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4593
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...
chesbayman56
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Oct 1, 2007
6:03 pm
4594
I don't want to stir up the old copyright debate, but ... If anything, a snippet like this would generate more sales from the GSO than it's ever seen. I doubt...
Doug Hart
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Oct 1, 2007
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4595
The second video is "Bill's Own Story", a 60 minute talk by Bill inside and outside Stepping Stones with Lois at his side. She does talk for a few minutes...
Larry Van Atta
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Oct 1, 2007
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4596
Dear All: I follow with considerable interest the continued discussion of non-conf.-approved lit. About 1965 I personally heard Bill W. recommend Bucke's...
Tom White
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Oct 1, 2007
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4597
James Bliss said in Message 4579 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/4579 ... This is quite simply not true. A.A. got along without...
Tom Hickcox
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Oct 1, 2007
6:22 pm
4598
From Tom McQuarrie (with additional comments from Byron Bateman) Seems that we are reliving history - there is a battle in congress now to pass the mental ...
Tom McQuarrie
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Oct 1, 2007
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4599
Hello, In Finland every newcomer gets the so-called Akron pamphlet (A Guide to the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous). Normally we call it "a summer guide"....
Teemu
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Oct 1, 2007
6:32 pm
4600
Greetings, My District has started using skits as a tool to deliver the A. A. message. We currently have five different skits that are available for use. The...
The Wilsons
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Oct 2, 2007
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4601
I am making a list of all the small books about AA. Is there a title called "The God Angle"? Is "The God Angle" small like Twenty-Four Hours a Day, The Little...
diazeztone
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Oct 2, 2007
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4602
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDENg-bLc4Q The above video purports to have come from AA. Anybody know if this is true? In fellowship - Dudley Dobinson - A...
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Oct 2, 2007
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4603
My uncle was probably in that group. His pattern was to get about 12 years, have a horrendous slip, another 12 years etc. He died in about '98 sober 12-14...
Gess
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Oct 2, 2007
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4604
I learned from my sponsor that the last 3 steps were separate from the first 9 and were the "living" steps... something like that. I got sober in Minnesota in...
Gess
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Oct 2, 2007
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4605
This comes up in a lot of discussions today. There seems to be no indication that anyone prior to 25 yrs ago or so ever did a written 10th step. The example...
dino
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Oct 2, 2007
7:00 pm
4606
Just go to www.recoveryskits.com Also, could you please email me the five skits you mention below & I'll pass them along to my Area 44 Intergroup (Northern NJ)...
Bill Lash
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Oct 2, 2007
7:34 pm
4607
A playwright gentleman from California gave us all his website a couple of years ago. There are many posted - These plays are open for free use. They do cover...
momaria33772
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Oct 2, 2007
7:37 pm
4608
... I had a question about small books. Everyone should be familiar with the collection of small books called "The Golden Books". They have as the author's...
Alex H
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Oct 2, 2007
7:41 pm
4609
Several of us in my home group wonder why the AAs number one hundred in the forward while thousands are mentioned on page 17. [Beginning of Chapter 2: "We, of...
smithdewan
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Oct 2, 2007
7:55 pm
4610
howdy from Texas, y'all! after the first post about Bill Wilson's talks on YouTube, i did a more extensive search and came up with this list of Bill Wilson...
Debi Ubernosky
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Oct 2, 2007
8:32 pm
4611
What country is this coming from? - - - - See Message 4602 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDENg-bLc4Q The above video purports to have come from AA. Anybody...
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Oct 2, 2007
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4612
Comments from Bruce J. and Adam D. I am sure the AAWS lawyers in New York will track down those people who abused our copyrights at the end of that flick! ...
Bruce A. Johanson
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Oct 2, 2007
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The group had quite a discussion around written step 10 inventory so Thank You for forwarding the information. With regards to the above Pg 87 of The Big Book...
flat412acrehouse
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Oct 2, 2007
9:19 pm
4614
Jack, The first printing of the first edition states on the first page of Chapter Two: "We of Alcoholics Anonymous, know one hundred men who were once just as...
Bob S.
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Oct 2, 2007
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4615
In message #4207 Glenn provided a brief summary of research regarding the "contempt prior to investigation" quotation in the Big Book attributed to Herbert...
jblair101
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Oct 2, 2007
9:41 pm
4616
Hi As far as I can tell it is from a part of Switzerland called Innerschweiz AA - Anonyme Alkoholiker Region Innerschweiz 0848 848 846 AA in Switzerland...
Bent Christensen
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Oct 2, 2007
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4617
... - - - - There have been a large number of changes in the Big Book, even in the wording of the Steps. Jim Blair summarizes those made in the first sixteen...
Tom Hickcox
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Oct 5, 2007
7:21 pm
4618
The God Angle was written as Robbie R's Last Dedication to the God of His Understanding. Published by "the God Angle Committee" in 1978. Copyright 1978, Mrs....
JOHN e REID
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Oct 5, 2007
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4619
Earl T. (He Sold Himself Short) is believed to have helped Bill W. "abbreviate" the 12 Traditions into the "short form." What qualified him to be able to do...
dino
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Oct 5, 2007
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4620
The phone number is the Geneve, Switzerland GSO (French speaking). No accounting for their sense of humor! Doug - - - - See Message 4602, which refers us to...
Doug Hart
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Oct 5, 2007
8:19 pm
4621
This is an AA History site, not a general AA discussion group, so I'm not sure how your inquiry about living the Steps made it onto this Board. Notwithstanding...
John Lee
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Oct 5, 2007
8:47 pm
4622
From John Botkin (with comments by Dino) That idea was originated by Clarence Snyder and he used it often in his talks on the steps. - - - - From: "dino"...
John Botkin
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