Ruth O'N. got sober on 4/14/48. Within a few months, at a meeting in Brooklyn NY, she was given a business card by another AA member. On one side of the card...
1969
ny-aa@...
Aug 3, 2004 9:19 pm
Hi, Group: I have seen the old Alcoholics Anonymous Preamble that Lee asked about referred to as "The Old Baltimore Prologue" and as "The Wilmington AA...
1970
Jaime Maliachi
jmaliachi@...
Aug 6, 2004 8:44 pm
Good day, everybody. My name is Jimbo and I am an alcoholic. Does anybody know in which year in the early groups, the fellows started to speak from the...
1971
michael oates
moates57
Aug 13, 2004 8:45 pm
We at the Kansas City Ofice have a request about the orgin of the principles associated with the steps and the traditions. Please Help...
1972
ny-aa@...
Aug 13, 2004 9:55 pm
This topic has been run around the yard a few times in the past. Nancy recently summarized one such discussion in post 1802 of this forum: ...
1973
Arthur
lefthanded_ny
Aug 14, 2004 6:13 am
Hi Michael Each Step, Tradition and Concept is, of itself, a "principle" (i.e. a rule of personal conduct). When you see wall charts or wallet cards that...
1974
Audrey Borden
voiceuser
Aug 18, 2004 12:22 am
Greetings AA Historians, I'm hoping you can help me track down the first publication date of the AA pamphlet "AA and the Woman." The copyright on the version I...
1975
Jim Blair
jim27422001
Aug 18, 2004 11:52 am
Audry wrote Can anyone verify this and give me the publication date? Your help is much appreciated. The unpublished history manuscript by Bob P (1985) contains...
1976
Arthur
lefthanded_ny
Aug 18, 2004 11:53 am
Hi Audrey The pamphlet "AA for the woman" is one of the oldest pieces of literature in AA. It was Conference-approved in 1952 by Panel 2 (the first Conference...
1977
dbennitt@...
ben2981
Aug 18, 2004 11:53 am
In a message dated 8/17/2004 8:12:51 PM Central Standard Time, ... I have a pamphlet titled AA FOR WOMEN, published by THE ALCOHOLIC FOUNDATION, ALCOHOLICS...
1978
Robert Stonebraker
rstonebraker...
Aug 18, 2004 9:25 pm
For many years I believed that the idea of serving drunks a diet of sauerkraut, tomatoes and syrup originated with Dr. Bob at St. Thomas Hospital in the mid...
1979
Stef Donev
sdonev
Aug 19, 2004 10:45 am
I found the following at:: http://www.wemac.com/info/adm_hist.html The Changing Role of the Physician in the Treatment of Chemical Dependence Thomas L. Haynes,...
1980
wilfried antheunis
wilant@...
Aug 19, 2004 11:14 am
I have two copies of "Alcoholic Anonymous Comes of Age." The newest says on spine "A.A. World Services" and inside says: "Twelfth Printing 1986" The older copy...
1981
Roger Wheatley
rogerwheatle...
Aug 20, 2004 1:23 am
Terrific reference, thanks! The answer causes another question. Does anyone know if the prayer refered to by Panel 2 as the "AA prayer" was the Serenity...
1982
Jim S.
planternva2000
Aug 20, 2004 1:25 am
"Another fact about Dr. Bob that is often understated or ignored is the fact that he was addicted to pills as well as to alcohol." Thomas L. Haynes, M. D. Can...
1983
Arthur Sheehan
lefthanded_ny
Aug 21, 2004 11:40 am
Re "Dr Bob and the Good Oldtimers" pgs 32 & 33 - Dr Bob did barbiturates by day and booze by night. At the bottom of pg 32 it states "He contracted what in...
1984
Johnny Hughes
the_toucher
Aug 23, 2004 2:08 pm
Hello all you history lovers.... Somewhere I read an article about someone doing research on the present recovery rate and they had secured information from a...
1985
Glenn Chesnut
glennccc
Aug 23, 2004 10:46 pm
The Earliest Printings of Richmond Walker's Twenty-Four Hours a Day Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana) Jack H. (Scottsdale, Arizona), who has one of the best...
1986
Arthur Sheehan
lefthanded_ny
Aug 23, 2004 10:48 pm
Hi This topic has been addressed previously and I'd like to resubmit most of the same reply I did last time. ... Pinning down success rates is not a trivial...
1987
Mel Barger
melb@...
Aug 24, 2004 2:23 pm
Hi All, I appreciate Arthur's thoughts on this subject of determining recovery rates. For some time now, various people have insisted that AA's success rate...
1988
NMOlson@...
moyerolson
Aug 24, 2004 4:21 pm
Post 1983 says in part: "Others who also experimented with LSD were Father Dowling, the Rev Sam Shoemaker and Lois Wilson. Marty Mann, Bill's mistress, Helen...
1989
Klaus Mäkelä
klaus.makela@...
Aug 24, 2004 4:24 pm
What follows are excerpts from the abstract and discussion of the following article: Mäkelä, Klaus. (1994). Rates of attrition among the membership of...
1990
butterfly2479
dobermansiamese
Aug 25, 2004 11:41 am
The 20 questions are often sited and used in various re-written forms...I am aware that AA has Its' use of them copyrighted now, and contained in one of its'...
1991
Dennis Mardon
aliden2
Aug 25, 2004 11:45 am
Thanks to Glenn C. for posting that history of the early writing, printing and distribution of the Twenty-Four Hours a Day book by Richard W. I seem to...
1992
R. Peter Nixon
rpeternixon
Aug 25, 2004 11:49 am
Hello, In response to Johnny's question, the following is an excerpt from an article entitled, "Don't Drink and Go to Meetings". The entire article may be...
1993
Danny S
frunobulax57
Aug 26, 2004 11:34 am
Dr. Bob has long been credited with saying "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple," as his last words to Bill Wilson. While Dr...
1994
AC
aceyahut
Aug 26, 2004 11:36 am
... I'm no math whiz but, with respect, there is a huge logical flaw in this question. The implied assumption is that each "desire chip" represents a unique ...
1995
t
tcumming
Aug 26, 2004 11:45 am
Peter, To those unfamiliar with actual membership in AA, I think it may well have made sense to compare number of chips sold as a elementary attempt to compare...
1996
Arthur Sheehan
lefthanded_ny
Aug 26, 2004 11:51 am
Hi Dennis I found 3 references in the listings of Conference Advisory Actions. 1953: Delegates weigh this question for submission to the 1954 Conference: Does...
1997
Arthur Sheehan
lefthanded_ny
Aug 26, 2004 11:55 am
This doesn't make sense and it comes across a lot more as mythology rather than history. We are supposed to be a history group. The data circulated are not...
