... 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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Roy Tellis
roytellis
Jan 22, 2005 6:22 pm
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...
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Ernest Kurtz
kurtzern
Jan 22, 2005 8:42 pm
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...
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cometkazie1@...
cometkazie1
Jan 23, 2005 8:44 pm
... 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...
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ArtSheehan
lefthanded_ny
Jan 23, 2005 9:47 pm
Hi I'm not trying to start a chat room exchange but an announcement of an academic conference presenting "scientific, theological and clinical perspectives"...
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Mel Barger
melb@...
Jan 23, 2005 10:09 pm
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,...
2137
hrlywolfiz
Jan 25, 2005 5:22 pm
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...
2138
pennington2
Jan 25, 2005 6:51 pm
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...
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Thumper
dsgrl121501
Jan 25, 2005 6:53 pm
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...
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Arkie Koehl
arkiekoehl
Jan 25, 2005 10:38 pm
... 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...
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john pizzamiglio
flogging_god
Jan 26, 2005 3:49 am
... 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...
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steve
livethesolution
Jan 26, 2005 4:29 am
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....
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Corey Franks
erb2b
Jan 26, 2005 7:09 am
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...
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Glenn Chesnut
glennccc
Jan 26, 2005 7:10 am
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...
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Glenn Chesnut
glennccc
Jan 26, 2005 7:43 am
It's probably simpler to combine these two postings into a single message: "Stephanie Burgess" <SBURGESS2004@...> wrote in and said: "Stools and Bottles is...
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Naomi Blankenship
omiblank
Jan 26, 2005 6:00 pm
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...
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Nicholas J. Hernandez
bankndraw
Jan 26, 2005 6:01 pm
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...
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ArtSheehan
lefthanded_ny
Jan 26, 2005 9:09 pm
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...
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Rob White
rwhite@...
Jan 26, 2005 9:37 pm
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...
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ny-aa@...
th0mas2e
Jan 27, 2005 12:12 am
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...
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ArtSheehan
lefthanded_ny
Jan 27, 2005 12:13 am
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...
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Bill Lash
barefootbill69
Jan 27, 2005 12:14 am
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...
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Steve Aeilts
tirebyter
Jan 27, 2005 12:15 am
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...
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Tom P.
tomper99
Jan 27, 2005 1:32 am
"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...
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Roy V. Tellis
roytellis
Jan 27, 2005 2:06 pm
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...
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Diz Titcher
rtitcher@...
Jan 27, 2005 2:08 pm
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:...
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Roy V. Tellis
roytellis
Jan 27, 2005 2:10 pm
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...
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ArtSheehan
lefthanded_ny
Jan 27, 2005 6:49 pm
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...
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ArtSheehan
lefthanded_ny
Jan 27, 2005 9:34 pm
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...
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Nicholas J. Hernandez
bankndraw
Jan 28, 2005 6:34 pm
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...
