Early in 1939, the Fellowship published its basic textbook, Alcoholics Anonymous; the text, written by Bill, explained A.A.’s philosophy and methods, the core of which was the now well-known Twelve Steps of recovery was founded (Alcoholics Anonoymous). The book was also reinforced by case histories of some thirty recovered members; from this point, A.A.’s …show more content…
meeting on June 5, 2018 at 12:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The meeting was a 12 & 12 Group run by Josh. My expectations of the meeting were that the meeting was going to be awkward, long, the speaker would be boring, and it would be a lot of alcoholic people talking about their alcoholic problems. My thoughts of this meeting were completely and utterly wrong. My meeting experience was very humbling. A.A. is one of the most humbling experiences someone can do for themselves to help not only themselves but others recovering as well. I was highly impressed with how welcoming and how honest the people were about their issues because they truly want to get sober and seek the help they want and