A younger member wanted to know if I could find anything out about where the idea of a group conscience grew from, and how it became a part of AA. Thanks so...
In "AA Comes of Age" (pg 102) the earliest personal experience that influenced the Traditions, and AA's Legacy of Unity, occurred when Bill W was two years...
From the 2007 "A Narrative Timeline of AA History" work by one of the members of this forum. Two early instances of the group conscience at work. Bill W. often...
I have an old pamplet dated 1946 called The Twelve Points to Ensure our Future (the forerunner of the twelve traditions) which includes group conscience, which...
Hello Vicki: Although the Oxford Group was the first organ- ized program/group dealing with moral/spiritual guidance that Ebby and Bill attended prior to the...
Dave and I are happy to announce that all our research materials for the Marty Mann bio have now been sent to the addiction archives at Brown University,...
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In the 1st edit. Big Book(all printings) on page 69 in the chapter We Agnostics, the phrase "Who are you to say there is no God?" is bold,double sized and not...
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The 21 Best Movie Alcoholics of All Time award list on the filmcritic.com website: ...
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Confirmation (by Jayson S.) that there were two versions of the 1949 edition of The Little Red Book, the first with a printing error at the top of page 62. The...
"A Brief History of A.A. in Delaware County in Indiana" by Bruce C. (Muncie, Indiana). How A.A. began in Muncie and the surrounding parts of east central...
Mike, That is only ONE example of how, without GSC approval, the intent (big, bold letters for emphasis) has been reduced to an afterthought with the...
Dear Sirs I am Jacob, an alcoholic. In Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions on page 30 we have the following quote: "We were plumb disgusted with religion and all ...
I'm trying to find out what the earliest video about AA for the public was available. I just came across a full length version of this news reel from 1946. I'd...
Hi All -- I have been asked: Where and when is the first citation for Dr. Bob's "prescription," or six-word summary treatment of the program of Alcoholics...
In the King James Version (Authorized Version) which was the principal English translation of the Bible used from the seventeenth century down the middle of...
Good question, Jacob. I think this quote relates to the Book of Matthew. In the first part (1:2-1:16) of the Book, there are a lot of verses about biblical ...
I was informed on this forum that Bill W. was the one who moved the Dr.'s Opinion to the Roman numeraled pages without Conference approval. If that is true,...
Oh, I don't think we need to worry about that. Style manuals are pretty unanimous in referring to italicized words as being a way to draw emphasis. They...
Not exactly those words but very close. Big Book, Page 98. "Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The...
Were there any other organizations or groups prior to the beginning of the AA movement which had similar principles of public anonymity or statements about the...
Hallo. my name is Claus, and i am an Alkoholik. I am a member of a Danish Big Book study group (SBS). I am to do the introduction to the European Drinker and...
... I believe there were ninty-odd changes made from the First Printing of the First Edition thru the Sixteenth Printing of the First Edition. Since the...
Hi Tommy The basic text of the Big Book is pretty much "protected" from radical change by the prevail- ing sentiment of the AA Fellowship as a whole. It has...
Bill R (Big Book story "A Business Man's Recovery") was the first Board Chairman of the Alcoholic Foundation. He returned to drinking and had to resign from...
I have an advertisement for The March of Time that I have scanned. If interested in a copy, email me: <cbudnick@...> (cbudnick at nc.rr.com) - - - - ...
... - - - - I don't know about the Washingtonians, but I do have some impressions of the other two groups you mention. The Emmanuel movement was really not a...
Secret societies and fraternities have existed in America since the early 1700s. Many of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons. Skull and Bones was formed at...
Bill R died sober 9 June 1961 (tape by Kathleen R in GSO Archives, noted in the newsletter of the Kirk/CAAS Collections at Brown, CULTURE ALCOHOL & SOCIETY...
Does anyone know where I could find photos from past International AA Conventions? I am only interested in those huge stadium photos of the tens of thousands...