Back to Basics movement

Firstly some of the meetings included in the Back to Basics (cult) Where to Find

Back To Basics Meeting
St Simon's Church
Waverley road,
Southsea, Portsmouth

Southport Tuesday
8:00 pm-9:00pm. Back To Basics Meeting
Quakers Meeting Rooms
Court Road
Southport,

Barnoldswick, Lancashire Tuesday
7:30-8:30 p.m. Back To Basics Meeting
Holy Trinity Church,
Skipton Road,
Barnoldswick

Aberdeen Wednesday
8:00-9:30 pm Back To Basics Meeting
St Marks Church
Rosemount Viaduct
Aberdeen,

“We accomplish our objective by coordinating the recovery efforts of the numerous Back to Basics A.A. Beginners' meetings and groups, answering questions as they arise, following up on Twelfth Step calls, and assisting groups with their registration at the local, area, and General Service Offices. We also conduct one day and weekend seminars based on the Back to Basics A.A. program and distribute recovery literature and other materials on the A.A. Beginners' meetings.”

It can be seen from the above quote that this movement is deliberately (and explicitly) co-ordinated to create an alternative service structure to that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Similarly they are actively engaged in subverting the Twelve Step call out system and encouraging their groups to register with the various AA service offices to further undermine genuine AA. They also advertise their “programme” which is based in part on genuine AA literature but largely too on outside sources and non-conference approved material. Their “objective” is to undermine AA and replace both its fellowship and recovery programme with a 'mongrel' version, one based on a misrepresentation of AA recovery rates and the largely fallacious claim that they are returning AA to its 'original roots' ie. pre-Tradition – the outcome can only be disastrous for all concerned!

Cheers

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)

“Back to Basics”

The following group has been brought to our attention by a member (our usual thanks for this contribution) together with their succinct - but telling - commentary:

Back to Basics, Monday 1930, Haugh Court Residents Hall, Haugh Court, Haugh Road, Inverness

“I recently visited a "Back to Basics" meeting in Inverness and I must say that sub-tropical heat and comfy chairs was a nice change from the rickety seating in the draughty church room across the road (where the "regular" AA meeting was being held), but I was disturbed by the script books placed on every chair (with an interpretation of excerpts from the 12 & 12 being read out from the top table, rather than someone sharing what the piece meant to them and how they worked it), the idea that we could "study" 3 steps in an hour, and the small, but significant, alterations to the wording of the steps in the photocopied, freebie "reference notes for studying the big book" (courtesy of Southport B2B group).

I don't know how long a meeting has to run along cult lines, or how far down the sponsor-controlled recovery path it has to stray for it to be included in the Cult Where to Find but I thought it'd be as well to advise of its existence at least.

I shall leave it up to yourselves as to whether it merits being listed”

As usual comments welcome for and against our inclusion of this group in our Cult Where to Find

Cheers

The Fellas

PS Happy New Year to all members! – and an Unhappy New Year to the cult – you better believe it!!