Art's very thorough reply in item 3740 gave reasons why groups might be undercounted. This included changes in how various types of groups, meetings, and...
Hi Gerry As an item of trivia the titles used at the beginning of the Alcoholic Foundation Board were "President" and "Vice President." In 1955, the General...
Hi Tom, I think Hazelden must have wanted to honor Rich Walker for his work in writing Twenty-Four Hours a Day. I understand that Rich had sold 75 thousand...
Mel Barger
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Oct 3, 2006 7:06 pm
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Oct 1936 - Bill C. a Canadian alkie staying at Bill's house, committed suicide using a gas stove. Oct 1939 - 1st central committee formed in Cleveland; 1st...
... I own Jim Burwell's copy of the Multilith edition (bought at auction from his niece in 2001). Interestingly, the title page has the hand- written notation:...
I agree with Art. It appears that we often understate the massive effect that AA's 12 Steps have had on the world at large. While I do not have the mental...
JOHN e REID
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Oct 3, 2006 7:08 pm
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Bernard B. Smith ..........................1955-1956 Leonard V. Harrison .....................1956-1961 John 'Jack' Norris.......................... 1961-1977 ...
HI, Does anyone know of a 12 & 12 Search Engine? Jc ... Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ...
The question was asked about how to find a list of the chairmen of the Board of Trustees. Amy Filiatreau, the new GSO archivist, sent us this response. From:...
hi group, Allow me to add two items to the "Misc." postscript and Art's excellent research. Miscellaneous milestone #3, about the AF Board: Earl T. from...
I too have examined several (at least 6 - 10) original multiliths over the years and none have had loan copy, review copy or any other such marking on them. I ...
Just one correction... October 5, 1941 - The dinner honoring Dr. Bob (not Bill D.) was held at the Hotel Statler in Cleveland. According to the press relears...
Jeff: AAWS used to sell a disk with the "12&12" on it. Part of the program was a "search engine." It was not perfect because hyphenated words were missed it...
I was unable to find this in the archives of this group. I was recently told that in earlier editions of the big book the line "Today, hundreds of additional...
Has there ever been any attempt to change Tradition 11 to include television, the internet, or the like? Thanks in Advance, Wendy [Non-text portions of this...
The Texas Pamphlet: originally written by Larry J. in Houston, Texas, in the form of six articles about AA published in the Houston Press newspaper in late ...
Hi: Another correction to this.... Lois is buried along with Bill in EAST DORSET, Vermont (Not Manchester ...Oct 10th listing). Les Cole "an old Vermonter" ...
"Does anyone know what this prayer says or where I can find a copy?" Go to: http://a-1associates.com/aa/texas_preamble.htm It has some other links at the...
STORY OF A "WAY OUT" FOR HOPELESS DRINKERS How an Idea Originated by Ex-Alcoholics Has Helped 2000 to Recover This is a series of six articles about a group of...
SEEMINGLY ALLERGIC TO DRINK: ALCOHOLIC'S BURDEN Craving, Plus Inability to Heed Warning of Own Weakness, Leads Inebriate to Succumb (Second of Six Articles) ...
I have another question. Does anyone know the history of that section of the Big Book on Pages 83 & 84 that so many call the Promises? tmd [Non-text portions...
I have a question, well probably a few of them. What is the history of the use of the term disease in relation to alcoholism in AA? When did alcoholism become...
A NEW APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM W. D. Silkworth, M.D.+ New York, New York Reprinted from The Journal-Lancet, Minneapolis July, 1939, Vol....
Ernest Kurtz, a regular contributor to this site, has published a comprehensive monograph on the history of AA and the disease concept. It's called "...
