I think I'll coin a new phrase...
"Dogma kills, spirituality fills"...
I am corny, yes! But...
"I hear reference to the first 100 all the time as proof positive of the program."
Sorry..
I've never heard that. Proof positive..for me, is to look in the mirror today.
And to know that AA has exploded from 2 drunks meeting one another, a miracle
happening between them, and millions recovered and recovering today because
of that one meeting between two individuals at that given moment in time.