• Wally has been asked to make a list of his latest presentations

         During the past several years, Wally has made numerous presentations.  Some of these include: "Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit," "Back to the Basics of Sponsorship," "The History of Alcoholics Anonymous," "Unsung Hero-Anne Smith," "Unsung Hero-Lois Wilson, among others.  When Wally gets the chance, he will put together a list of the tapers who recorded these presentations.
     

  • Another milestone has been reached.  

    Based on the number of attendees at Back to Basics A.A. meetings and seminars, more than 500,000 people have now had their lives changed as the direct result of taking the Twelve Steps in four one-hour sessions.  The success of Back to Basics speaks for itself.  "It works--it really does."
     

  • To add your Back to Basics A.A. Beginners' Meeting to the website just email us the information, including where (name and address of location), when (day of the week and time), and contact (phone number and/or email address).  Attach a flyer if you like.

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New Seminar Flyers
Cochrane, Alberta, CANADA 8/4/10
Calgary, Ontario, CANADA 8/6/10
Calgary, Ontario, CANADA 8/8/10
Dunedin FL Flyer
Madison WI Flyer

New B2B A.A. Meetings
 Glen Allen, VA
Columbus, GA
Manly Australia
Olathe, KS
 


We thank you for your interest in our life-saving Back to Basics A.A. seminars.  Wally is totally booked for 2010 and is taking reservations for 2011.  If you would like him to conduct a Back to Basics A.A. seminar in your area, please contact Mickie J. at: 520-297-9348 as soon as possible. 

2010 Seminars
Dunedin, Florida
July 11-17
Twelve-Step Workshop
Unity Community Church
1315 Bayshore Blvd.
Dunedin, Florida 34698
Presenters:
Carol M. & George M.
Contact:
Carol M. (727) 465-4410
Click here for flyer		 Newport, OR
July 30, 2010
7:30-8:30 pm
Wally P. Tells His Story
Senior Center
20-SE 2nd Street
Newport OR  97365
Contact:
Sam E. 541-875-4481

 

 Cochrane, Alberta, CANADA
August 4
6:30-9:00 pm
Back to the Basics of Sponsorship
Mount St. Francis Retreat Center.
41160 Retreat Road
Cochrane, Alberta, CANADA
T4C-1A6
Presenter: Wally P.
 There is only seating for 60 at this retreat center.  Reservations are required.  Diner is included.
 Contact: Ian M.
(403) 589-3237
 Click here for flyer
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
August 6
 8:30-9:30 pm
 Wally P. Tells His Story
 Lakewood United Church
 3023 63 Ave SW
Calgary, Ontario, CANADA
T3E-5J6
 Contact: Ian M.
(403) 589-3237
 Click here for flyer		 Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
August 8
1:30-4:00 pm
Back to the Basics 101
Central United Church
131-7th Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
T2P-0W5
Presenter: Wally P.
 Contact: Ian M.
(403) 589-3237
 Click here for flyer		 Winona Lake, IN
August 20-22, 2010
 The History of AA
 Back to Basics One Day AA Seminar
 11th Step Guidance Meeting
 Winona Community Center
 1590 Park Ave
Winona Lake, IN  46590
Contact:"Hoss" S.
(574) 268-8688
Naperville, IL
August 23, 2010
Back to Basics-Sponsorship
West Suburban Fellowship Club
710 Ogden Road
Naperville, IL  60563
Presenter: Wally P.
 Contact: Michael M.
(630) 484-0574		 Darian, IL
August 24, 2010
Back to Basics-Sponsorship
Lord of Life Church
725 75th Street
Darien, IL  60561-4239
Presenter: Wally P.
 Contact: Belle S.
(630) 747-7669		 Madison, WI
August 27-28, 2010
 Back to Basics AA Weekend
 Verona Senior Center
 108 Paoli Street
Verona, WI  53593
Presenter: Wally P.
 Hosted by: Fitchburg Serenity Club
Contact: Bob (608) 445-9089 Scott (608) 233-1077,
Scotty (608) 216-6735 or Tom (608) 836-7536
 Click here for flyer
Europe (England, Ireland, Germany, Norway)
September-October, 2010
 (Location TBA)
Presenter: Wally P.		 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Fri, Sat, and Sun
November 5-7, 2010
2010 Southern Ontario CA Convention
Beat Western Primrose Hotel
111 Carlton Street
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
M5B-2G3
Presenters: Wally P., Chris R., and Others
Contact: Cameron F.
(416) 533-6024		 Youngstown, OH
 Nov 13, 2010, 2010
 Back to Basics One Day AA Seminar
 (Location TBA)
 Contact:
     

2011 Seminars
Stuart, FL
March 4-6, 2011
 Back to Basics AA Weekend
 (Location TBA)
Presenter: Wally P.
 		 Far East
(Hong Kong, Beijing, etc.)
April-May, 2010
 Back to Basics One Day AA Seminars
 (Locations TBA)
Presenter: Wally P.
 		 Coldwater, MI
June 3-5, 2011
 Back to Basics AA Weekend
(Location TBA)
Presenter: Wally P.
Akron, OH
June 10-12, 2011
Founders Day Weekend		 Calgary, Ontario, CANADA
Sept, 2011
Birds of a Feather Convention
 (Location TBA)
 Speaker: Wally P.		 Portsmouth, NH
Sept, 2011
 Back to Basics AA Weekend
 (Location TBA)
Presenter: Wally P.
     

  • The Back to Basics Not-For-Profit Foundation Needs your Help

    If Back to Basics has saved your life, we ask that you now consider saving Back to Basics' life.  As has been the case for the past 10 years, we continue to operate at a deficit (Wally P. writes a check every month to cover the difference), but now the banks will not loan us any more money to print books or expand our outreach.  Please consider helping us out, especially during these tough economic times.  Thank you.

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To contribute to the Back to Basics Foundation using check or money order
using a printable form click here

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  • Recovery Today Newspaper Articles

    During 2008, Wally P. wrote twelve articles titled "Back to the Basics of Recovery" that were published in the Recovery Today newspaper. In these articles, Wally clearly showed the sheer simplicity of the "original" program of recovery as practiced by the A.A. pioneers in the 1940's. He listed the key paragraphs the old-timers used to take newcomers through the Twelve Steps in one sitting.  These twelve articles cover the Twelve Steps in detail and in depth.

To read and/or download these articles,
click here.

There are at least 24 references to "guidance" in the Big Book.
If you know of additional "Big Book" passages that qualify, please e-mail us at wallyp@theriver.com.  To read / print the ones we have found so far, click here.

  • New: Back to Basics A.A. Meeting Leader Guide with Power Point CD
    A great way to bring your Back to Basics meeting into the 21st century.  The PowerPoint CD contains all the "Big Book" passages plus early A.A. photographs for the four one-hour sessions.
     

  • Back to the Basics of Sponsorship
    This is an A.A. seminar that Wally P. has been conducting for the past several years.  He has a two-hour and a one-day version of the presentation.  Some of the handouts for the seminar are now available.
      
         Key Concepts from the 1940's
         B2B of Sponsorship-2 pg Summary of
         Big Book passages
         Sponsorship Styles
     

  • Back to Basics Tenth Anniversary
    As of August 2007, it has been ten years since the release of the First Edition / First Printing of Back to Basics, fondly referred to by many as the "Step Guide to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous."  Click here for the story.

    The "Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit" seminar was a tremendous success.

    This was a sold-out "white-free" weekend (5/21-22/2010)--no white sugar, no white flour, no white rice and no white potatoes.  The presenters were Wally P. (Tucson, AZ), Lisa S. (Portland, ME) and Dr, Wayne Moran (Hong Kong).  The topics covered were B2B-101 (How to take a newcomer through the Twelve Steps in 90 minutes); Nutrition-101( The Vitamin B-3 Papers compiled by Bill W on Hypoglycemia, Hypertension and Depression, Sugar Blues, and Where are you eating from?); The Importance of Nutritional Supplementation in Alcohol Detoxification and Early Sobriety; Nutrition-202 (Glycemic Index, Nicotine Cessation, Caffeine Cessation); Exercise-101 (Limbering-up Exercises, Walking, Five Tibetan Rights); Spirituality-101 (Prayer and Meditation, Do-in Spiritual Nourishment, Breath Work); Two and Three-way Guidance; and Participant Healing Commitments.

    Wally will be posting some of the handout material and the weekend recipes shortly.  To order the weekend CD's, contact Glenn K Audio at 1-800-257-8273 or www.glennkaudiotapes.com.
     

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James H., the last link to the spiritual roots of the A.A. program, passed away in 2006 at 100 years of age and 71 years sober.  Just like Bill W. and Dr. Bob, he was a member of both the Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous.

James H. DVD's are still available

James H. Tells His Story About Early A. A. (DVD)

The James H. Q+A  (DVD)
 

  • De Regreso al Libro Grande now available
        
    Back to Basics--The Spanish translation is now available. You can purchase a 10 workbook package, a Meeting Leader Guide, or a Meeting Leader Guide plus 10 workbooks.

Click the Add to cart button to purchase the Guide, books or DVDs or click the picture to go to the shopping cart

Information New Meetings & Flyers

Current Listing of known B2B Meetings
Clicking on a city will take you to the state on the meetings page for more information, flyers, and maps
Meetings currently listed in 33 states,
Canada, the UK, South Africa and Australia!
Below is just a sampling of the recent additions.

Where Posted/Updated
Amenia, NY 7/25/10
Glen Allen, VA 5/23/10
Manly, Australia 4/25/10
Rahway, NJ - Updated 4/25/10
Ridgecrest, CA 1/25/10
Port Charlotte, FL 1/18/10
Westbrook, ME 12/23/09
Florence, OR 12/19/09
Stoughton, WI 12/5/09
The Villages, FL 12/5/09
Fitchburg, WI 12/5/09
Madison, WI (3) 12/5/09
Las Vegas, NV 9/13/09
Pensacola, FL 9/13/09
Manhattan, NY 9/13/09
Newell, MA 6/13/09
Madison, WI 6/2/09
Oconomowoc 6/2/09
New Minas, NS 6/2/09
Barnoldswick, UK 6/2/09

To Have Your Meeting Added to the List, Click Here

News & Articles Interesting Internal Links
  • Misinformation about James H. on the Internet
    On March 20, 2006, we received a fax from a Bill K. (no return address or telephone number) that contained an Internet posting with the following misinformation about James H. Click here for more information
  • And Then There Were None.
    James H., the last link to the spiritual roots and the early days of A.A., passed away on July 30, 2006.  He was 100 years old and had 71 years of continuous sobriety.  We will miss you, "Sir James."
    To read about the August 19, 2006 memorial service for and photographic tributes to this remarkable man, click here.
  • Back to Basics article in the Glen Ellen, IL AA Newsletter
  • Back to Basics in New Zealand
    A letter from the "front lines" (dated 7/19/04)
  • The Back to Basics Foundation is now a 501 (C) (3) publicly supported, not-for-profit organization.
    All contributions are fully tax deductible.  For more information click here
  • What Has Happened . . .?
    Cliff B. Article from the Front Lines--An Alcoholics Anonymous Call to Action to read the entire article, please click here 
  • How to Change the World
    Read what the French theologian Auguste Gratry (1505-1572) 
    had to say on the subject. 
    click here for English version 
    Oprima aquí para la versión en Español
  • James H. (99 yrs old / 70 yrs sober)  Sobriety date 12/12/34--1 day after Bill W. and 6 months before Dr. Bob
    Learn how you can help James carry his life-saving message to the world
    for information, click here
  • The History of AA Videos
    These three professionally recorded, one-hour, digital videotapes are the culmination of ten years of research, hundreds of interviews with Twelve-Step program pioneers and old-timers, numerous archival presentations throughout the United States and Canada

 

Wally P. has no royalty arrangement with Faith With Works Publishing Company and receives NO income from the Back to Basics book.  He insists that Back to Basics is Twelfth Step work for which no member of A. A. should be paid.  So that every person, both inside and outside the recovery community, will know Wally's position on this matter, he has added the following statement to the "Acknowledgments" page of every Back to Basics book:

 "Authors note: I do not believe in 'making money out of A.A.'  Any proceeds from this book, after out of pocket expenses are met, will be used to distribute books at no cost to individuals and groups who cannot afford to buy them."

Tradition 5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
   
After receiving notification from the General Service Office about our mission statement, the Board of Directors of the Back to Basics Foundation met in a special session and voted to change the wording of the statement so it would be in compliance with the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
   
The Board also voted to move all materials pertaining to other Twelve Step programs to separate web sites, so there would be no confusion about the primary purpose of the Back to Basics Foundation.
   
We ask for your patience in this matter because, at the present time, we have no means to accomplish this objective.  We have no paid employees, and continue to operate with a negative cash flow.  If it is God’s will, there will be sufficient individual donations to make the wishes of the Board of Directors a reality.
   
The Back to Basics Foundation is a 501 (C) 3, not-for-profit Corporation dedicated to saving the lives of alcoholics.  Our modified mission statement is listed below.

                           For more information, please click here.

Mission Statement - Who We Are
  
The Back to Basics Foundation is dedicated to saving the lives of alcoholics by showing them the sheer simplicity of the "original" A.A. program of recovery and by guiding them through the Twelve Steps as they were taken by many of the A.A. pioneers in the 1940's.  During this period of time, the A.A. recovery rate from alcoholism was 50-75%.  We are seeing similar results today for those who are willing to remain involved with the Back to Basics A. A. Beginners' meetings for three to six months.
  
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.

Links to other websites
  
Links from these pages to other websites do not constitute an endorsement by this website or the Back to Basics Foundation.  The Back to Basics Foundation is not responsible for nor does it control or monitor the content of these websites or the accuracy of the information found therein.  The Back to Basics Foundation is not affiliated with any of these sites.
 

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