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1968
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...
Lash, William (Bill)
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Aug 2, 2004
3:10 pm
1969
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...
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Aug 3, 2004
9:19 pm
1970
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...
Jaime Maliachi
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Aug 6, 2004
8:44 pm
1971
We at the Kansas City Ofice have a request about the orgin of the principles associated with the steps and the traditions. Please Help...
michael oates
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Aug 13, 2004
8:45 pm
1972
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: ...
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Aug 13, 2004
9:55 pm
1973
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...
Arthur
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Aug 14, 2004
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1974
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...
Audrey Borden
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Aug 18, 2004
12:22 am
1975
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 The unpublished history manuscript by Bob P (1985) contains...
Jim Blair
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Aug 18, 2004
11:52 am
1976
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...
Arthur
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Aug 18, 2004
11:53 am
1977
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...
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Aug 18, 2004
11:53 am
1978
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...
Robert Stonebraker
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Aug 18, 2004
9:25 pm
1979
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,...
Stef Donev
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Aug 19, 2004
10:45 am
1980
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...
wilfried antheunis
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Aug 19, 2004
11:14 am
1981
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...
Roger Wheatley
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Aug 20, 2004
1:23 am
1982
"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...
Jim S.
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Aug 20, 2004
1:25 am
1983
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...
Arthur Sheehan
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Aug 21, 2004
11:40 am
1984
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...
Johnny Hughes
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Aug 23, 2004
2:08 pm
1985
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...
Glenn Chesnut
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Aug 23, 2004
10:46 pm
1986
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...
Arthur Sheehan
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Aug 23, 2004
10:48 pm
1987
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...
Mel Barger
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Aug 24, 2004
2:23 pm
1988
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...
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Aug 24, 2004
4:21 pm
1989
What follows are excerpts from the abstract and discussion of the following article: Mäkelä, Klaus. (1994). Rates of attrition among the membership of...
Klaus Mäkelä
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Aug 24, 2004
4:24 pm
1990
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'...
butterfly2479
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Aug 25, 2004
11:41 am
1991
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...
Dennis Mardon
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Aug 25, 2004
11:45 am
1992
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...
R. Peter Nixon
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Aug 25, 2004
11:49 am
1993
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...
Danny S
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Aug 26, 2004
11:34 am
1994
... 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 ...
AC
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Aug 26, 2004
11:36 am
1995
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...
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Aug 26, 2004
11:45 am
1996
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...
Arthur Sheehan
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Aug 26, 2004
11:51 am
1997
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...
Arthur Sheehan
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Aug 26, 2004
11:55 am
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