I met James H. in 1997 at the Wilson House in Vermont. I am almost positive he had said that he was not a member of AA and never had been. Does anyone have...
JNP in Maine
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Jan 2, 2006 5:46 pm
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Jan 1929 - Bill W. wrote third promise in Bible to quit drinking. Jan 1940 - Akron group moves to new home at King School. Jan 1944 - Dr. Harry Tiebout's first...
How long have members of A.A. been sober? That is one of the questions in the triennial survey among randomly selected groups in the U.S. and Canada every...
My comments below do not address the question of the statistical accuracy of the survival rate study but relate to the history of the debate over who is a...
Hi Gary, James Houck was never a member of AA. He is the last original Oxford Grouper and puts on those workshop with a friend of his who was in AA. I do not...
Diz Titcher
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Jan 2, 2006 8:31 pm
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(With a comment by Glenn C. at the end) Hi, With respect to what Fiona D. said in Message 2992...
I would add that there is a *CLINICAL* differentiation between alcohol *DEPENDENCY* and alcohol *ABUSE* and the treatment recommended is different, although...
Hi All, Yes, I knew that Al S. composed the Responsibility Statement, although I never met him. Clarence Snyder also told me about spending time with Bill in...
Mel Barger
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Jan 2, 2006 8:41 pm
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I was just at the house of Jim Houck the grandson of the James Houck you mentioned, (on Friday night.) I do believe that his grand father is still alive. We...
Hi All, I talked with Chauncey C. by telephone yesterday. He is now in a care home in Waterford, Mich., but is still sharp and willing to converse about his...
Mel Barger
melb@...
Jan 2, 2006 8:47 pm
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It seems to me that trying to make alcoholics different from heavy drinkers is an attempt to make black and white out of something which is most likely gray....
Hi, I had to reply to this one, as I too met Chauncy at the Thanksgiving Eve Gratitude meeting that Chauncy started 57 years ago. I sat in the front row and...
Hi Cherie... Actually I found quite a few ... you can access some of these at this link... http://silkworth.net/pdfBillW/pdfBillW3.html ... Happy Holidays... ...
Clarence used to tell me stories about how Bill, Bob and himself had engaged in some spooky endeavors. They invoked some esoteric mumblings and stood at the ...
Just a quickie because I have to be off to work. Clarence wasn't the only salesperson - Hank was one as well as it appears there were a couple of others on and...
I would love to know where the expression "Meeting makers make it" came from. The only reference to it that I have found was a caption to a cartoon in one of...
That's intresting I have one question. On the top of them it says that they are AL-ANON Conference Approved Literature. The one that was "IF YOUR PARRENTS...
Gary, I met James Houck on September 2nd this year 05. He just celebrated 71 yrs of sobriety on Dec 12th. James will be 100 yrs old on Feb 21 2006. I will also...
A report from JM to Dr. Ernest Kurtz (author of *Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous*) on James Houck and the Thursday night AA meeting at Towson United...
Hi AA History Lovers, The recent discussions on 'real alcoholics' reminded me of the following study and I thought I would share it with you. Hope it 'fits'...
Hi Pete, As you probably know Clarence and Hank were brothers in law. After the stock redemption/royalty sequence Hank carried a lifelong resentment because...
... I am old enough to have been given many shots with reused needles. It is my recollection that normal autoclaving killed almost all of the bacteria and...
I have been reading these entires with some mild amusement. Having lived in the Towson area for most of my life (age 54) and having been a grateful member of...
Rob White
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Jan 7, 2006 7:14 am
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The Editorial Staff: The Grapevine, The Pathfinder, The Reviver, AA Around Australia, NZ Mainstay, Bristol Fashion. Some years ago the Grapevine published the...
JOHN e REID
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Jan 7, 2006 7:18 am
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To the members of the AAHistoryLovers: The way the Pending Messages are displayed in the Yahoo Group system, there is no way I can forward a message to another...
The chain of messages on the term "real alcoholic" seems to be straying away from history. There are certain terms that are likely best to avoid in this forum...
I got this guide online: http://www.betterendings.org/Recipes/cookal.htm Cooking With Alcohol When cooking with beer or alcohol, does all of the alcohol...
If we are going to discuss the distinction that is made between "Alcohol Abuse [305]" and "Alcohol Depencence [303.9]" it is useful to look at the diagnostic...
