MINNEAPOLIS RECORD INDICATED THAT 75%
ARE SUCCESSFUL IN AA
The Minneapolis Group, in March 1943,
inaugurated a system for keeping a record of the sobriety of members
from three months on up. As a result, the following exact
percentages have been arrived as:
For the Year 1945 -
5 year members - 100% successful, 0%
slipped
4 year members - 100% successful, 0%
slipped
3 year members - 100% successful, 0%
slipped
2 year members - 89% successful, 11%
slipped
18 month members - 90% successful, 10%
slipped
1 year members - 80% successful, 20%
slipped
9 month members - 82% successful, 18%
slipped
6 month members - 70% successful, 30%
slipped
3 month members - 48% successful, 52%
slipped
(Of those who slipped in 1945, only 16½
% have worked back to any degree of sobriety.)
Overall Percentages -
1943 - 78% successful, 22% slipped
1944 - 83% successful, 17% slipped
1945 - 77% successful, 23% slipped
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