In the 12&12 Bill wrote at the end of Tradition 10: "The lesson to be learned from the Washing- tonians was not overlooked by Alcoholics Anonymous. As we...
Good morning everybody. First of all, the flyer DOESN'T say that Bill wrote the Traditions because he read a book on the Washingtonians. We all know that...
Does anyone know what story this passage came from and who the author was? Clyde G. - - - - For me, AA is a synthesis of all the philo- sophy I've ever read,...
Edgar Cole, Sobriety (Philadelphia, Meroduk Pub. Co., 1925). Need info about this book and author. Does anybody have any idea who Edgar Cole was? This book was...
AA History Lovers, Does anyone know the actual date of Dr. Bob's last major talk? I know it was given in Detroit, Michigan in December 1948 — but what day? ...
Does anyone have any info on Del Tryon who is? I have heard that he was the author of "Ace Full-Seven-Eleven," the only story from the original manuscript to...
According to a talk given by Jimmy Burwell in 1957, Bill's writing of the traditions was mostly influenced by reading a book called "This Believing World" by...
Milton Maxwell, an early member of the Board of Directors of AA (The Alcoholic Foundation) was an expert on the Washingtonians and eventually wrote a masterful...
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This is an unbelievably minor correction but if anyone is looking up THIS BELIEVING WORLD it might be worth knowing that the author is Lewis Browne, with an e...
In 1992 Charlie Bishop (The Bishop of Books) published a book entitled "The Washingtonians and Alcoholics Anonymous." That book included a reprint of the...
Facts on Maxwell from Markings (archives news letter.) .org/lang/en/en_pdfs/f-151_markings_fall08.pdf Maxwell's paper on the Washingtonian Movement was...
Mitchell K, Clarence Snyder's sponsee wrote me today and mentioned that today, February 11, would be Clarence's 71st anniversary. Happy Birthday Clarence! (As...
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http://alcoholism.about.com/b/2009/02/09/barefoot-bob-dead-at-age-75.htm?nl=1 "Barefoot Bob" who created and maintained a personal website popular with...
In AA Comes of Age pg 96 Bill W wrote: "The Twelve Traditions are to group survival and harmony what AA's Twelve Steps are to each member's sobriety and peace...
The August 1945 Grapevine carried Bill W's first Traditions article titled "Modesty One Plank for Good Public Relations" (LOH 3-6). The previous month's...
In the early 1800s, the relatively new republic of the United States was truly on a destructive alcohol binge and the effects were devastating. Prominent...
1935 June - Almost a century after the Washingtonians, the AA Fellowship started in Akron, OH. It was a result of an action that later formed the heart of Step...
1940 February 8 - John D Rockefeller Jr. held a dinner for AA at the Union League Club. 75 of 400 invited guests attended. Nelson Rockefeller hosted in the...
1946 - Bill started to feel out the board and the Fellowship on the idea of various geographical Areas coming together as an elected service conference. The...
[Corrected version] The 1951 trial Conference took place from April 20-22, 1951. 37 US and Canadian delegates (half the planned number) convened at the...
[Corrected version] The 1955 approval of the Conference also extended to a new publication titled "The Third Legacy Manual of World Service as Proposed by...
Any idea about who the author was of the "Me an Alcoholic?" Big Book story ??? Nancy Olson's reliable reference simply says author unknown, but the story reads...
Hello all, Stuart from Barking Big Book study. On p. 154 of the Big Book, Bill is in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, "almost broke" and "wondering...
On page 63 of the Big Bood, we read what is commonly referred to as the 3rd step prayer: "God, I offer myself to Thee -- to build with me and to do with me as...
I would like to know the exact address of the Calvary Mission which was on East 23rd Street. Also the same for the Calvary House (across the street from the...
How Bill Wilson's hotel bill was paid? A possible answer could lie in the fact that Bill received living expenses from the firm of Baer and Company who sent...
"Robert Stonebraker" <rstonebraker212@...> ... In Helen Shoemaker's biography of her husband (I Stand By the Door: The Life of Sam Shoemaker), the address is...
Does anyone know what Bill Wilson's meditation practices were like, especially toward the end of his life? Also, does anyone know when guided meditation...
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