Historical Proof | The 1939 Success Rate If you have been told that "relapse is part of recovery," you have been sold the easier, softer way. The history of the 1939 Blueprint tells a different story—one of radical, permanent success. This is the story of the Cleveland Explosion . The Fact: Military Precision in 1939 Between 1939 and 1940, a group of alcoholics in Cleveland, led by Clarence S. , applied the 1939 Program of Action with uncompromising precision. They didn't treat the Big Book as a suggestion; they treated it as a manual for survival. The Data: 93% Mastery The results were staggering. Local records and histories, later cited in AA Comes of Age , documented a 93% success rate . While the rest of the world struggled with the "hopeless" alcoholic, the Cleveland groups proved that the Master Course could save almost everyone willing to follow directions. "Our experience in the 'modem to modem' era...
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