Originally Posted by Terminally Unique

The original manuscript of the Big Book was written in 1938, with 400 copies distributed in January, 1939 for feedback. The first edition was published on April 10, 1939, which already had the qualifier removed. Many will say that things really changed when the ATI geared up in the 1980's, and the prevailing meeting format became Open Discussion. I suspect that the seeds of change were planted even before that, though, when the flower children realized that they couldn't keep partying forever and the "kumbayaish" walking wounded started showing up in the rooms in droves.