A.A. Literature
Alcoholics Anonymous, first published in 1939, is also known by this nickname, and is "considered A.A.’s basic text."
What is the Big Book?
Notorious for his provocative and edgy lyrics, this artist has albums named Relapse and Recovery?
Who is Eminem (Marshall Mathers)?
These two founders started the Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship. (Half Points if you only get one.)
Who are Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith?
The traditional A.A. program is home to this number of Steps.
What is 12?
Each year in the United States, nearly 178,000 people die from this legal drug, making it a top leading preventable cause of death in the country.
What is alcohol?
Alcoholics Anonymous has had several different printings, and is currently on this edition.
What is the 4th edition?
Chris Stapleton famously sang that his muse was as smooth as this kind of whiskey.
What is Tennessee whiskey?
This year marked the start of the Alcoholics Anonymous fellowship.
What is 1935?
The first of the 12 Steps includes admitting that one’s life is this over alcohol?
What is “powerless?”
Approximately 40-60% of people in recovery experience this setback at some point in their lifetime.
What is relapse?
The latest edition of Alcoholics Anonymous is 575 pages long, and includes this many Chapters (before the Personal Stories).
What are 11 Chapters?
This female musician was asked to go to rehab and she said, "no, no, no." She would later tragically die of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.
Who is Amy Winehouse?
The A.A. website details that it took the fellowship around 4 years to get around this many members.
What is 100 members?
This Step asks members to make “a searching and fearless moral inventory of [themselves].”
What is Step 4 (or the 4th Step)?
According to the CDC, this is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States
What is tobacco use and exposure?
The first sentence in Chapter 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous, titled How It Works, starts with "Rarely have we seen a person fail," and ends with these words.
What is "who has thoroughly followed our path?"
This famous diva said the now famous phrase, "Crack is wack" and regretfully died later due to cocaine use.
Who is Whitney Houston?
The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous were from New York and Akron, and had these professions. (Half Points if you only get one.)
What is a stockbroker and surgeon?
DAILY DOUBLE
The 11th Step includes these two things as a method for improving connection with a higher power and asking for direction. (Half Points if you only get one.)
What are prayer and meditation?
Nearly 300,000 people in this age demographic are exposed to and struggle with addiction each year in the United States.
What are newborn babies?
In Alcoholics Anonymous, the section called The Doctor's Opinion was written by this M.D. and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Who is Dr. William D. Silkworth?
DAILY DOUBLE
Known for his freestyling ability, this young male rap artist died of an overdose by ingesting drugs while on his private jet.
Who is Juice WRLD (Jarad Higgins)?
As cited by the Alcoholics Anonymous website, A.A. was founded as an outcome of a meeting by the founders in this city.
What is Akron, Ohio?
“The joy of living is the theme of [this] Step, and action its key word. Here we turn outward toward our fellow alcoholics still in distress.”
What is Step 12 (or the 12th Step)?
In the largest national study of its kind (2017), about this percentage of American adults said they once had a problem with alcohol or other drugs and no longer do. (Answers within 3 percent will also be awarded.)
What is 9.1%? (This would equate to roughly 31 million Americans today.)