Grapevine, June 1946 32 New Groups New groups formed in the month ending May 10 include: CALIFORNIA--Maywood and West Adams (Los Angeles). INDIANA--Union City....
This is from a past issue of Box 459, but I do not remember which issue. (unfortunately I didn't save that data) Think it give a good explanation of this...
Neither the 12 and 12 nor Big Book (first three editions) were AA Conference-approved - presumably because there was no Conference to approve them when they...
Grapevine, July 1946 A.A.'s Country-Wide News Circuit A.A. in Atlanta, Ga., has made great progress since its birth five years ago. The two groups are plugging...
America, June 10, 1950. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS By Edward Duff Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist at Blythewood Sanatarium, Greenwich, Connecticut, faced his...
There are bound to be other books and pamphlets with similar names. Tracy may be asking about "Alcoholics Anonymous - An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps."...
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Hi The Delegates wasted no time in implementing the Conference-approval process for AA literature. It was one of the first items they addressed. The General...
hi Group, I can suggest three resources for early pamphlets that are still very much in use and are currently in print. The 20-paged Detroit pamphlet was a...
Hello, The First General Service Conference took place in 1951 and the 12 & 12 was printed in 1953. So there was a conference before this book was published....
The book I'm researching came into the possesion of a friend some time ago, acquired in treatment from another patient. It's copyright 1946, published by the...
Extension, Vol.45:8-9, November 1950 I WAS A DRUNKARD A Catholic member looks at Alcoholics Anonymous. Ten years ago I was a drunkard. Then some erstwhile...
Grapevine, July 1946 24 New Groups New groups reported in the month ending June 7 include: CALIFORNIA--Anaheim and Whittier. CONNECTICUT--Saybrook. ...
Archives Breakfast The 19th Annual Archives Breakfast will be held on Sunday November 9th this year. Once again, the unique event will be at The Oasis...
I have a question. I recall seeing some place an outline for groups to use at a group conscience to evaluate the groups effectiveness. Does anyone know where I...
There is a pretty good explanation of this in the AA pamphlet "The AA Group" ... From: Rachel Ivie To: AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
Al Welch
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Hi Rachel It sounds like you are are referring to the pamphlet The AA Group and how to conduct a Group Inventory. In the January 2002 version of The AA Group...
I am wondering if people can help me gather some background information on some amateur AA literature I have found. I am interested in knowing the publication...
Travis, Trysh
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Sep 4, 2003 2:17 am
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TRADITIONS CHECKLIST Tradition One: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity. 1. Am I in my group a healing, mending,...
What is now called "The Little Red Book" (the distinguish it from other works with similar titles) had as its original title: An Interpretation of The Twelve...
Glenn Chesnut
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Sep 4, 2003 11:15 am
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Pastoral Psychology, Vol. 2 (13), April 1951 THE PASTOR'S RESOURCES IN DEALING WITH ALCOHOLICS Alcoholics Are Consumed With Guilt; They DoNot Need to Be...
The question was asked by Larry in New Mexico, "How did the tradition of introducing ourselves as an alcoholic at meetings get started?" Sgt. Bill S. (Sonoma...
Glenn Chesnut
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Please keep in mind that the current "Little Red Book" & the "50th Anniversary Edition of The Little Red Book" (Hazelden, 1996, ISBN: 1-56838-149-2) are...
"Nor can men and women of AA ever forget that only through suffering did they find enough humility to enter the portals of that new world. How privileged we...
Trysh wrote ... some amateur AA literature I have found. Areas still produce literature that does not bear the Conference Approved stamp. Bright Star Press has...
Hi Group...My Husband Tex Brown who got sober in Skokie, IL, just outside of Chicago and who passed away in October of 2000 with 53 years of sobriety, said...
Glenn Brown
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Does anyone know what the deal is with whether or not the "What Is AA" reading that most groups open with (published by the AA Grapevine) is Conference...
My old home group, in Wilmington, NC, where I got sober (9/9/82), we did not introduce ourselves as "alcoholics" either. We did, however use both our first...
Grapevine, Aug 1946 A.A.'s Country-Wide News Circuit Five years ago, two Oklahoma City alcoholics, unknown to each other, wrote to the Central Office in New...
Integrity, Vol. 5: 17-29, September 1951 SCIENCE, RELIGION and ALCOHOLISM By John Doe I am an active Catholic layman, conscious of the privileges and the...
