Significant January Dates in A.A. History Jan 1929 - Bill W. wrote third promise in Bible to quit drinking. Jan 1940 - Akron group moves to new home at King...
What was the title of the AA pamphlet mentioned in the Big Book story "Physician, Heal Thyself" ??? In the personal story of Earle Marsh he mentions a pamphlet...
The American poet Robert Frost expressed a similar thought. He put it succinctly (and rustically) this way: "You have freedom when you're easy in your...
Information wanted about Amelia S. Reynolds, an Oxford Group author. She wrote: Amelia S. Reynolds, "New Lives for Old" (New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1929)....
Having just finished reading "With a Lot of Help from Our Friends: The Politics of Alco- holism" by Nancy Olson, I would suggest adding the date that Bill...
There is a member of this list (in Arizona I think) who is an expert on Rollie H and baseball in AA, who might have more on this. I can tell you Don Black was...
Two possible sources. The first is more to the point: "Freedom, morality and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good...
What is the source of the quote Wynn Corum Laws uses in her story "Freedom from Bondage"? "As another great man says, "The only real freedom a human being can...
From SHAKEY MIKE GWIRTZ <Shakey1aa@...> (Shakey1aa at aol.com) and JESSE GILLIAM <mr_clean1991@...> (mr_clean1991 at yahoo.com) TO ALL MEMBERS ...
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I made an interesting discovery when searching the Los Angeles Times online archives. The headline of this July 11, 1947 story is "Cleveland's Don Black...
LD Go to a-1associates.com/aa. Lisa's story can be found on page 12 from a document called Biographies of the Authors of the Stories in the Big Book. Richard -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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). ...
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...
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