For those of you who are interested in the
figure of Matt Talbot, a good scholar in A.A.
history named John Blair has just started
a website which brings together a enormous
amount of material on him:
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Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center

http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/

"The Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center
blogspot exists to compile writings about the
life, times, and alcoholism recovery of Matt
Talbot (1856-1925) from Dublin, Ireland.
Disclaimer: The placing of information on
this blogspot from external linked sources
does not necessarily imply agreement with
that information. This center is independent
of any other group or organization."
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Among early AA authors, Father Ralph Pfau
(the Father John Doe of the Golden Books)
was a strong supporter of Matt Talbot as an
example of how a spiritual triumph over
alcoholism could be accomplished.

William D. Silkworth, M.D. (1873-1951) also
encouraged the formation of Matt Talbot
groups in Catholic parish churches in a
talk he gave which was published in the
National Clergy Conference on Alcoholism's
Blue Book: "The Prevention of Alcoholism:
A Challenge to the Catholic Clergy." This
article is available online at:

http://silkworth.net/silkworth/prevention.html



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