We frequently hear in the rooms that the AA program is "spiritual not religious." I am aware that Bill W. has been quoted as saying "we are not a religious...
What was the procedure for early AA members to take Step Five? The Big Book, the 12x12, The Little Red Book all suggest people outside of AA to hear the fifth...
Here ya go, Alan ... from The 12 Step Prayer Book: Lord, today help me set aside everything I think I know about You Everything I think I know about myself ...
A third printing by Harper of the 12&12 ??? - - - - I have a Harper 12&12 with BK also. I believe there is a third printing by Harper but I only saw it one...
From: Bruce Kennedy <BruceKen@...> (BruceKen at aol.com) The start of AA in Cuba Summary: (Hulda Lorente's full recollections appear as an appendix to this...
From: Bruce Kennedy <BruceKen@...> (BruceKen at aol.com) Appendix: The beginnings of AA in Cuba -- Hulda Lorente's story You asked me to tell you the story...
We have Earl Treat's story of doing the early steps in his story "He Sold Himself Short." The specific passage is on p. 292 in the Third Edition and p. 263 in...
In a letter dated 1954 (seen in The AA Way of Life pg 95) Bill wrote, "We are only operating a spiritual kindergarden to which people are enabled to get over...
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In AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com, Alan ... ______________________________________ The text of the Set-Aside Prayer and an explanation of its source can be...
Hi John Regrettably there is much repeated in AA that has no basis in fact. Early AA was very "pro religion" but it never attempted to project itself as a...
Another version of the prayer: Set Aside Prayer: "God please help me to set aside everything I know about myself, the twelve steps, this book, the meetings, my...
The reference on the matter of Step 5 is in the Big Book chapter Into Action (pgs 73 and 74) and The Little Red Book refers the reader to those pages which...
By Laurie Goodstein International Herald Tribune Friday, July 11, 2008 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/11/america/prayer.php Generations of recovering...
Front-Page Story from June 29, 2008 Baltimore Sun. His comeback was the worst-kept secret at Ashley. After a six-month absence, an ailing Father Joseph Martin...
www.justloveaudio.com has just added over 400 AA History and Oldtimer CDs and DVDs to our store. Many of these Oldtimers came to AA in the 1930s and 1940s....
I am in Dallas for a while and attending a group which is studying the book using the big book study guide by the primary purpose group of Dallas. (available...
The article appears to be very incomplete. What article (at least one or two) and what book did Shapiro find. Seems that there should be the ability to verify...
As a follow-up to the Serenity Prayer news column posted yesterday, here are two links of interest: "Who wrote the Serenity Prayer?" by Fred R. Shapiro, Yale...
I wonder when Shapiro discovered this, particularly in view of the fact that posts from this list (see mine of Dec 6, 2007) do come up on Google searches. ...
There is also a great collection of historical Alcoholics Anonymous talks at www.sobrietytalks.com There's a specific category for AA HISTORY RELATED TALKS &...
I have seen references on the Web to the fact that Tom Uzzell was paid either $375 or $380 to do the editing of the Big Book. Can anyone supply me with an...
Dear Laurie and Terry With all due respect, you are advocating revisionist speculation not AA history. AAHistoryLovers is supposed to focus on fact-based...
I believe the second full paragraph pertains to Hank Parkhurst who would have been two years plus sober at the time the Doctor's Opinion article was written. ...
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