Take Me to the Movies
This 1945 film directed by Hollywood legend Billy Wilder was the first Hollywood studio film to dramatize alcoholism.
What is "The Lost Weekend."
This one has all power.
What is God?
The first secular AA group was started in this Midwestern City in 1975.
What is Chicago?
This Chicago group is known as the first AA group specifically for agnostics and atheists.
What is Quad A? or What is AA for Agnostics and Atheists?
A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
What is recovery?
This film featuring music from the English rock band Sleeper was voted the best Scottish film of all time.
What is "Trainspotting?"
This chapter explains " Thus mother, through no fault of her own became accustomed to wearing the family trousers."
What is "The Family Afterward."?
This city hosted the first We Agnostics and Freethinkers International AA Conference
What is Santa Monica?
He was the Vice President of the United States, a signer of the US Declaration of Independence, and his son was an alcoholic.
Who is John Adams?
It is the breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain recovery. A guest of the podcast developed a way of measuring it.
What is recovery capital?
In this 1962 film Joe says to his girlfriend Kirsten, "I can't remember us ever feeling this way before." To which she replies, "except after a couple of drinks."
What is "The Days of Wine and Roses?"
In this chapter we learn, "If he gets the idea that you are a nag or a killjoy, your chance of accomplishing anything useful may be zero. He will use that excuse to drink more. He will tell you he is misunderstood. This may lead to lonely evenings for you. He may seek someone else to console him - not always another man."
What is the chapter "To Wives"?
The AA Grapevine issue that was entirely devoted to stores from agnostics and atheists.
What is the October 2016 issue?
Known as the Kansas Cyclone she terrorized bar patrons with her axe.
Who is Carry Nation?
This method of treatment for alcohol use disorder is based on the principle of pharmacological extinction.
What is the Sinclair Method?
In this 1994 film written by Al Franken and Ron Bass, we hear this line. "I think I could love you again if you could just once say, 'I don't know'"
What is "When a Man Loves a Woman?"
Dr. Bob feels sorry for agnostics and atheists who won't accept the program because of this.
What is intellectual pride?
He started the first AA group called We Agnostics in Hollywood California and later created these groups in Austin, Texas.
Who is Charlie P? Who is Charlie Polacheck?
What is the Washingtonians? Or What is the Washington Temperance Society?
Overdose reversal training, supplying substance test kits, and safe injection sites are all examples of this.
What is harm reduction?
This 1980 film written and produced by Anne Bancroft explores the subject of compulsive overeating.
What is "Fatso?"
This is our choice according to the chapter "We Agnostics."
What is god is everything or he is nothing?
This Intergroup was sued for violating human rights when it refused to list secular AA meetings on its schedule.
What is the Greater Toronto Area Intergroup?
He started the first AA group in Cleveland in 1939 and remained active in AA until his death in 1984
Who is Clarence Snyder?
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance are part of this.
What is the stages of change model?