( Non AA related announcement about Recovery Workshop)
Old School AA Workshop
Guest Speakers AA Historians
Dick B & Ken B Maui Hawaii
Why Early A.A. Succeeded
The path they thoroughly
followed
and rarely failed
(75%-93% success rate)
Of alcoholics who came to A.A.
and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up
after some relapses; and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A.
showed improvement. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., xx]
Records in Cleveland show that
93 percent of those who came to us never had a drink again. [DR. BOB and the
Good Oldtimers, 261]
Saturday October 12th
6:30-8:30PM
The Tucson Women’s Club
6245 E Bellevue
Tucson AZ 85712
(North of Trader Joes at
Speedway and Wilmot)
Contact:
OldSchoolRecovery@gmail.com
Summary of the Original Akron
A.A. Program
1. An alcoholic must realize
that he is an alcoholic, incurable from a medical viewpoint, and that he must
never drink anything with alcohol in it.
2. He must surrender himself
absolutely to God, realizing that in himself there is no hope.
3. Not only must he want to
stop drinking permanently, he must remove from his life other sins such as
hatred, adultery, and others which frequently accompany alcoholism. Unless he
will do this absolutely, Smith and his associates refuse to work with him.
4. He must have devotions
every morning—a “quiet time” of prayer and some reading from the Bible and
other religious literature. Unless this is faithfully followed, there is grave
danger of backsliding
5. He must be willing to
help other alcoholics get straightened out. This throws up a protective barrier
and strengthens his own willpower and convictions.
6. It is important, but not
vital, that he meet frequently with other reformed alcoholics and form both a
social and a religious comradeship.
7. Important, but not vital,
that he attend some religious service at least once weekly. **
[** Source: DR. BOB and
the Good Oldtimers, 131]
A.A. Cofounder Bill W.'s
Quotes:
I'll do anything, anything at
all. If there be a Great Physician, I'll call on him. [Bill W., My First 40
Years: An Autobiography by the Cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous (Center
City, Minn.: Hazelden, 2000), 145]
For sure I'd been born again.
[Bill W., My First 40 Years, 147]
. . . “Henrietta, the Lord has
been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want
to keep talking about it and telling people.” [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 191]
Rarely have we seen a person
fail who has thoroughly followed our path. [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 58]
Without help it is too much
for us. But there is One who has all power-that One is God. May you find Him
now! [Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., 59]
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