The Long Form of the Twelve Traditions

Bob Greene: How does a self-centered guy see that self-centeredness is the root of the problem? He says Wilson was inspired and he wrote this in, in what was now known as the long form of the twelve traditions. But they couldn't get any traction; so Earl Treat wrote the short form for Alcoholics Anonymous. Greene: In 1950s, in 1950, they were ratified and they were published in the grapevine. And they become what is known as our 12 traditions.