An article by J.R. Rees published in the British Journal of Inebriety in 1933 observed concerning alcoholics that "persuasion is not an effective method of...
Corrected version (for typos) Hi Glenn You’re getting ahead of the timeline sequence for the origin of the Warranties and their eventual incorporation into...
The short form of the 12 Concepts are also contained in the back of the Fourth Edition of the Big Book, on pages 574-575. The Twelfth Concept is made up of the...
Nov 1934 - Ebby T. carries message to Bill. Nov 1936 - Fitz M leaves Towns Hospital to become 'AA #3 in NY', with Bill W and Hank P. Nov 1937 - Bill and Dr....
Glen wrote: To the best of my knowledge, there is at present no list of this sort for the entire U.S. and Canada which would take us down to 1945 and...
The path of propagation of Alcoholics Anonymous such as Glenn has developed can be quite interesting. Sometimes it was a deliberate effort by a few individuals...
Re: Ernie Kurtz' question: I remembered that Box 4-5-9 had some early references to AA online and searched through my own collection and found these...
Significant Dates in AA History for November states: "Nov 1936 - Fitz M leaves Towns Hospital to become 'AA #3 in NY,' with Bill W and Hank P." Is this...
I was in an online group called Solutions that started on AOL on July 4th, 1996 at 12:06AM when the first chatroom for the group began. I later made web pages...
I need the date of the 4th printing of "AA Today." john wikelius nov85@... (nov85 at graceba.net) ________________________________ NOTE FROM MODERATOR:...
Hi All A friend and I would like to read the books recommended in The Akron Reading List, but we have some trouble finding "The Unchanging Friend." Does anyone...
1st question: Can someone point me in the right direction as to the origin of the custom (at least for some groups) of reading "How It Works" at the beginning...
Is it required that the Preamble be read at every sanctioned group, and if so, is there only one version that can be read at the group? My group is looking at...
Dr Silkworth specialised in alcoholism and drug addiction. Are there any records to indicate what kinds of drugs the people of that day were addicted to? ...
There will be a panel discussion on this topic at the Fourth Multi- District History & Archives Gathering in the Harrisburg (PA) area on June 16, 2007. It was...
From Bruce C., Jim S., and Shakey Mike: the 4th printing was in 1979. ... Hi All I have a fourth printing of the AA Today that was printed in 1979. The...
... Hi Dennis, Thanks for the good AAGV article summary. AA's current archivist, Amy Filiatreau (non-alcoholic) is working to digitize much of the early...
A question has been posed in a different setting: "Do you have any guidelines, electronically available, on the subject of group conscience and group business ...
Greg asked: “2nd question: I recently heard a story of a recovered brother sending a Big Book to a non-alcoholic sister who helped organize a meeting in LA....
Robyn Mitchell just wrote in (I give her email below), and it struck me that there might be people in the group who were interested in forming a Varieties of ...
Los Angeles in 1940, see AA Comes of Age, p. 93 ... and Debbie U. Greg asked: “ Can someone point me in the right direction as to the origin of the custom...
There is a pamphlet available from AAWS called The AA Group which is available free for download at http://www.aa.org/en_services_for_members.cfm?PageID=100. ...
Group conscience and business meetings are well covered by the AA brochure, The AA Group, which is now online. These topics start on p. 27 at the link below. ...
Hi Ernie There are 2 pieces of AA literature that can be helpful for guidelines on group conscience/business meetings and the role of the chairperson or ...
"So to the person who originally posted the question: "Eddie the atheist" " There is also a reference to "Eddie the Maniac" in Pass It On. Could this be who...
Hey Fellows Past issues of Box 4-5-9 going back to Oct/Nov 2001 are available on the AA.org web site as searchable PDF files that can be downloaded. Go to...
Correction to the page number: In Kurz, "Not God," note 22 on PAGE 375, (NOT page 275 as was given in Message #3833): "Ed" in the 12 & 12 was probably Jim...
There was another atheist named Eddie R. who Dr. Bob & Bill worked with throughout the summer of 1935. (Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, pp.77 -79) He was not...
