Big Book Trivia
6. What is the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic?
a) Social drinkers never experience negative consequences from drinking.
b) If, when you honesty want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have
little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.
c) non-alcoholics never become alcoholics
B
What are cue cravings?
People, Places, Things
Who are A.A. Forerunners?
Washingtonians
What is the Crux?
Mental Obsession
Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
Tradition Seven
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing what?
a) reading from the Big Book
b) their working of the 12 Steps
c) experience, strength and hope
C
Who is the Alcoholic number three?
Bill Dodson
A.A.'s first Counselor
Courtney Baylor
Three types of drinkers
Real, Moderate, Hard
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Tradition Twelve
The actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking
on the basis of what?
a) moral or religious conviction
b) self-knowledge
c) self-will
B
Prohibition was what amendment?
Eighteenth
Define Allergy
Abnormal reaction to a chemical substance other than food
When did Bill die?
January 24, 1971
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step Three
10. Step 10 advises that we continue to watch for what?
a) selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, fear
b) our relapse triggers
c) a better sponsor or A.A. meeting
A
When was The Washingtonian Group Created?
April 2nd, 1840
What two things does A.A. and it's forerunners have in common?
Spirtuality and Speaker Meetings
Who gave Bill Wilson the 10 telephone numbers to call, thus starting a vital principle in A.A?
Rev. Walter Tunks
Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Tradition Five
11. The alcoholic has a daily reprieve from drinking contingent upon what?
a) going to meetings
b) working with others
c) the maintenance of our spiritual condition
C
Who led the Temperance Movement and Prohibition?
Lymon Beacher
Prohibition was between what years?
1929-1938
Who founded Oxford group in 1918?
Frank Bucheman
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmangeable
Step one