KOERNER: Which is precisely right
CONAN: And it is fascinating, you to definitely insistence toward ban – to make use of a word -which had been among leading edge aspects of AA when it already been. There had been others at the time, nonetheless were seeking to – it worried about controlling the amount of alcoholic drinks, not cutting it off completely.
Mr. KOERNER: Yeah, which is just right. Its interesting. During undertaking the analysis on the history of AA, I actually discovered that in the early ’40s, whenever AA was taking off, there’s enough debate about if some body – particular group meetings was basically which have some body ingesting alcohol at conferences, stating beer is actually okay. (more…)