I've been a lurking member of this list for a couple of years now. This is my first post, I think, in that time. I'm the webmaster of malverncenter.org, an AA ...
I can't offer any info on comments that Bill W. may have made on this issue, but the current announcement from the Grapevine online included a link to a...
Thanks all. Responses vary widely, depending on area of the country. In some areas the identification "I'm xxx and I'm an alcoholic" didn't arise until the...
From the moderator: there are apparently at least two such photos, one showing some AA members in Dayton, Ohio, and another showing some AA members in...
Hello fellow Drunks! Anyone out there have information on the photo of the AA folks wearing Lone Ranger Masks, and a web site where I might be able to get a...
... FYI, Sybil's husband, Bob C., is still alive. My buddy, Matt M., tells me Bob's health has been failing. Bob is still sponsoring Matt so to speak. It seems...
I don't know if this is helpful toward what you are looking for but... High Praise for the Charm of Recovering Alcoholics There are times when I wish I were an...
There were people, believe it or not, whose morals were bad and the respectable alcoholics of that time shook their heads and said, "surely these immoral...
Dr Bob wrote "... we naturally have had our share of those who fail to measure up to certain obvious standards of conduct. They have included schemers for...
That's actually page 70. ... Yes, page 69 which covers our sexual inventory. If an alcoholic continues to harm others, then we are sure to drink...this is our...
David: An "Original Manuscript" of the Big Book is sold in the gift shop at Dr. Bob's house in Akron. The publication sold claims to be "an exact reproduction...
Yes, page 69 which covers our sexual inventory. If an alcoholic continues to harm others, then we are sure to drink...this is our experience. Nicole...
... In central Pennsylvania there was no response to the introduction until the very early '80's. Now, Overeaters Anonymous was another matter. They were not...
Below is a paragraph from "Dr. Bob And the Good Old-timers." What is the "Citadel"? "The word got out that there were a bunch of fools who wouldn't give you...
Can anybody give me a "Reader's Digest" (no pun intended) version of how Fulton Ourlser became such an advocate of early AA and any influences he may have had...
A new friend piqued my interest in the codes that appear on the back flaps of the Second Edition Big Book dust jackets [DJ]. I did some investigating and put...
I have a group member who is looking for a reference to "Predators in AA". Does anybody know if Bill W. talked about emotional, financial, sexual, etc....
If I am not mistaken in this particular passage the Doctor is/was talking about Henry Parkhurst. Jay Lawyer <ejlawyer@...> - - - - Message 4892 from...
In the Dr's opinion in the Big book he describes a patient that accepted the ideas in this book and returned a year later a changed man. In the original letter...
Glenn F. Chesnut, "God and Spirituality: Philosophical Essays," January 2008, see http://hindsfoot.org/philos.html Full text of the book is now available on ...
... I would note that the same material was covered in an article in the December 1978, Grapevine, titled "Rarely--or Never?" It is available online at the...
Yes, I have heard several such reports. One is contained in A.A. History, Hank Parkhurst -- New York's A.A.#2. Unfortunately Hank went back out and on a...
This article, headed "Rarely Not Never", appeared in the October 2007 issue of "Share", the monthly magazine published by the UK AA General Service Board:- ...
This one phrase from the Big Book has been a bulwark for me. I work as a clinician on a specialized team which treats people who suffer from chronic, cyclical,...
Locally we are having a workshop and I was asked to participate. The theme is "Grassroots of AA". So in preparation I'm trying to locate a few items I saw in...
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