Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

Introducing aacultwatch's perspective on:

The AA (General Service conference approved) book: 

“Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions: A co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tells how members recover and how the society functions”

(an almost as wildly discursive commentary as our 'take' on the Big Book)

This tome is much reviled in cult circles (especially amongst the Big Book nutters who regard it as almost heretical! - it cuts too close to the bone! (A point of interest: if you're looking for meetings largely free of the aforementioned 'fruitcakes', and for that matter sundry other screwballs, then a Twelve Step meeting following the format of the above text is usually a safe bet). The text we will be using is as indicated above – and starting with:

Copyright Information

“Copyright © 1952, 1953, 1981 by The A.A. Grapevine,

Inc. and Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing (now known

as Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.)

All rights reserved

First Printing, April 1953

Seventy-seventh Printing, July 2012

This is A.A. General Service

Conference-approved literature

Alcoholics Anonymous and A.A. are registered

trademarks ® of A.A. World Services, Inc.

ISBN 978-0-916856-01-4

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 53-5454

Printed in the United States of America”

Comment: Gripping stuff isn't it! But ... it gets better!

Coming next - Introduction

Cheers

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)