What happened to the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 2010 Triennial Survey? The last AA Triennial Survey is from 2007?

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Submitted by JR Harris on Sat, 08/25/2012 - 11:01

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Interestingly enough the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Triennial Survey has not been released by Alcoholics Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (AAWS) from the Interchurch for any years past 2007. On April 11, 2011 they did release an updated version of the 2007 Triennial Survey but with apparently no new data (i.e. http://www.aa.org/pdf/products/p-48_07survey.pdf).

Why haven't the newest results for AA membership been released for the last 5 years?

The case of the missing AA Triennial Surveys have been covered many times before on the Orange Forum without any definitive answer on what happened to them.....

Anyone seen the latest triennial survey - http://orange-papers.org/forum/node/2145
Alcoholics Anonymous Triennial Surveys - Statistical fact or fiction? http://orange-papers.org/forum/node/893
AA Triennial Survey for Dummies http://orange-papers.org/forum/node/2159

As you can see from the comments in the above links, even the devout AA trolls can't come up with a reason for the Triennial Surveys being so late. The only plausible reason given was that the final numbers had not been "conference approved" by the General Service Organization of Alcoholics Anonymous (a.k.a GSO and sometimes GSB for General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous).

What happened to AA Triennial Surveys and why are they so late?

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JR Harris

Sat, 08/25/2012 - 11:04

In April 2011, the 2007 AA Triennial Survey was updated. Was the actual date April 1st (a.k.a. April Fools Day)?

"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.

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Orange

Sat, 08/25/2012 - 14:39

I'd like to see that survey too. They usually accidentally reveal something that they wish they had not, like the A.A. dropout rate, or the A.A. coercive recruiting rate. I wonder what they are hiding this time.

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alkieanon

Sat, 08/25/2012 - 23:16

Really? Seriously?Alcohólicos Anónimos - 2011 Encuesta de los Miembros
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