Early Black AA -- Part 1 of 5 EARLY BLACK A.A. ALONG THE CHICAGO--GARY--SOUTH BEND AXIS The Stories and Memories of Early Black Leaders Told in Their Own Words...
Early Black AA -- Part 2 of 5 JIMMY MILLER: When Ray Moore called on me, he was really surprised that I [already] had the ... Alcoholic Anonymous book. I was...
Early Black AA -- Part 3 of 5 =================================== KEN MERRILL PLAYS THE PIANO Celebrating a victory over racism Ken Merrill (the founder of...
Part 4 of 5 BILL WILLIAMS CONTINUES HIS STORY BILL WILLIAMS: I said, "The thing of it is, and I know -- I ain't dumb, I ain't stupid -- I may be dumb, but...
Early Black AA -- Part 5 of 5 =================================== CHICAGO IN 1945 The first black people to join A.A. EDITOR'S NOTE: Then Glenn C. asked Bill...
Hi, I'm a lurker and I hope I'm doing this right. Can anyone tell me who was the minister's son in "We Agnostics"? (pg. 56.) Appreciate any help. Thanks. I...
Corky- I believe this was Fitz M. or John Henry Fitzhugh M. who was the 2nd man to recover from Towns Hospital in 1935. He was the author of "Our Southern...
Thanks Tom, I appreciate your help. I read most of the posts from AAHistoryLovers; but, have trouble remembering them. :-) :-) Keep up the great job your...
No. Ebby, I believe. Tommy <skyrocket1954@...> wrote: On page xxix is the story of a man,hid in a barn determined to die. Is that man Fitz M.? Thanks,Tom...
Nancy - are you still moderating? These kind of messages should not be circulated. Ebby never spent any time in Towns Hospital. Simply pulling a name out of...
INTRODUCTION The Books the Good Old-Timers Read Early A.A. in the St. Joseph river valley region of Indiana and Michigan in the 1940's and 50's A summary of...
Fulton J. Sheen Presumably many A.A.'s in South Bend and the surrounding St. Joseph river valley area continued to use The Upper Room for their daily...
The old-timers in the St. Joseph river valley say that there was enormous excitement when Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age appeared in 1957. As one old-timer...
NOTES NOTE 1: It is a serious mistake to regard all evangelicals as the same. Even at the very beginning, when the modern evangelical movement first began in...
In other words, based on the principle of group autonomy, an A.A. group can in fact choose to read anything at its meetings which it wants to, if a group...
The A.A. Tools of Recovery A good old-timer named Don Helvey in Elkhart put together a short piece called the A.A. Tools of Recovery, which is still read at...
The A.A. Tools of Recovery A good old-timer named Don Helvey in Elkhart put together a short piece called the A.A. Tools of Recovery, which is still read at...
I posted a question a couple of days ago about the examples in the chapter, "More About Alcoholism." and it never got posted. Was it not a good enough question...
Hi my fellows history lovers, # 2 I posted a question a couple of days ago about the examples in the chapter, "More About Alcoholism." and it never got posted....
I also submitted a post a few days ago and it never got posted. If I wasn't within the guidelines (I think I was), then it would be helpful if I got that...
Dear AAHistoryLovers Members I'm taking a bit of liberty in speaking up for our moderator Nancy O. In August Nancy distributed a posting advising the group of...
Hi Arthur, I would be very happy to send Nancy O a message. Please tellme how to do it. have misplaced the instructions lon how to do this. Thanks and God...
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<NMOlson@...> Hi, Ernie Kurtz here. *Not-God,* which was researched 1974-1979 and published in 1979 (the later “revision” added only a chapter on...
A recent discussion on another AA-related mail list brings about this query. I know that revisions and changes to the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions has...
My name is Jani C. and I have been receiving AAHistoryLovers posts from all of you for quite some time, I just read and learn, no sharing, so thank you for all...
I have a 1973 edition of the 12x12. It is a little different. I found this out when I was looking for the part of step 10 that talks about 'nothing pays off...
Hi Penny The reason the page numbers of early printings of the 12&12 are different from later printings is because the typeface (or font) was changed. Early...
Hi Jani, I am like you - I read and learn. I have The Little Red Book For Women. It is the 12 steps and it is pretty much the same, but with some footnotes...
Dear AAHistoryLovers Members As you should now be aware, Nancy O, the founder and moderator of AAHistoryLovers, is in hospice care and expected to live for...
