Would anyone who has any information on the sequence of events that led to the changing of the manuscript for How It Works, provide this information. I am...
WCompWdsUnl@...
Sep 2, 2004 1:30 pm
2009
Hi Larry The progressive development of the Big Book is mapped out in a number of historical writings. The book “Not God” is a valuable companion reading...
Bob,One example I know of is Clarence S.`s story,Home Brewmiester. If you can get a tape of his talk,he describes the process Dr. Bob took him thru and how he...
The Little Red Book comes out of Nicolette group and was published two years prior to the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. It was edited by Dr. Bob. ...
Dear History Lovers, Some time in the past I saw, in an unremembered text, a picture of a medallion or article that Sister Ignatia is reported as having given...
I am not certain this is what you are looking for, but there is a picture of Sister Ignatia on page 186 of _DR. Bob and the Good Oldtimers_ and on page 195 it...
This is how Sister Ignatia did it: Day 1 - Admit to hospital, Detox 2 - Day of Recognition (Steps 1-3) 3 - Day of Moral Inventory 4 - Day of Resolution 5 -...
This is how Sister Ignatia did it: Day 1 - Admit to hospital, Detox 2 - Day of Recognition (Steps 1-3) 3 - Day of Moral Inventory 4 - Day of Resolution 5 -...
Is it true that Bill put each of the Traditions in specific sequence in order to match-up with its corresponding step? For example, consider Step Two &...
Hello: I have been talking with archivists at GSO re: the changes made to the 2nd Edition Forward, first the typographical changes regarding the switching...
Bill had a unique way of writing and others have expressed it. The first Step, Tradition and Concept spells out the problem and the 2nd one of each gives us...
Diz Titcher
rtitcher@...
Sep 21, 2004 2:11 pm
2020
Hi Bill You'll find many of the basic principles that were carried into the Twelve Traditions in the foreword to the first edition Big Book. Bill later wrote a...
AAHistoryLovers, Re my previous post regarding Sr. Ignatia, to which James responded as below... I have rediscovered the text wherein I saw a picture of the...
I am interested in the number of Big Books in each of the printings of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. Could someone point me towards the data? ...
So close yet so far. This James Houck article made the online issue of Time magazine, but not the circulation copy in magazine stores. It can be found at...
Hi Tommy I gleaned the following from the final report of the 2002 General Service Conference (pg 15). Big Book distribution 1st edition - 300,000 copies were...
Has Houck ever been a member of A.A. or identified himself as a recovering alcoholic in his talks? Thanks. John Pine, Richmond, VA ... So close yet so far....
Hi Tommy, I should have sent this earlier, was looking for more information and someplace on my computer (or maybe on another one that crashed!) it is there -...
wilfried antheunis
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Sep 26, 2004 12:57 pm
2027
This is Bill H from Baltimore. I have been in the program 21 years and am currently chairperson for Archives for Maryland General Service Archives. I...
billherold1017@...
Sep 26, 2004 12:57 pm
2028
I met James Houck at the Wilson House in East Dorset, Vermont at a seminar he participated in and he told me he was never a member of AA. Bernadette ... From:...
Bernadette MacLeod
bernadette.john@...
Sep 26, 2004 12:57 pm
2029
Hi ! Thanks for the info re BB printings. I would like to know how much copies of the BB have been printed in French ! Thanks. Jacqueline - Brussels-Belgium ...
jacqueline belgium
jacqueline_belgium@...
Sep 26, 2004 12:59 pm
2030
I met James Houck in Philadelphia PA when he was 93 yrs.old. He was with Wally P. and they were doing the Back to Basics talk. He did say that he was at one...
Dear History Lovers, There were two more printings of the first edition than listed below, sixteen in all. The fifteenth printing was, January, 1954 and the...
I recently was listening to a taped interview of a deceased longtimer in my area. He mentioned in the interview that four members (Al Marino, Chuck ...
since we are on the subject of big books! can any one break down how many of each first editions where printed, to include how many green, light blue and ...
bikergaryg@...
Sep 27, 2004 3:05 pm
2034
The following book was part of the source material for the writing of the Big Book in 1938. For instance, on page 59 of the Big Book it says, "Half measures...
3. THE ROOTS OF THE TROUBLE<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The individual described here is a fairly typical...
IV<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> THE CURE MADE EFFECTIVE I. THE MIND WE have seen that alcoholism and the...
I read this on a number of occassions but had to acquire it through the interlibrary loan system. How did you transcribe it? -cliff H balmorhea, texas ... ...
