We are working thru all the stories in our bb & step weekly meeting. The West Baltimore AA site has been most helpful in providing information about the ...
I've searched the text in the front part of the book ("Alcoholics Anonymous") and don't find the phrasing "working the Steps" or "work the Steps" or "work the...
Hi there, I am blessed with a great collection of recordings of Bill Wilson. Listening to the spoken words of Bill and other long-timers (in some cases before...
AA History Lovers: I took another look at the December 1938 Big Book "Prospectus" developed by Hank and Bill. The first part sounds like Bill Wilson, the...
Messages from Doug B., Kimball, and M. Eaton ______________________________ FROM: "Doug B." <dougb@...> (dougb at aahistory.com) Jari, I have lots of...
Messages from Jeffrey Johnson, Rick Tompkins, rriley9945, Arthur Sheehan, John Lee, and Edgar C. ______________________________ FROM: Jeffrey Johnson...
Hi there, I have seen these on eBay several times. The circle and triangle are certainly not unique. Geometrically, they fit well and one can find them in many...
The questioning of the authorship of "To Employers" sent me to reread my copy of Lois Remenbers. On page 114 Lois states "Therefore I had expected Bill to ask...
A conference approved Forward from Bill Wilson in 1967 confirms that Bill wrote the text of the Big Book.... That settles it! All historical research means ...
Let me go back to one of the original questions of why the Big Book puts "important information" in chapters To Wives and To Employers instead of at the "front...
Hi everyone! must tell you about an incident that relates to poker chips. About a year ago I saw the film "Sting" and in it the players in a poker game used...
Hi John In this forum, if we are to be true propagating history, then we should impose upon ourselves the discipline of sticking to articles of fact rather...
To History Lovers, RE: BillW and Helen W. The new biography of Lois Wilson, "Lois Wilson, When Love is not enough" by William Borchert has a different...
... Mitchell: I stand by my earlier posting. The person who wrote "The Unbeliever" is not the person who wrote "To Employers". There is absolutely no overlap...
To my knowledge and from the sources (other than Orange papers which got the info from aamo) I do believe these documents to be copies of the originals which...
If one just takes a written story published in the Big Book as the only example of Hank's writing style it is not doing diligent service to historical...
Abby G (whose Big Book story is "He Thought He Could Drink Like a Gentleman") was an AA pioneer in Cleveland, OH. He is credited with instituting the practice...
Hi David In regards to citing information from the AAHL archives please also include message 2933, subject: Bill W and Helen. ... Hi Merton Bill W, like any...
David wrote As Alcoholics Anonymous is "a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope," I'd have to say Bill W.'s life, the good,...
As Alcoholics Anonymous is "a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope," I'd have to say Bill W.'s life, the good, the bad and...
Hey All, I recently got a copy of a recording that had no information with it other than the title "One Man's Story" Here's a few things that might help: West...
"Bright Star's web site claims that they went into business in 1950." As a matter of information, Bright Star is still a good source of medallions. But, there...
Can any one say when this saying: "The spirit of rotation" came into use"? and is it and its usage documented? thanks. wil...
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... somehow ... of ... read ... me, ... of ... as ... "To Employers" [Chapter 10 of Big Book]. I've always found that hard to believe, based on the contrast...
As Bill Sees It contains thirty-one entries sourced to "Letter, 1966". Do we know if this letter was a single, philosophical essay or letters collected from...
Lee wrote He apparently started this practice in 1946 after the Portland Group (still going) got started. Jimmy donated his medallions to the archives. Arthur...
Sneaky Pete was slang for a pint bottle of cheap muscatel with grain alcohol added to pump up the proof to 40. It cost around 35 cents and was a flat bottle,...
"Bayzo" was a term first used during prohibition to describe someone who drank bay rum, because of its high alcohol content. Bay rum was used as an aftershave,...
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