Significant December Dates in A.A. History Dec 1934 - Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings. Dec 1934 to May 1935 - Bill works with alcoholics, but...
Hi, I was reading about Richmond Walker and saw he wrote a pamphlet called "The 7 Points of Alcoholics Anonymous." Could someone tell me what they are or how...
How much credence can you put in claims that have no attestation from contemporary sources? There are any number of lists around of early members and the name...
I've met Charle a few times. If I remember correctly, the first time was at the Inter- national in New Orleans. I had also spoken with Nell Wing about Charlie ...
I was reading the Grapevine article from 1947 called "Little Rock Plan", which had been recently shared. It mentions a publication which is given to a prospect...
8:30 p.m. December 10, 2007 8:30 p.m. December 11, 2007 - - - - Hello all, Just a reminder that the Candlelight Ceremony at Towns Hospital to commemorate...
There is one supposed article written by Dr. Bob appearing in either "Your Faith" or "Faith" magazine during the summer or fall of 1939 that no one has been...
A member at one of the first AA groups I attended (1984) was known as "Slipper Ron". He used to share that although he had been attending AA meetings for 20...
I have a Revised Edition of the 7 Points of Alcoholics Anonymous which Richmond Walker wrote, as his last book, in 1956. It was reprinted by Glen Abbey Books...
Bernadette and John
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The wife of T. Henry Williams was Clarace Williams, not Clarence Williams. You're probably thinking of Cleveland's Clarence Snyder who led the movement to ...
Dearest Glenn I hope that you are in good spirits. From reading messages #3374 and #1535 I believe that "Right about face" which appears on page 31 second...
Dearest Glenn I do hope that you are well. My group were wondering who the Doctor being quoted is on page 122 in the Big Book, in the chapter on The Family...
The Akron meetings moved from T Henry and Clarace William's home to Dr Bob's house in October 1939 (AA Comes of Age pg viii says "summer" but that's wrong). ...
Hi Group, Ever since reading Elizabeth Sifton's book, The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War, I've hoped that I would be able...
Well, the response to the offer of a timeline history has been rather remarkable. I lost sight of how large the membership of AAHistoryLovers has become. I'm...
I am trying to find out about the history of intergroups/central offices. I found one message that seem to touch on the topic, Message 2629: "I live in Area 53...
As published in August/September 1992 BOX-459 For many years, long after the Serenity Prayer became attached to the very fabric of the Fellowship's life and...
Hi Cora Reinhold Niebuhr's daughter and her mother appear to have both erred in recollection of when the prayer was written. A Niebuhr bio- grapher, June...
I have read statements repeatedly in AA literature, claiming that the Serenity Prayer or an early version of it occurs somewhere in the writings of Boethius. ...
Although, in its very early years, the New York Office (today the General Service Office of the US/Canada) was sometimes called "The Central Office" credit for...
Chicago opened its Central Service Office in May 1941. Too many calls to the telephones of the key members of the Chicago Group met the need of inquiries that...
All you have to do is get the following book: "But, For The Grace of God...How Intergroups & Central Offices Carried the Message of Alcoholics Anonymous in the...
Message #4728 (Nov 27, 2007) from LD Pierce "diazeztone" <eztone@...> (eztone at hotmail.com) I am making a new page on my aabibliography.com website...
I just received a copy of "The Way of Light -- A Manual of Praise, Prayer and Meditation" compiled by Howard Chandler Robbins. Copyright 1933. Sure enough in...
This story was published in "One Day at a Time" Volume 2, Number 2, June 2005, and passed on to me by "John Blair" <jblair@...> (jblair at wmis.net) The...
Hello group, Anybody have info on Lisa that wrote the "Teen-Agers Decision" in the third edition? Big Book (3rd ed.) pp. 353-355 A younger AA friend in Tulsa...
According to her obituary in the Chicago Tribune dated Jan 10, 1948, Grace Cultice died of a heart attack, not influenza. In addition, the following article...
Hi Norrie The kind of statistics you are seeking are reported each year to the General Service Conference of the US/Canada and are included in the final report...
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