FIRSTS
Fun Facts and Random Questions
Important People to AA
Miscellaneous
100
The year the first woman joined AA
What is 1937?
100
The AA Concepts
What is good for the AA Fellowship as a whole?
100
Famous journalist to giving attributes to AA
Who is Jack Alexander? He wrote a highly favorable 1941 feature in the Saturday Evening Post
100
God Bless you and Alcoholics Anonymous forever
What were Bill Wilson's last words?
200
The city in Florida to have the first AA meeting
What is Jacksonville? April 3, 1941
200
Rockland State Hospital
What is one of the first institutions to allow AA meetings to come to their facility
200
A key player to Alcoholics Anonymous
Who is Dr. Silkworth?
200
Three Cornerstones of AA
What is Recovery, Unity and Service
300
What step is the first step to include talk of a Higher Power?
Step 2
300
Ocala Group
What is the oldest AA group in Ocala? It was established in the 1950s
300
Clarence Snyder
Who organized the first Cleveland, OH group?
300
Promises of AA
What is Freedom, Peace and Serenity
400
High Watch Farm
What was the world's first 12-step based drug and alcohol treatment center? Located in Kent, CT -
Bill Wilson and Marty Mann founded the center.
400
The answer to all my problem today
What is Acceptance?
400
Unspoken hero of Alcoholics Anonymous
Who is Ebby Thatcher? He carried the message to Bill Wilson
400
The Serenity Prayer, a staple of AA
How did the Serenity Prayer become a staple of AA? In 1941 when an early member discovered a short 28-word version in a New York Herald Tribune obituary - co-founder Bill W and staff instantly loved the message and had is printed on wallet size cards.