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3522
Which are The Forgotten Steps? I am told they are six and seven, but a search on the Grapevine's digital archives turns up an article from the June 1952 issue...
Tom Hickcox
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Jul 2, 2006
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3523
My Saturday Morning Meeting is an As Bill Sees It Group, and today, we read p. 118. The second paragraph on that page is attributed to a publication ...
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Jul 2, 2006
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3524
Jeanne wrote . The second paragraph on that page is attributed to a publication entitled "AA Today". My copy is a 4th printing published in 1979. I don't...
Jim B
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Jul 2, 2006
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AA Today is a Grapevine book published in 1960 which contains many articles. It was presented at the 2nd International Convention in Long Beach, California. ...
John Wikelius
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Jul 2, 2006
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Jeanne wrote The second paragraph on that page is attributed to a publication entitled "AA Today". Published in 1960, AA Today is a soft covered 111 page...
Jim B
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Jul 2, 2006
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AA Today was a special publication of the AA Grapevine commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous which first went on sale at the 1960...
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Jul 2, 2006
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3528
AA TODAY IS "A SPECIAL GRAPEVINE PUBLICATION" IT COMMEMORATES THE 25 TH ANNIVERSARY OF AA. IT WAS 1ST AVAILABLE IN 1960 IN LONG BEACH , CALIF. ADVANCE ORDERS...
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Jul 2, 2006
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3529
From Father Pfau (sp?) or Father John Does' Golden Books Steps six and seven: The forgotten steps. Bruce Johanson "The truth never harmed anyone - but it...
Bruce A. Johanson
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Jul 2, 2006
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AA Today was a special publication by The Grapevine, Inc. celebrating AA's 25th Anniversary. There were both a hard cover and soft bound edition. The original ...
Mitchell K.
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Jul 2, 2006
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In answer to Jeannes' question of AA Today, Strangely enough I had exactly the same question, until I looked on my own library shelves!! In 1960 the AA...
Maria Hoffman
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Jul 2, 2006
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3532
Have certainly never heard it here in the west of Ireland but perhaps some other members of the group have. Fiona My First Post How did the reading of the Big...
Rick Clowater
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Jul 3, 2006
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Apropos, Aldous Huxley (contributor to "AA Today" is often quoted as opining that Bill W. was "the greatest social architect of (the 20th) century". But no-one...
jenny andrews
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Jul 3, 2006
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I may be repeating myself, but my conclusion, after some searching, is that the original of that quote from Huxley appeared in Robert Thomsen's "Bill W., the...
Tom White
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Jul 3, 2006
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3535
I've not heard of the thirty days concept, but my sponsor told me that if I read just two pages per day (Two sides of a single piece of paper.) I will read the...
John Seibert
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Jul 4, 2006
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3536
But that's not the primary source. Thomsen wrote: "Aldous Huxley had called Bill the greatest social architect of the 20th century..." But when did Huxley say...
jenny andrews
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Jul 4, 2006
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3537
A friend of mine from years ago told me that he had sponsees read a step out of the 12n12 everyday for 30 days before proceeding to the next step. He explained...
Jay Lawyer
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Jul 4, 2006
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3539
The only 30 day reading I ever heard or read about was what Dr. Bob would often recommend his new guys or pigeons to read. He would have them read William...
Bruce A. Johanson
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Jul 5, 2006
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3540
This was a thread here in 2003 and 2005 and at other times. Other than RT, I know of no one who has found a shred of evidence where Huxley wrote or said that ...
Mitchell K.
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Jul 5, 2006
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3541
That is quite possible. Chit Chat or Caron Foundation in Wernersville, PA still exists. Like most things now accepted as gospel in AA never originated in AA...
Mitchell K.
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Jul 5, 2006
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3542
Opps this may be a repeat , sorry. I am new to this group and looking for some information. I am looking for a book, an autobiography that my stepdad wrote ...
newnanight1963
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Jul 5, 2006
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3543
Art, Amazon has this one -- which I was not aware of till I looked. It's apparently by Bill. Bill W. : My First 40 Years - An Autobiography ISBN 1568383738 ...
Bob Wilson
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Jul 5, 2006
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3544
Hello AA History Lover Readers.... Please note that the Bourchert book noted below, "The Lois Wilson Story, When Love Is Not Enough" contains several factual...
LES COLE
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Jul 5, 2006
4:52 pm
3545
Info off the Library of Congress website: LC Control No.: 99087571 Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: W., Bill. ...
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Jul 5, 2006
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3546
Regarding the quote attributed to Herbert Spencer in the Big Book, I've come across some research on this quote by Michael St. George: ...
John Keller
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Jul 5, 2006
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3547
From the research that I did some time back, If I recall correctly, Herbert Spencer used the term in a Newspaper interveiw, of which he himself did not recall...
Emmanuel
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Jul 6, 2006
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re: "the greatest social architect of the 20th century" I don't know if this helps, but the citation given at http://www.lewrockwell.com/white/white45.html#ref...
Joe Adams
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Jul 6, 2006
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3549
I mean no disrespect, but the term "autobiography" has a specific meaning in literature. It signifies that the biographical subject of the work had an active...
ArtSheehan
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Jul 6, 2006
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3550
the 5th tradition says that each group "has a primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers." what is the meaning of "its"...
george brown
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Jul 6, 2006
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3551
Hi history lovers. Can anyone help us with the following query? Is there any significance in the word agnostic, does it have any relationship to the early...
trixiebellaa
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Jul 8, 2006
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3552
Hi history lovers. Can anyone help us with the following queries? Are there any pointers as to why the "longshoreman" was singled out in the chapter in the Big...
trixiebellaa
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Jul 8, 2006
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