In 1961 Bill W., one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, wrote a letter to the famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in which he thanked him for helping spark the fire that was to become Alcoholics Anonymous. Carl Jung had worked with a hopeless alcoholic named Rowland H. According to Carl Jung, Rowland’s only chance…
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What is Big Book Sponsorship?
“Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking (using) as intensive work with other alcoholics (addicts). It works when other activities fail.” (p. 89 A.A. Big Book) “But the ex-problem alcoholic (cocaine addict) who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about themself, can generally win the entire…
Relapse was unthinkable… what happend?
“It only takes a few hours to learn “how it works” and the rest of our lives to practice it!” Having worked with addicts from all over the world, the reasons for relapse amongst those with sobriety time seems to always point to same conditions–they stopped working their program. This share is a synopsis of…
It’s not about being sponsored—its about sponsoring others that is a predictor for permanent recovery
A Baltimore, Maryland study of 500 former and current heroin and cocaine injection drug users over the course of one year indicated having an AA/NA sponsor was not correlated with any improvement in sustained abstinence rates than a non-sponsored group (Crape 2001:291). However, being a sponsor was found to be highly correlated with sustained abstinence….
Toronto, ON – Learn “How It Works” – Last Sunday of Every Month – Take all 12 steps in this 4 hour workshop!
How It Works Group – Toronto Carrot Common Bldg. 2nd Floor 348 Danforth Avenue (1 block west of Chester Subway Station) Last Sunday of the Month — 2pm to 6 pm Toronto, ON *Note: No Workshop in December. Through our own experience of working with others, many hopeless, suffering addicts lack the necessary power to…