April 1935 - Dr. Silkworth told Bill to quit preaching at drunks & tell them of obsession & allergy. April 1950 - Saturday Evening Post article "The Drunkard's...
Hi All I'd like to make an appeal to give consideration to performing a search of the large and rich archival postings of AA History Lovers. Topics such as...
I just received a fourth edition 2001 Big Book printed in Great Britain. The dust jacket and the title page have the AA circle and triangle logo that I...
Hi Arthur, I appreciate your memo on Conference-approved literature. You have pointed out how rigorous the approval process is and how difficult it is to get...
Mel Barger
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Apr 6, 2008 7:32 pm
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I'd like to know if anyone has a script or a tape of the stools and bottle talk? I'd like to get a copy of it? and does anyone make or know how to purchase the...
Shakey1aa@...
Apr 6, 2008 7:34 pm
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My name is John Hartie, I'm doing the commit- ment for the history lovers at Barking big book study. The question is, in the Doctor's Opinion page xxx, was the...
From Dudley Dobinson and Phillip Baker ************** From: DudleyDobinson <DudleyDobinson@...> (DudleyDobinson at aol.com) Hi Ginny, As I understand, it...
I think there were/are many courageous physicians out there such as my sponsor. He sobered up in 1970 in Denver while an ophthalmologist and then came to be a...
http://www.epinions.com/content_75295788676 Don't know if this is what you were after. If not disregard .... Gads, I learn a lot from this group!!! bob s ... ...
There are two major errors in the Spiritual Experience Appendix in the Big Book. The first error is that James never used the term "educational variety" (nor...
Below is a brief history of the attempt to publish the history from 1955 to the present. It reflects the cost and the process which this went through before it...
I guess Conference-approved means that that literature carries the imprimatur, or at least endorsement, of the Fellowship's collective group conscience; but as...
From Arthur Sheehan, Tom Hickcox, and John Lee: - - - - From: "Arthur Sheehan" <ArtSheehan@...> (ArtSheehan at msn.com) Last December I requested that...
Where is Stepping Stones located, Bill and Lois Wilson's home? - - - - It is not in "New Bedford." There are five towns by this name in the United States, but...
Some years ago (1997-8) a proposal was made to the Trustees for a History of AA (to be ready in 2010), but from the beginning (1935) not from 1955. It was, of...
Good morning, all. A question came up at my home group last week and I promised to do a little digging to come up with an 'informed' answer. Who better to ask...
$384,000 was expended on a book which was never completed or allowed to be completed. The Trustees Literature Committee then "agreed that it not be made...
Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago White Sox, WP Bob Feller LP Edgar Smith. Score 1-0. Only run was batted in by Catcher Rollie Hemsley. An autographed game ball...
From Al Welch and junebug0619 - - - - From: "Al Welch" <welch@...> (welch at a-1associates.com) Another definition of Conference-approved is that...
Al Welch
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Apr 11, 2008 11:15 pm
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From Jerry Logsdon and Buck R. - - - - From Jerry Logsdon <aalogsdon@...> (aalogsdon at aol.com) I have talked to Bob Feller on three different occasions...
Hi Al GSO does not have an ownership role. I don't mean to split hairs but at times the acronym "GSO" is used when the correct acronym is "AAWS." AA World...
Hello Can you tell me what these records are? A man here in Maine has a set of three. I think I can get them recorded if they're worth doing. He wants to leave...
We have a first edition first printing Big Book with all kinds of interesting signatures from Stepping Stones. The woman's name that it belonged to is Mary...
Frank B., a past Chicago Area 19 Delegate to the Conference in the early 1990s, sat on Trustees Literature Committee as an Appointed Committee Member in the...
... If you have a set of tapes from the Conference in St. Louis in 1955, it is easy to note that most of the text is transscribed from the tapes. Jim...
Could the signature be "Marty Mann" instead of "Mary Martto"? - - - - In a message dated 4/13/2008 3:26:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gmaxham@......
junebug0619@...
Apr 16, 2008 7:17 pm
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Hello, I was wondering how many stories about AA figures were printed in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books? Whose stories were printed? I know of only 2...
The 50th ICYPAA is being held July 3-6, 2008 in Oklahoma City: http://www.50thicypaa.org We have been working with the program commit- tee to get a slot on the...