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100

Not an alcoholic, this famous psychologist treated a man named Rowland, who shared insights learned with Bill. 

Who was Dr. Jung/Carl Jung?

100

This periodical is also called "our meeting in print." 

What is the Grapevine?

100

This group was credited with being a religious-minded forerunner of AA; some of its members joined the new group. 

What is the Oxford Group?

100

If someone tells you to KISS in AA, they might mean this, rather than thirteenth stepping. 

What is Keep It Simple, Stupid.

100

This prayer, perhaps the most said at all AA Meetings, was attributed to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. 

What is the serenity prayer?

200

This man, half of the duo that recorded a famous speaker tape series, was among the first black men in Arkansas AA. 

Who was Joe McQ (or Joe McQuany)?

200

In this book, Bill W. looks back at the first fifteen years of AA. 

What is AA Comes of Age?

200

This reform movement pioneered abstinence from alcohol in the 1840s, but collapsed under political controversy. 

What is the Washingtonian movement/who are the Washingtonians?

200

James Bond disagrees with this statement of life, but alcoholics live by it.

What is Live and Let Live?

200

This prayer isn't talking about ropes or handcuffs when it asks God to get us out of bondage. 

What is the third step prayer? 

300

This man, originally from West Virginia, gave a series of talks that was transcribed into a book called A New Pair of Glasses.

Who was Chuck C./Chuck Chamberlain

300

This book offers practical advice in early recovery, ranging from "availing yourself of a sponsor" to "getting plenty of rest."

What is Living Sober?

300

This man's book Varieties of Religious Experience wound up influencing Bill's understanding of how agnostics could reach a type of faith. 

Who was William James?

300

Valerie Bertinelli starred in this late-1970s sitcom, whose title also is a plan for staying sober.

What is One Day at a Time?

300

This prayer asks God to take both the good and bad of me. 

What is the seventh step prayer? 

400

A glamorous Chicago divorcee named Sylvia wrote this AA story, which appears as the ninth story in the back of the Big Book.

What is the Keys to the Kingdom?

400

This book focuses on the life of AA's "number two," the man Bill helped get sober. 

What is Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers

400

Having failed to cure Bill, this Doctor provided his favorable view of AA in two installments in a preface to the Big Book. 

Who was Dr. William Silkworth?

400

"But do it" is a possible follow up to this three word phrase, which tells alcoholics to not be quite so intense. 

What is Easy Does It?

400

This prayer, controversial in some AA circles, is also a hallmark of the Christian faith, appearing in the New Testament. 

What is the Lord's Prayer?

500

This early pioneer's biography credits her as "the first woman to successfully stay sober in AA." 

Who was Marty Mann?

500
This book collects stories that appeared in the first three editions of the Big Book, but not the Fourth. 

What is Experience, Strength, and Hope?

500

This man may not have actually written the quote attributed to him in Appendix 2, but if he did, he criticized "contempt prior to investigation." 

Who is Herbert Spencer?

500

Some AA's suggest that the word "don't" should be put in front of this three-word command, which might also be called "play it forward." 

What is Think, Think, Think?

500

This prayer, appearing in the Twelve and Twelve's chapter on prayer and meditation, and advises me to be a "channel," but not one on television.

What is the St. Francis Prayer/St. Francis of Assisi Prayer/or "Lord Make Me a Channel of thy Peace"?