http://home.insightbb.com/~rstonebraker212/ Dear Friends, The letter included in the site above comes from a gentleman, Bill F., whom I met at the recent...
Significant August dates in AA history Aug 1934 - Rowland H and Cebra persuade court to parole Ebby T. to them. Aug 1939 - Dr. Bob wrote & may have signed...
Dear Members, My name is Deborah and I am an alcoholic in England. I was researching AA history when I stumbled across AAHistoryLovers. I can't begin to...
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your overwhelmingly positive response to my request. I've been trying, one day at a time, a few folks at a time, to...
Maria Swora
Maria_Swora@...
Aug 4, 2005 9:01 pm
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[In analyzing the origin of the Steps this also may be useful. Frank Amos of the Rockerfeller foundation was sent to investigate the Akron wing. The eastern...
September 22-25, 2005 10th Annual National Archives Workshop in New Orleans, hosted by Area 27 "Preserving Our Past for Our Future" Holiday Inn Select, 2929...
Dear All, I have misplaced my electronic copy of the above, that our Group is Workshopping next week. Could someone please Email me a copy ASAP? Thanks and...
JOHN REID
johnyr1@...
Aug 8, 2005 2:03 am
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Hi, John, The Checklist is available on the AA Grapevine website: http://www.aagrapevine.org/stepsTrads/checklist.php I am glad to posting it there is helpful!...
A "Thank You" to AA History Lovers members. I reported to you in early July about the discontinuation of audio preservation work at G. S. O. Archives. (budget...
Shakey1aa@...
Aug 11, 2005 7:55 pm
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Who were the two founders of Gamblers Anonymous? The reasons why I asked this group was because 1) both guys were early A.A.'s, 2) Bill W. was often called...
Is this Group still in existence? Does anyone have an electronic copy of the notes for Workshops on Unity and the Traditions put together by Wesley P and the...
JOHN REID
johnyr1@...
Aug 13, 2005 8:30 pm
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Clancy I., in some of his most recent talks, refers to Jim Willis as the "Bill Wilson" of GA. Clancy says that Willis is highly revered around that fellowship,...
From my understanding there was only one founder of Overeaters Anonymous - Rozanne S. (not sure of the spelling). During several conversations I had with her...
If there was a Jewish AA member who was a co-founder of Gamblers Anonymous, could it have been Irwin Meyerson? Mitchell K. says that he has never heard...
Good day historians! Me and my group have a question, just who was the guy mentioned in the 12&12, pg. 151, a patient at Towns Hospital? He was described by...
Who was the physician prominent in New York in Fitz Mayo's story? A QUESTION SENT IN BY Rockbottom Russ = "oicuradry12" <oicuradry12@...> Date: Wed Aug...
I read an account of a statement allegedly made by Bill shortly before he passed away. I don't remember where. It stated roughly that when asked about his most...
Hi All, I'm wondering if anyone knows the history behind the two meeting designations (open meetings and closed meetings). When did it start and why? pam, an...
Movies on Alcoholism with Reviews Assembled by BILLY K. <billyk3@...> (with a few additions by Glenn C.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ...
Why hold hands to close a meeting? (a question from Brenda) ... From: "Al Welch" <welch@...> In the Baltimore area, this practice seemed to have...
Al Welch
welch@...
Aug 21, 2005 7:09 pm
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[By January 4, 1939 a pre-multilithe copy was in the hands of Tom Uzzell who edited the Big Book. An enormous amount of work must have taken place from this...
[This is a letter that may be of interest to members here. It is a letter written by Hank P. to Frank Amos of the Rockerfeller Foundation and soon to be...
Historylovers, I have a copy of a workshop Wesley P did if the group would like it. If you email me I will be glad to send it in a 3-part email. It is a...
From the moderator: I was just checking our membership list. We now have 1,357 people in the AAHistoryLovers web group, coming from all over the world. ...
Here's the info about G.A....straight from the archivist's mouth.. my sponsor, Harry the Wino, knew the G.A. founder. He was also in double A in L.A. Calif. ...
Shakey1aa@...
Aug 22, 2005 6:37 pm
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His name was Don, and on this page, it will always be just that. There are probably thousands of people alive today—clean, sober and well—because of things...