Oct 1936 - Bill C. a Canadian alcoholic staying at Bill's house, committed suicide using a gas stove. Oct 1939 - 1st central committee formed in Cleveland; 1st...
From James Blair (with comments by MaryGerbermom) ... At a State meeting on February 28, 1954, a member who was intrested in finances suggested to Ab R., the...
I'd be interested in the line of demarcation you draw between Dr. Bob and Bill when it comes to "working the steps with a sponsor as written in the 12 & 12."...
In a previous message, it was announced that the 12th National Archives Workshop will be held in Niagara Falls, New York, in 2008. While you are all in Niagara...
Hi Fiona, Thanks for posting this information. I retired and moved to Ireland some five years ago (my wife is a Birr woman). There are some old timers around...
Hi Fiona, Thank you for sending us the report on Father Dargan and his passing. I didn't know about him, but it's obvious that he was a good friend of AA and...
Mel Barger
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Sep 30, 2007 7:55 pm
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My sponsor gave me the following 10th and 11th step inventory and told me to write it out every evening before I go to bed. Date: ___/___/___ 10th/11th Step ...
In favor of making it written, from Bent Christensen (with additional comments by Andrey, Clyde G., Jeff. E., Angela Corelis, and Ken Ring) I think many or...
From George Cleveland (with additional comments by Cliff Bishop) - - - - It has been suggested to me and I have suggested to others, that if a particularly ...
Hi Leah I do love and study the Big Book's content and history. And I don't get a sense of it being written to be micro-parsed as Canon to divine what is or...
A bit of little known Irish AA history. Fiona The death has taken place in Dublin of Jesuit Father Dan Dargan SJ, aged 92 years. He was a well known figure in...
Thanks to John M. for narrating a side of history that's usually given a stereotyped and negative slant. Two items: My step son is in treatment right now....
From Peter Tippett (with comments from Cliff Bishop, Baileygc23, James Blair in Canada, and Jay Moore in Akron) - - - - The dis/misunderstanding of the term...
To go along with the 'group is autonomous' statement, the top of the Guidelines for Literature Committees states: ... In keeping with our Tradition of autonomy...
Who is Clarence Thomas and is he an AA member? Where is St. Thomas Hospital and was it named after Clarence Thomas and when did Mr. Thomas get canonized? ... -...
Hi Bent My impression from your message is that the controversy is coming from within your group not outside it. If that is the case, then I must respectfully...
Hi Bent and Friends: Thank you, Bent, for bringing us up to date on the literature discussion in Denmark. As the author of non-conference approved litera- ...
Mel Barger
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Sep 29, 2007 7:32 pm
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From Mel B. (with comments by Gerry D., and Margaret S.) - - - - Hi Margaret, Glad to hear about your project. I knew Marty and heard her speak several times,...
Mel Barger
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Sep 29, 2007 7:28 pm
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Did Bill ever work the steps with a sponsor as written in the 12 & 12 and who would have been his sponsor? Father Ed Dowling in Pass It On page 241, listened...
Shakey1aa@...
Sep 28, 2007 10:27 pm
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From John M. I thought I'd comment on Glenn's posting on 26 Sep 07 as regards his perception of the craziness and psycho-babble from the thousands of treatment...
From: "Ken Ring" kring1@... (kring1 at comcast.net) My Daily Moral Inventory The story behind the various and sundry versions of this document were a...
... After entering recovery in Chicago (Lutheran General Hospital) in Dec. 1972, I spent the next 2+ years as a resident and then staff person at the Mustard...
Dear AAHLers, Mr. Blumenthal attended the Georgia State Service Assembly on September 15 and 16, 2007. I asked Mr. Blumenthal that exact question on Friday,...
From Arthur S. (with additional comments by Jim S., Chris B., and Mark E.) The video was recorded shortly prior to Bill's death and is from an AAWS recording ...
From: "Margaret Scarborough" <m_scarborough@...> (m_scarborough at sbcglobal.net) Thank you for sending the link. There's some really great stuff in...
Here, in Columbus, Ohio some of us are reading the Big Book with the Set-Aside-Prayer. Thank you for this interesting background. I have subscribed to this...
Mickey Peden
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Sep 26, 2007 9:44 pm
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Each group is autonomous. I don't understand why a "heavy storm" occurred, or what difference that would make. None of the Conference actions cited provides...