The following is extracted from a letter by Michael Bruwer, MD, in the magazine "Parabola", Vol XII, No 4, November 1987: 'Jung's position on alcoholism and...
May May 1919 - Bill returns home from service. (Dec 1934 to) May 1935 - Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is...
... It was Medill McCormick. There is a connection, although distant, with Rowland Hazard. Two of Rowland's college friends were Robert McCormick, Medill's...
... Cleveland. (some sources say the 18th) Not sure which sources say the 18th but according to the history of the Cleveland Groups as compiled by Norm E., the...
I received the following from Shannon, editor of the Anonymous Press web site. Can someone here shed a little more light on the correct spelling of Dr. Percy...
I believe this is Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925), first cousin of Eleanor Medill (Cissy) Patterson (1884-1948), whose daughter was for some years the...
Dr. Percy Perry Poliak was born to Israel and Pauline Qviat Poliak in Las Animas CO June 30 1905 (sometimes given as 1906), married Mary Patricia Conley in...
Charles Miner passed away after coming home from a District Meeting, he had a massive heart attack, he had never been diagnosed with heart trouble, he was...
I interviewed Felicia Magruder (Cissy Patterson's daughter) back in 1981, when I was working on "Pass It On." She was a close friend of Marty Mann and also...
Mel Barger
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May 3, 2007 3:00 pm
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Thank you, Jared, for enlarging a little on Medill McCormick. And thank AAHistoryLovers for all their detective work. Dave and I did not know that Medill was...
Sally Brown
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May 3, 2007 3:08 pm
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The Oxford Group "checked guidance." This seems to be the proximate source for the AA concept of "group conscience"? Might anyone know the exact, most...
In The Rev Sally Brown's autobiography of Marty Mann, it's mentioned that there was an Austin Mc Cormick of the Osborne Association involved in the planning...
Ernie: Just a wild, off-the-top guess, but I have tended to think the "most proximate" cause of the group conscience might have been the Vermont Town Meeting....
Tom White
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May 7, 2007 3:25 pm
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Hello all, I have been doing research with some others on obtaining photographs of people who were involved in pre-AA. Does anyone have a copy of a photo of...
Hi Fiona, I met Austin McCormick in 1963-1964 when both of us attended the Grapevine editorial board meetings in New York. He was widely respected for his...
Mel Barger
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May 9, 2007 5:31 pm
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From John Lee, Arthur Sheehan, George Cleveland, and Glenn Chesnut From: John Lee <johnlawlee@...> (johnlawlee at yahoo.com) I agree with Tom White that...
From Sally Brown and John Lee. - - - - From: "Sally Brown" <rev.sally@...> (rev.sally at worldnet.att.net) I, too, agree that the New England town...
Sally Brown
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May 14, 2007 3:51 pm
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It seems I read of Bill W being interested in Karen Horney, and wonder if any of the History lovers could add any thing to his thoughts on her, or any...
When was the Big Book first published on-line, and how was it decided that this was all right? Did AAWS have to approve this? Hi all, I am usually only reading...
The Fourth History & Archives Gathering in Central Pennsylvania will be held Saturday June 23, 2007 at St Cecilia's Social Hall, 750 State Drive, Lebanon,...
I was reading "A Feminine Victory" and saw where she said that she was reading the Bible and "Victorious Living." Was this one of the books that were suggested...
Area 44 History & Archives Committee cordially invites you to the Fourth Annual Dr. Silkworth Birthday Celebration! Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 3:30PM (rain...
Greetings, Is there any information where Bill W. (or anyone other contributor) came up with the phrase ""rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of...
In a recent post concerning Karen Horney, Alfred Adler and his influence on AA was mentioned by the moderator. I would be very interested in comments...
From Ernest Kurtz and Steve D. From: Ernest Kurtz <kurtzern@...> (kurtzern at umich.edu) I am sorry: I cannot remember any name, but at least one early...
The phrase "rocketed into the Fourth Dimension" is a favorite of mine. The question of its origin and meaning interests me, too. The following quote is from...
In this vein, is there any indication that the work of Harry Stack Sullivan, another psychiatrist who was around in this period, contributed in any way to the...
LA Times obituary for Dr. Joseph Zuska who (with AA member Cmdr. Dick Jewell, ret'd) started the first officially sanctioned alcoholism treatment program for...
FYI - I wonder if there is too much search for the obscure and not enough for the overt? In the summer of 1944 Bill W began twice-a-week treatment with Dr...
