HOWARD WILSON: Howard Wilson was Bill Wilson's cousin who lived at Stepping Stones for a while. Bill spent time helping him sober up. (I think Bill's effort...
Hi, Mike and everybody - Marty may have been Tiebout's first alcoholic patient at Blythewood, but we don't know that. He was already interested in alcoholism...
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From Dudley Dobinson, a recovered member of AA in Ireland: http://www.aahistory.com/ has a notice that their Just For Today emails have had to be stopped. As...
The quote from THE FAMILY AFTERWARD, pg. 124: "Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value is life. That is...
Message #430 of this group submitted by its founder, Nancy Olson, July 20, 2002 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/430 gives Bill...
The comment on bad language is found in a standard form letter sent to Groups by GSO since the 1950s or 1960s. I think the letter is still being used. It...
Interesting wording, could it be that the "few skeletons" phrase was deliberately chosen because in some instances we are advised to make an indirect...
John (Jack) Carney was a dentist and I saw him at an IDAA gathering in Morristown, New Jersey back in the 70's ....Very entertaining fellow. bob (bsdds) (for...
The AMERICAN magazine for September 1931 has on page 22, a picture of Richard Peabody that will reproduce into a nice larger picture. I have a copy of this...
Tradition Three: Long Form “Our membership ought to in- clude all who suffer from alco- holism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A....
Has anyone heard how The Ardmore Archivist is doing? I have been blessed to have spent time with Ray as my own personal tour guide on more than 2 occasions in...
Douglas D. (1895 – 1969) Douglas joined the growing band of recovering drunks at the beginning of 1937. The survey of the New Jersey Group of A.A. taken on...
The original mail from JFT on this issue went out on November 30, 2008. It is copied in its entirety below. Their attempts to satisfy the AAWS requirements...
Greetings all, Any suggested formats or methods for inter- viewing oldtimers in your area? Just want to see if anyone has expanded upon what is already...
From "John Barton" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) Henry G. Parkhurst "The Unbeliever" (1895 – 1954) Henry Giffen Parkhurst was born March 13, 1895 ...
Russ and Concerned friends, After notification by Mitchell K. in his post about Ray, my wife spoke to Ginny that day (12/16/08). Ray was to have some growths ...
Does anyone know the origin of the GSR preamble which is read at monthly District Meetings here in Southern California??? I would appreciate any info you may...
Hello group and Happy New Year, On the title page of the basic text of Narcotics Anonymous there is a statement that reads 12 Steps and 12 Traditions reprinted...
Hello New Archivist Steve, What is "already circulated by AAWS" as the 'Oral History Kit' you will find in the Archives Workbook. Online at the Fellowship's...
This is especially for Glenn, and anyone else burdened by lots of interviews to transcribe. I went to the doctor recently and after his exam, he pulled out a...
FLORENCE RANKIN'S GRAVE: In the Spring 2007 issue of "Markings" is an article about the Washington (DC) Intergroup (WAIA) locating Florence Rankin's grave. ...
Would some member of the group who knows how to do these things, consider adding Memorials for Florence Rankin and Rollie Hemsley to the FIND A GRAVE website? ...
Let us remember though that Bill also wrote somewhere else that visitors to an AA meeting might be surprised by the salty language that sometimes occurred. ...
Good morning all, My understanding on the responsibility of the offering of permission to reprint AA Conference Approved literature is that the Trustees and ...
I'm using Naturally Speaking to transcribe some interviews I had during my research trip to Vermont. You will be surprised (I think) as to how easily it...
The GSR preamble appeared in Box 459 Vol. 35 no.4 Aug/Sept 1989. I don't know if this was the "first" appearance. Gary S. Alt Registrar, Area 67 - - - - In a...
Would one of you please post a copy of this preamble? I am not (to my knowledge) familiar with it. I went to the 459 Archives to look this up. They do not go...
Karl, Rollie was already on "Find A Grave", I added a photo that is "pending approval" from the website. Hopefully that will be viewable soon. I created one...
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