• During this most joyous of holiday seasons, we wish to extend our very best wishes to all and thank each and every one of you for making 2008 such a monumental year for the Back to Basics A.A. program of recovery.  To date, more than 400,000 people have been through the A.A. Beginners’ Meetings using the “keep it simple” A.A. format from the 1940's, and the results have been nothing less than phenomenal.  Whether you’ve taken the Twelve Steps, assisted others through the Steps, facilitated the A.A. Beginners Meetings or conducted Back to Basics A.A. workshops, you have made a difference.  You know, “There is a solution.”  Continue living in the solution and “great events will come to pass for you and countless others.”
  
  Have a safe, sane and sober new year.

  The Back to Basics Foundation
   

• 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.
   

• New: Back to Basics A.A. Meeting Leader Guide with PowerPoint 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.
   

• Another milestone has been reached.  
  Based on the number of attendees at Back to Basics A.A. meetings and seminars, more than 300,000 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."
   

• Online Forums
  Click on the link below to contact online B2B forums
  groups.yahoo.com/group/back2basicsbeginners
   

• New Meetings and Upcoming Seminars/Workshops 
  Back to Basics has exploded with hundreds of new meetings and groups during the past year,
               many of which are not listed on this site. 
  Please send us your meeting information and we will post it as soon as possible. 
  
  Click on your state below to find a meeting near you...

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Back to Basics
Phone Teleconference Meeting
Began Sunday March 11, 2007 at 3:00 pm CST.
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Gateway-Pittsburg 11-9-08
Niagara Falls Ontario, CANADA 11-10-08
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 11-13-08

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Below is a table of upcoming one to three day seminars and workshops, with contact information and downloadable flyers. For more detailed information on seminars and workshops, click here.

For a one page summary of the Back to Basics A.A. Seminars, History of A.A. Presentations and Speaking Engagements for Wally P. in 2008, click here

We thank you for your interest in our life-saving Back to Basics A.A. seminars.  Wally is totally booked for 2009.  If you would like for 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.  We are now taking seminar bookings for 2010.

• Back to Basics NFP Foundation Needs your Help
  We are working on the following life-saving projects:

  • Back to Basics-German Translation
  • B2B-101 DVD (The Wally P. Chalk Talk--12 Steps in 80 min)
  • Back to Basics for Correctional Facilities DVD (45 min)

For more information on these projects, click here

• James H. (Recovered Alcoholic 100 years old and 71 years sober) Tells His Story About Early A. A. (DVD)

 During this 71 minute DVD, recorded on August 22, 2005, James descries his drinking career, his recovery beginning on December 12, 1934 (one day after Bill W.), how he met and attended meetings with Bill in the 1930's, the original program of recovery, and how he carries the A. A. message today.  Filmed in "half-shadow" to protect James' anonymity.

For more information, click here

• The James H. Q+A  (DVD)

  James answers questions about the Spiritual Roots and the Early Days of AA)
  
  “One of the most important historical documentaries about the “original” A.A. program ever recorded.”
  
  During this two hour DVD, James answers more than 40 questions on topics of historical significance to anyone interested in the foundation and the "original" program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Filmed in Towson, MD on 4/12-4/13/05.  

  For more information, click here

• 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

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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