Alcoholics Anonymous Celebrates Its 50th Year by Baz Edmeades Fifty years ago this summer two men managed to castoff the chains of their alcohol addiction. The...
Hi, this is what I have, hope it hleps, aalove, kathae@... The 12 Steps as Ego Deflating Devices What does surrender mean? For reasons still obscure,...
Unforgettable Bill W. by Bob P. He has been called the greatest social architect of the 20th century He called himself Bill W. As a securities analyst he made...
Dear AA History Lovers, Our fellowship received money from the Rockefeller Foundation in the late 1930s and again in 1940. I am of the impression that AA...
Hi All The November 1949 Grapevine issue contained the first printing of the short form of the Twelve Traditions: 1. The issue asked that Thanksgiving...
Hi Bob The short answer to your question is in the Service Manual (page S13 - 1998-1999 edition). It explicitly indicates that Rockefeller was paid back...
These words are in the 12 & 12, page 138, line 4, and refer to being ethical. This came up when Bill was offered a job as a lay therapist in Charlie Townes...
H E A L T H More and more Americans are struggling tobreak the grip of drugs and alcohol-and they're turningto a growing network of treatment programs for...
A DRUNKARD'S PROGRESS AA and the sobering strength of myth By "Elpenor " For souls it is death to become water, for water it is death to become earth; from...
A friend at the University of Akron posted this to another list. He has given me permission to post it to AA History Lovers. Nancy Olson Moderator The...
Posted on Sat, Jun. 07, 2003 A.A. pioneer Kay Stewart is dead at 78 By Marilyn Miller Beacon Journal staff writer As hundreds visit the home of Alcoholics...
AA: Guilt and god for the gullible After 20 years of heavy drinking, blackouts, DWIs, wrecked cars, and one long stretch in jail, I quit drinking. I decided I...
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Dear All, Does anyone have a "Time Line" or "one liner/snap shots" of the most important dates of events in history up until now ? Also how many Big Books now...
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back on March 30, Tom En2ger posted a 'heads up' to our group about an upcoming article in Box 459 on Sponsorship. Thanks, Tom. Actually it is a really good...
Grapevine, September 1945 Rochester Prepares Novices for Group Participation (Editor's note: This is the third in a continuing series of articles outlining the...
Cover Story: Out in the Open by Edward W. Desmond Changing attitudes and new research give fresh hope to alcoholics Just before the Betty Ford Center opened in...
Nan Robertson, author of the forthcoming A.A.: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous, is a journalist and reformed Alcoholic. A New York Times reporter for more than 30...
Grapevine, June 1945 Educational Plan The Wilson Club, one of the four St. Louis AA groups, is now using a very satisfactory method of "educating" prospects...
Grapevine, July 1945 What Constitutes a Good Sponsor, as Minneapolis Sees It (Many groups have used to good advantage the sponsor system, one of which is...
Grapevine, October 1945 Chicago's Neighborhood Groups Key to Simplicity in a Metropolitan Area The first AA member in Chicago contacted the Akron group in the...
Grapevine, June 1945 Educational Plan The Wilson Club, one of the four St. Louis AA groups, is now using a very satisfactory method of "educating" prospects...
Grapevine, December 1945, pg 57-8. St. Paul's Four Discussion Groups A Method of Outlining AA to New Members (Continuing the series outlining the various plans...
Grapevine Letters in response to Beginner Meeting Articles: June 1945, 'Educational Plan' - St Louis July 1945, 'What Constitutes a Good Sponsor' - Minneapolis...
When Your Child Drinks Millions of American teen-agers have a problem with alcohol. If your son or daughter is among them, help is available By Stanley L....
... I remember when her book came out _Getting Better: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous_ in 1988. It caused quite a stir because she was a well informed person who...
Grapevine, January 1945 Points of View: Arkansas Style Arkansas "Moon" brings on a peculiar kind of mean insanity, fearsome in its throes even to our...
