12 Traditions
This tradition states that an A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
What is the 7th Tradition.
In this step we make a decision.
What is Step 3.
The college friend that met with Bill W, later becoming his sponsor.
Who is Ebby Thatcher?
The name of the Doctor who wrote the Doctor's Opinion.
Who is Dr. William D. Silkworth.
The three legacies of AA.
What are Recovery, Service and Unity?
A group's link to AA as a whole. Seen as "a good means of exchanging up-to-date information between individual groups and the General Service Office (GSO)."
What is a General Service Representative (GSR)
The 9th Tradition states, "A.A., as such, ought never be _______; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve"
What is organized.
The Big Book says that "this is the first step in recovery."
What is to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholic.
Wife of Bill W and co-founder of Al-Anon.
Who is Lois Wilson.
According to the Big Book, this is the number one offender.
What are resentments.
The origins of AA can be traced to this religious group.
What is the Oxford Group.
The publication of news and notes put out by the GSO.
What is Box 4-5-9.
The word HONEST was removed from this tradition at the 1958 General Service Conference.
What is Tradition 3?
This step reminds us that, "As God's people we stand on our feet we do not crawl before anyone."
What is the 9th Step.
This person was one of the earliest female members of AA and authored the story, "Women suffer too."
Who is Margaret "Marty" Mann.
According to “More About Alcoholism”, The internal struggle to regain control of our drinking led in time to this type of demoralization?”
What was: “pitiful and incomprehensible.”
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous publishing year.
What is 1939.
The location of the first International AA conference.
Where is Cleveland, Ohio.
The tradition that grants a meeting the right to be wrong.
What is Tradition 4?
This step contains the nightly review.
What is Step 11.
This woman arranged the meeting between Dr. Bob and Bill W, helped nurture the early organization and ever reminded the AA leaders of the need for a strong spiritual under pining for an alcoholic’s recovery.
Who is Henrietta Seiberling?
The starting page of Spiritual Experience.
What is Page 567.
This is where Dr. Bob attended college for undergrad.
What is Dartmouth College.
In the upside down pyramid that represents the AA method of governance and service structure, this is at the top.
What is the AA group.
This tradition reminds us that our only disciplinarians are great suffering and great love and that we need no others.
What is Tradition 9?
This step contains a proposition that "God is everything or God is nothing."
What is Step 2.
This person married Dr. Bob's daughter and was considered Alcoholic Number 4.
Who is Ernie Galbraith?
According to “There is a Solution”, Having passed the region from which there is no return, what two alternatives were left to us?”
“To go on to the bitter end blotting out the conciousness of our intolerable situation or to accept spiritual help.”
The name of the hotel Bill W. was staying at when he contacted Dr. Bob for the first time, instead of going to the bar.
What is the Mayflower Hotel, Akron Ohio?
This magazine published an article in 1941 on AA, which caused great national expansion and recognition.
What is the Saturday Evening Post?