"It is so with the decision about Christ. We surrender as much of ourselves as we can to as much of Christ as we understand." p71 How to Become A Christian -...
Hi Jon: I was very sad to hear of the loss of my friend Brenda Weathers. When I was Director, Office of Women, National Council on Alcoholism, (1975-78)...
Jduplain@...
Apr 6, 2005 4:41 pm
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The Oxford Group expression that I have heard about was, "Bring as much of yourself as you understand to as much of God as you understand." I believe that...
On the source of the idea that we should choose our own conception of God: Richard M. Dubiel, The Road to Fellowship http://hindsfoot.org/kDub1.html ...
TBaerMojo@...
Apr 6, 2005 4:55 pm
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I would appreciate any information anyone may have about the origin and reference of the phrase: "Then came the inevitable explosion---something like that day...
Greetings AA History Lovers, I'm hoping someone here might help me decipher some references to AA in Boston, made by an AA speaker on a tape I have. The...
A "father, son, and holy ghost" house isn't a church--rather, a tiny 3-floor row house consisting of one room on each floor.... On Monday, April 4, 2005, at...
To all grateful historians abroad: My study group and I have a burning question, is it true that the first person Bill & Bob visited wasn't Bill D. "the man on...
Dr Silkworth refers to two patients on page xxxi in the fourth edition big book. Can somebody verify who these patients are ? 1. "one year later he called to...
Notice of new book on A.A. history: Glenn C., The Factory Owner & the Convict, Vol. 1 of Lives and Teachings of the A.A. Old Timers, April 2005, ISBN...
I am collecting commercial films like ... where alcoholism & recovery in AA are so wonderfully depicted. Are there any other such movies also ? Thanks for your...
Dear all: The following is unsubstantiated hearsay history... I recall seeing a modern art painting and a commentary about it comparing it to the Explosion...
Charlie Bishop Jr.
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Apr 12, 2005 10:14 am
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FROM JIM BLAIR: Can somebody verify who these patients are ? 1. "one year later he called to see me, and I experienced a very strange sensation. I knew the...
Dr Silkworth refers to two patients on page xxxi in the fourth edition big book. Patient #1 was Henry (Hank) Parkhurst, Bill's partner in writing the Big Book....
The first person that Bill and Bob tried to help was Eddie Reilly(sp), whose wife was a professor at Kent State Univ. They moved in the middle of the night and...
Diz Titcher
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Apr 16, 2005 6:16 pm
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There is a letter at the Stepping Stones Archives written by Bill to Lois on Dr. Bob's letterhead from May 1935 while Bill was staying at Dr. Bob's home. Bill...
Actually there was a Dr. McKay they tried working with first, according to a letter dated May 1935. This was prior to Dr Bob's last drink. Don't know what...
Two alcoholics in Akron, OH unsuccessfully preceded Bill Dotson for the opportunity to be AA #3: the first was a Dr McKay, the second was Eddie Reilly. SOURCE...
There were so many messages sent in on this topic, that I thought it was best to gather them together into a single posting. When a number of people all sent...
Hi all, I would like to thank all the people that replied to my last couple of questions. I have another question that I need help with. When Ebby rang Bill...
Hello On page 50 of the B.B. the authors refer to "a celebrated American statesman" as having said "Let's look at the record". Who are they refering to, who is...
Jarvis asked On page 50 of the B.B. the authors refer to "a celebrated American statesman" as having said "Let's look at the record". Who are they referring...
Hi Carl, I doubt that Ebby had any amends to make to Bill, as he hadn't harmed him in any way. They did take that drunken airplane ride in 1929 but Bill was ...
Mel Barger
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Apr 19, 2005 3:34 am
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Hi Carl Based on Mel B's book ("Ebby The Man Who Sponsored Bill W" pg 66) Ebby's own recollection of events was that he wound up first contacting Lois Wilson...
Hi Friends, I agree with Art's review here re Ebby's contacts with Bill, etc. Bill was, however, a friend of Shep's but Shep didn't think he had had much of a...
Mel Barger
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Apr 25, 2005 4:10 pm
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QUESTION ASKED BY: "Carl P." <cmpvandango@...> Wed Apr 20, 2005 SUBJECT: Oxford Group Tenets Please can somebody confirm, did the Oxford Group have...
My former sponsor, based in southeastern Pennsylvania, informed me today that Nancy Flynn, the "Independent Blonde" of the second edition of the Big Book,...
Does anyone have any ideas or information about Wilson's thoughts regarding pre-AA recovery? And why, with the exception of the 1945 Washingtonian article, he...
In our Third Step it says "turn our will and our lives over.." Why is "will" singular, and "lives" plural? This was the question at the "meeting after the...
