When you look at the Amazon site, you can check the table of contents of the book. The source pointing to p 192 is in a chapter titled "Closed Head Injury" by...
Mary C Darrah's excellent biography "Sister Ignatia" (pgs 128-129) states that Bill wrote to Dr Bob that he thought Anne (Dr Bob's wife) should write the...
Hi Just checked with the webmaster of the link via e-mail. He replied that the cited source is still not verified. I'd buy that book if I was sure the...
Dear Nancy, My name is Roy T. and I am an alcoholic. Sobered up in Bombay India in April 1990. I was going through the brief biograpies of the authors of the...
In Mary Darrah's book on Sister Ignatia, she backs that up. To my knowledge, Bill never said he wrote it but he did edit the chapter. Diz T. ... From:...
Diz Titcher
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Jan 27, 2005 2:08 pm
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Dear Nancy, I may have inadvertantly caused some confusion when I sent in the email regarding Trevor K., the author of "Life Saving Words" in the 3rd Edition...
"Nov 2003 Final Answer?? has come that this quote is from his Herbert Spencer "The Pathology of Trauma" 2nd Edition, Edited by J.K.Mason, page 192 We are...
naomi, well, my sponsor taught me to ID my self (in any open meeting) as: "My name is Steve, and I'm a member of Alcoholics Anonymous..." he showed me a...
This just in. Can anyone verify this? Herbert Spencer quote is from his book "The Pathology of Trauma" 2nd Edition, Edited by J.K.Mason, page 192 Special...
I had the same thought about the source of the quotation - that it might come from a piece of correspondence rather than a published work. A reputable web site...
The "Biographies of the Authors" says there is indication in the Akron archives that the first draft of the Big Book chapter "To Wives" was written by Marie...
I heard someone chairing a meeting say that Spencer's words were taken from an unpublished letter. any truth to that? Rob W. Baltimore ... Hi Nicholas In March...
Rob White
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Jan 26, 2005 9:37 pm
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Hi Nicholas In March 1941, the wording of Step 12 was changed in the 2nd printing of the 1st edition Big Book. The term “spiritual experience” was changed...
How influential was Herbert Spencer on Bill Wilson? Was he mentioned in the appendix II just to prompt open-mindedness or was his work more thouroughly...
Hey there alcoholic Naomi here, I have a note in my BB, with mention of Mort J., that says the custom of IDing oneself as alcoholic was besides giving your...
It's probably simpler to combine these two postings into a single message: "Stephanie Burgess" <SBURGESS2004@...> wrote in and said: "Stools and Bottles is...
Dear John (and Victor), Ed Webster (who lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota) published The Little Red Book in 1946 under the sponsorship of the Nicollet Group. Ed...
HI Victor. We at www.archivesinternational.org have a picture of Ed Webster along with Barry Collins those two are the authors of that book and a few others...
Hello everyone, Thanks to Mel and others who helped me build an archive for the kalamazoo Michigan area--it is now safely in the hands of the current Delegate....
... i have looked and the listed author is anonymous this is from review listed on retail sites,it might worth a try to try some a.a.autors bios to see if it...
... It's fairly common here in Honolulu, in some meetings, to read the beginning of "More About Alcoholism" in the 3rd Chapter. In the history meeting (see...
The title of the story you are looking for is in the Second Edition 499 - 508 THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH ME! That's what the man said as he hocked his...
The quote is from "There's Nothing the Matter with Me!" (page 499 in the Second Edition of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous). The story is in the section...
A couple of groups around my town read an excerpt from a story out of the second edition(?)that starts with something like: The most important lesson I have...
Hi, I appreciate Arthur's observations here. I have occasionally pulled up Stanton Peele's website in the hope of finding him saying something good about AA,...
Mel Barger
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Jan 23, 2005 10:09 pm
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Hi I'm not trying to start a chat room exchange but an announcement of an academic conference presenting "scientific, theological and clinical perspectives"...
... Are there any references that go into the specific differences between the metabolism in non-alcoholics and alcoholics? As a chemist I have been intrigued...
Hi, Although this is not primarily an AA History project, some of the presenters at this conference have a good knowledge of AA history, others' awareness if...
Dear Nancy, My name is Roy T. and I am an alcoholic. Sobered up in Bombay India in April 1990. I was going through the brief biograpies of the authors ot the...
... a ... from Box 459, date/issue unknown, copied from "The Messenger", June 2001 : "I'M AN ALCOHOLIC, MY NAME IS ________" How Did The "I'm An Alcoholic"...
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