. "Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery." (Alcoholics Anonymous, pg 59) http://www.spiritualsteps.com/pdf_2012 4th step inventory worksheet available for download here http://www.spiritualsteps.com/pdf_2012/Back_To_The_Forties_Step4Sheet.pdf http://www.spiritualsteps.com/pdf_2012/Back_to_the_1940s_Leader_Script.pdf +++ "Alcoholics Anonymous: An interpretation of our Twelve Steps" http://www.spiritualsteps.com/pdf_2012/Alcoholics_Anonymous_An_interpretation_of_our_Twelve_Steps.pdf http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/history/tablemat.html http://www.hindsfoot.org/detr0.html ... So what happened? In the 1950's , with the publishing of the 12x12, groups started to change from "here are the steps we took" to here are the steps we'll just study. There was no such thing as "step Study" prior to 1952. A carefull reading of the Big Book shows a certain timeline for working the steps, its in the stories, Bill worked the steps with Ebby in Towns, 9 days sober. Dr Bob met Bill several times over a course of a few weeks, got drunk in Atlanta, and then did his amends in one day. Ernie T ( I think on page 291) describes going through the steps with Dr Bob in an afternoon. Clarence Snyder (home brewmeister) often said "give me a willing drunk on Friday and I'll show you a recovered alcoholic on Monday" None of which agrees with what I hear in the rooms today. 1940's style meetings in Cleveland, saw newcomers being taken through the steps in seminar fashion , in groups of 20-30 drunks all working the steps, recovery rates were twice as good as in NY. They actually worked the steps in the meeting, inventory was written between meetings and step 5 was done with a sponsor aft ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGObXSthD4

. AA - Terre Haute, Indiana Walbash Valley AA / Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as OBSERVERS Terre Haute, Indiana AA Wabash Valley Intergroup WabashValleyAA.com https://wabashvalleyaa.com TERRE HAUTE AA - WABASH VALLEY INTERGROUP 1400 Pugh Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47802 Office - 812-235-7263 24 Hour Hotline - 812-240-0092 Can we add this to the Terra Haute AA meeting listing? Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland, Ohio AAcle.org https://www.aacle.org 216 241-7387 OFFICE MANAGER -- Ruth "Open AA meetings" "The AA Group, where it all begins" is a conference approved Pamphlet. It is the group conscience of Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/aa-groupwhere-it-all-begins PDF https://www.aa.org/sites/default/files/literature/p-16_0723.pdf PAGE 13 CLOSED AA MEETIINGS Closed meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.” OPEN AA MEETINGS Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’ program of recovery from alcoholism. Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers . ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RndoVm7uo60