Photos of Henrietta Seiberling's grave (and that of her parents) posted at http://hindsfoot.org/photos1.html Sent in by Charles K., A.A. archivist from...
The full text of Judge John Touhy's talk is given by Jim Blair in Message 251: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/251 It was at given...
Your quote comes from a Chicago Central Office (the Area 19 Service Office) titled AA -- God's Instrument, published since 1953. Many excerpts are taken from...
I found what might be your answer by Googling "We Are Chosen" without the quotes. It came up in the first result at, of all places, the Orange Papers. ...
"The camel each day goes twice to its knees, It picks up it's load with the greatest of ease, It walks through the day with it's head held high, And stays for...
I always appreciated this verse. Can't find the origin yet. This site expands the lines a bit. AND warns us that after a winter of no drinking, he or she will...
April April 1935 - Dr. Silkworth told Bill to quit preaching at drunks & tell them of obsession & allergy. April 1950 - Saturday Evening Post article "The...
THE AA CAMEL The camel each day goes twice to his knees. He picks up his load with the greatest of ease. He walks through the day with his head held high. And...
The camel is one of the original alcoholics' symbols of hope. If the camel can go one day without a drink of water, alcoholics can go one day without a drink...
I did a search of the Grapevine digital archive and in the July 1948, Vol. 5, No. 2 issue, there is mention of a camel: "Group to Give Oscar for Anniversaries"...
I have been looking for information on the cost of hospital treatment in 1934-35 at Towns in New York and the hospitals in Akron. Can you point me in the...
Prayers in the Big Book Prior to the Stories page:paragraph 12:6 For a brief moment, I had needed and wanted God. There had been a humble willingness to have...
From Diz Ticher, Mitchell K., and Shakey Mike - - - - The question was asked by <zoolofttheband@...> (zoolofttheband at aol.com): Can anyone help point me...
You might find what you want at this site: http://silkworth.net/aa/prayer.html - - - - The same webpage was also recommended by: Susan Banker NYC...
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Apr 7, 2007 6:17 pm
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Prayers From The Big Book "I EARNESTLY ADVISE EVERY ALCOHOLIC TO READ THIS BOOK THROUGH, AND THOUGH PERHAPS HE CAME TO SCOFF, HE MAY REMAIN TO PRAY." William...
From George Brown, mrjamesc1989, and Jay Lawyer - - - - From: george brown <gbaa487@...> (gbaa487 at yahoo.com) Besides the obvious places, i.e. 3rd and...
In a lead I heard on tape of Bill, that his brother-in-law, Dr Leonard Strong, paid for his time in the hospital. I have seen nothing in print on that. - - -...
Ben: I think it was top of the heap in those days. It would seem, I'm sure, unreally low in price in terms of 2007 dollars. But you have to use a multiple...
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Apr 7, 2007 7:00 pm
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In addition to quotation mistakenly attributed to Spencer, Mel did call to my attention that the St. Francis prayer is a modern prayer that has been wrongly...
... This site's inflation adjuster <http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl> says $1.00 in 1935 would be equivalent to $14.85 in 2007 dollars. $125 x 14.85 =...
Does anyone have a copy of the article published in Box 4-5-9 from the mid 1970's entitled "What is Conference Approved Literature?" I believe it was from the...
Charles B Towns and the Towns Hospital (which includes Dr William D Silkworth) played a key role in a number of facets of AA history. Source references: AABB -...
I was recently doing some research on sobriety lapel pins and talked to a employee at Wendell's located in Anoka MN. (They were formerly located in Minneapolis...
Do we know the exact date of Bill's mystical experience and how was it determined? I have only seen Towns admittance and release dates in print. Thanks Jack S....
Hey Folks: I am working on an article to be published in the San Francisco Fellowship's newsletter on the first Gay groups in A.A. We know that there was a lot...
