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Minneapolis alcoholic recovery rates from the 1943 - 1945 indicates that 75% of its members are successful at staying sober!
Of alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement. Other thousands came to a few A.A. meetings and at first decided they didn't want the program. But great numbers of these--about two out of three--began to return as time passed. (pg. xx, A.A. Big Book, 4th Edition)
The Grapevine Newsletter, August 1946, Pg.1
The Minneapolis Group, in March, 1943, inaugurated a system for keeping a record of the recovery of members from three months on up. As a result, the following exact percentages have been arrived at:
| Recovery Rates 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 16.5% have worked back to any degree of recovery! | ||||
| Overall Recovery Rates From 1943 - 1945 in Minneapolis | ||||
| 1943 | 78% successful | 22% slipped | ||
| 1944 | 83% successful | 17% slipped | ||
| 1945 | 77% successful | 23% slipped | ||
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