KOERNER: That is precisely correct
CONAN: And it’s interesting, you to definitely insistence towards the prohibition – to make use of a term -which was one of several revolutionary regions of AA whether it already been. There have been other businesses at the time, but they was basically seeking to – they focused on managing the level of alcoholic drinks, not cutting it off totally.
Mr. KOERNER: Yeah, which is just proper. It is interesting. In the course of creating the study towards the reputation of AA, I really unearthed that in early ’40s, when AA was taking off, there is an abundance of discussion on if or not anyone – some conferences were having individuals sipping alcohol from the group meetings, claiming alcohol is actually ok.
And so i believe that total prohibition, overall sobriety situation, although it is actually part of Costs Wilson’s unique conception, is version of much lower than discussion during the early heading regarding AA. (suite…)