ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS More youths, blacks, women, homosexuals, Hispanics and alcoholics addicted to other drugs now join A.A. (Adapted from "Getting Better:...
May 1 1941 - First Wisconsin AA meeting was held in a Milwaukee hotel. May 2 1941 - Jacksonville, FL, newspaper reported start of a new AA group. 1941 - First...
(Kankakee is about 60 miles south of Chicago) According to an article published in the Kankakee Journal in December, 1958, A.A. here had endured 10 years in...
One Page At a Time Susan Cheever's Chilling Glimpse of AA's Tormented 'Saint' By David Von Drehle Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 3, 2004; Page C01 ...
I found Cheever's book to be a big disappointment - not based its so-called "revelations" but from numerous factual errors in the material. Having read most of...
Jack B got sober in 1942 in the southern Westchester county area just north of New York City. Before relocating to Perth, Australia in the late 1970s, he was...
This is a compilation of previous posts which have been deleted. Nancy From: "pete_geilich" <pete_geilich@...> Date: Thu May 6, 2004 3:00 pm Subject:...
Aug. 1948 AA Grapevine<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> What Causes A Man to Slip? The Program? From Ponca, Neb. ...
THE ROUNDTABLE OF AA HISTORY April 12, 1998 Rowland Hazard (1881-1945) [This is being reposted as the original post became garbled. Nancy] Rowland Hazard was...
Is the "old" CHARLES B. TOWNS HOSPITAL still standing? The adress 293 central west ny ny, is the American Anorexia/Bulima Association. Is this the same...
December 1975 AA Grapevine<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Passing of Jack Alexander Recalls Early AA Growth Our...
A member asked about Jersey Lightning which Bill was drinking during one of his failed attempts to stay sober on his own. What is it? I remember reading that...
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May 17, 2004 5:45 pm
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The Charles B Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions opened in NYC in 1901. It was a private "drying out" hospital for the affluent. It initially...
Towns Hospital at 293 Central Park West is still standing but as a Co-op apartment building. It is one door north of the intersection of West 89th Street and...
Hello group, I am interested in why Fitz M.'s story was not put in the Pioneer section until the 4th edition. Also, is there any addition information on Dr....
In post # 560, the December 1975 AA Grapevine article about Jack Alexander passing, it mentioned a May 1945 Grapevine article by Jack. Here is a copy of...
I'm told there are 118 promises in the BB, not just the 12 we refer to on pages 63-64. Does anyone have a complete list with page numbers? In sobriety, Clyde...
Hello Jim, Here's the summary: In the second and third editions of the book, the same twelve stories appeared in the section "Pioneers of AA." They were: ...
Go to: www.msag.org/BBCA/the%20147%20promises.htm Best, Diz T. ... From: Cloydg To: AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:43 PM Subject:...
Diz Titcher
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May 18, 2004 7:43 pm
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It's not clear why Bill put "Our Southern Friend" in "They Lost Nearly All" rather than "Pioneers of AA" -- especially since Fitz is identified as an "AA...
Hi Jim Fitz M's story (Our Southern Friend) has appeared in the original manuscript and all editions of the Big Book. His story was moved to Part I (Pioneers...
Promises, promises! How often we hear the incorrect phrase "The Twelve Promises of AA" used in meetings when referring to the Ninth Step promises on pages 83...
ROWLAND HAZARD Part 1 of 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE BY GLENN C. (South Bend, Indiana) -- What has now become the definitive...
Glenn Chesnut
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May 19, 2004 11:09 am
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ROWLAND HAZARD Part 2 of 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE BY GLENN C. (South Bend, Indiana) -- Excerpted from Richard M. Dubiel, *The...
Glenn Chesnut
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May 19, 2004 11:11 am
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Just a reminder that Fitz was also a founder (present at the first regular meeting) in Eastern PA, and in North Jersey, as well as MD and DC. Also, I'm told,...
I'm looking for any information on Oscar Vieths, listed by Richard K among the first forty members of AA, with an indication he did not stay sober. Thomsen's...
In response to Jared's request for information on Oscar Veiths: Bill Wilson typed up a short "history" of sorts of the years 1934-1939. This was found at...
