• 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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• Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit--The Importance of Nutrition, Exercise and Meditation in Recovery
  
  This two-day seminar will be held at The Wilson House ~ 378 Village Street ~ East Dorset, VT on Sat and Sun ~ May 22-23, 2010. 

  The seminar will be hosted by Wally P. (Tucson, AZ) and Lisa S. (Portland, ME).  Wally is an A.A. archivist, historian, and author.  Lisa has a BA/BS degree in nutrition.  Both are well versed on how to overcome alcoholism by taking a holistic approach to recovery.  Big Book passages, and A.A. historical articles on nutrition will be presented.  

  The workshop will feature, "eat right to live right."  Nutrition will be covered in depth and in detail.  Lisa will supervise the preparation of sugar-free, white-flour-free, and white-rice-free meals during the seminar. 

  Anger management, relaxation techniques, breath work, and nutritional healing  will be used to rocket the participants "into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed."

  Please register early--this event is almost sold out
   

• Another milestone has been reached.  
  
  Based on the number of attendees at Back to Basics A.A. meetings and seminars, more than 450,000 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.
   

• Upcoming Seminars
  
  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.
  
  The Winter Haven, Florida B2B weekend on February 19-20 has been moved to Fort Meyers, Florida.  The event will be held on March 19^th through 21^st

Recent page updates
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Sharing Partners
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Online Meetings
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New Seminar Flyers
Fort Meyers FL
St Louis MO

New B2B A.A. Meetings
Green Bay, WI
Bedford, MA
Windsor, ONT
Ridgecrest, CA
Port Charlotte, FL
Westbrook, ME
Florence, OR
Oconomowoc, WI
Madison, WI
New Minas, NS
Barnoldswick, UK
Scarborough, ONT.

We thank you for your interest in our life-saving Back to Basics A.A. seminars.  Wally is almost totally booked for 2010.  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.  We are now taking seminar bookings for 2011.

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.

• 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. 
  
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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

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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