Originally Posted by
awuh1 
tomsteve, the full names of all the people who participated in AA before the book was published can be found. and I have looked for information on many (but not all) of these individuals. I have never come across a description of someone with a low IQ in this group of about 100 names. On the contrary. Many of the early members were professionals and successful business people. If you have any evidence for the assertion that "constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves" refers to a low IQ I would like to see it. I have never seen anything to support this assertion.
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im not going to go digging back where I found doc silkworth, someone who wasn't a member of AA yet worked with and/or talked to more than 40,00 alcoholics in his time, determined this.
They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty.
think about it.
some of it is just common sense.