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4416
In the Toronto Area, we traditionally leave a donation basket by the coffee pot at hospital meetings and detox center meetings and do not pass it around. As a...
M.Eaton
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Jul 4, 2007
10:06 pm
4417
From Tommy in Baton Rouge: What is your source for this, Bill? - - - - At 07:04 6/27/2007 , Bill Lash wrote: Fr. Ed Dowling. - - - - From: Tom White...
Tom Hickcox
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Jul 4, 2007
10:21 pm
4418
Message 4413 from Aloke D. in India gave a list which was supposed to be the first twelve members of AA, and asked which ones failed to stay sober: Bill Wilson...
greg merkel
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Jul 6, 2007
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4419
From: "John J. Clark" <johnnyjclark@...> (johnnyjclark at sbcglobal.net) Murray, Ordered to stop? No one can order anyone to do anything in...
John J. Clark
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Jul 6, 2007
1:36 pm
4420
From Arthur S. and Shakey Mike G. - - - - From: "Arthur S" <ArtSheehan@...> (ArtSheehan at msn.com) Hi Murray The GSO of the US/Canada will uniformly and ...
Arthur S
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Jul 10, 2007
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4421
In a talk at Texas State Convention in 1954 recounting the making of the Big Book, Bill W. used the phrase "On what slender threads our destiny sometimes...
marianlhill
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Jul 10, 2007
1:20 am
4422
As people who have read my postings over the last few years may have noticed, I have been working on a book about AA's print culture -- what was written and...
Trysh Travis
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Jul 10, 2007
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4423
Alcoholics Anonymous Founder’s House Is a Self-Help Landmark By LISA W. FODERARO The New York Times Published: July 6, 2007 ...
James Blair
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Jul 10, 2007
2:42 am
4424
From kathypetit2 and Charlie Perkins - - - - From: "kathypetit2" <kathypetit2@...> (kathypetit2 at yahoo.com) From what I've been told, once you pass on ...
kathypetit2
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Jul 10, 2007
3:04 am
4425
N.C.C.A. "BLUE BOOK" AN ANTHOLOGY Catholic Asceticism and the Twelve Steps Reverend Edward Dowling, S.J. The Queen's Work, St. Louis, Missouri Brooklyn, 1953 ...
Byron Bateman
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Jul 10, 2007
3:11 am
4426
Hi Kathy If an obituary is placed in newspaper, or other medium, regarding a deceased AA member, it is up to the family of the deceased member to decide what...
Arthur S
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Jul 12, 2007
5:13 pm
4427
In Message 4426, "Arthur S" <ArtSheehan@...> ... This Conference agenda item arose out of an incident in a District neighboring mine. A member of the...
Hugh D. Hyatt
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Jul 17, 2007
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4428
How does a quote from Father Dowling's 1953 Queens Work publication serve as the source for a 1952 publication, the 12&12? It would seem more likely that...
johnlawlee
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Jul 17, 2007
1:12 am
4429
Much has been written about the on-line v f2f deletion in the Preface to the BB fourth edition. Comparatively little attention has been paid to a smaller...
finniganjerry
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Jul 17, 2007
1:16 am
4430
Personal Ads Alcoholism: A small body of anonymous ex-sufferers place themselves at the disposal of any who require help. The offer is quite gratuitous. Write...
David Jones
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Jul 17, 2007
1:20 am
4431
Why did Bill W. and the others include the story "An Alcoholic's Wife" on page 378 of the first edition BB when she was not an alcoholic? One day at a time, ...
greatcir@...
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Jul 20, 2007
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4432
Evidently, when Fr Ed Dowling spoke to the clergy in Brooklyn in 1953 he made use of earlier conversations with Bill. In The Soul of Sponsorship, p. 62, in a...
jlobdell54
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Jul 20, 2007
11:45 pm
4433
Back in that day there was no Alanon. Families of alcoholics came to AA meetings and parti- cipated freely. At that time, AA believed that its "primary ...
james ryan
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Jul 22, 2007
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4434
The first eight A.A. International Conventions For the early A.A. internationals, we have brief historical accounts written up in a variety of different...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 25, 2007
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4435
Hello! As members of this group know, we already have historical accounts written about the earliest A.A. international conventions, beginning with the First...
Don and Holly Slack
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Jul 25, 2007
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4436
I'm a new Member here and excited that such a group exists. I've been looking in my books ­-- other than Bill and Bob ­-- does anyone know when having a...
xii.step.society
joanee88
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Jul 28, 2007
2:59 pm
4437
For Northern California: Dear Holly, "In 1952 ... a meeting was called at the AA Council Conference." The purpose of this meeting was to establish a statewide...
Art Boudreault
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Jul 28, 2007
3:02 pm
4438
Hi Everyone, Does anyone know where Bill W said, "At our meetings, we should contribute the cost of a drink" ? This was brought up at my area meeting and I...
mary
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Jul 28, 2007
3:04 pm
4439
The Oxford Groups had sponsors and the guiding motto was "Walk with the new man until he becomes a life changer then leave him alone as the needs of others...
James Blair
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Jul 28, 2007
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4440
Hi Everyone I wonder if anyone could help me with a query about the silence that we hold at the beginning of meetings here in the UK. The wording which is...
Simon Knapper
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Jul 28, 2007
3:41 pm
4441
From: <xii.step.society@...> (xii.step.society at verizon.net) Simon ­-- I don't know where it came from ­-- other than someone's compassion. But we...
xii.step.society
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Jul 29, 2007
11:33 pm
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From: "mary" <MaryGerbermom1@...> (MaryGerbermom1 at aol.com) Hi Simon.....Look on page 71 in the book Dr Bob and the Good Old Timers and you will find...
mary
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Jul 29, 2007
11:35 pm
4443
MaryGerbermom and John Otis remind us that a period of silence may be traceable back to the Oxford Group and its practice of a morning Quiet Time. ...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 30, 2007
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4444
1944 A.A. Sponsorship Pamphlet by Clarence Snyder http://www.barefootsworld.net/aasponsorship1944.html Barefoot tells us in his introduction: This is the first...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 30, 2007
12:15 am
4445
... Both these answers refer to morning devotionals that Anne had in her house. I think equating these with what became A.A. meetings is a stretch. Those...
Tom Hickcox
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Jul 30, 2007
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