Alcoholism research was in its infancy in 1935 and we’re so far advanced today?

Really? I don’t think so.

Alcohol has been around for thousands of years. Alcoholics and/or alcoholism has been around for thousands of years.

Since 1935, we’ve not really advanced too far in the realm of science, medicine, psychology, the understanding of human nature and behavior, the realm of spirituality and religion, etc.

All we’ve done since 1935 is advanced a bit with regards to applications of advancements made over the last few hundred years and beyond.

If anything, we’ve gone backwards in many ways.

It seems a very old-fashioned way of doing things, those 12 Steps. Maybe not so. Maybe doing a set of steps, getting yourself prepared to do that one-on-one recovery with a thirsty yet whipped drunk is an old and proven ancient technique, but it got lost in the shuffle… or wasn’t properly documented and/or written down. Who knows? I do know this; the way I was shown… which looks an awful lot like the 164, sure does seem more and more sensible.