A message to me from Tom Hickcox <cometkazie1@...> raised the question, what were the first conference published books which were NOT written by Bill W? ...
Dear Glenn, dear group Is there any facts or indications, why the New York AA office turned down the offer from both Ed Webster and Richmond Walker? Best...
Why the 24 Hour book was not published by A.A. Hi All We have heard various reasons why A.A. never published the 24 Hour a Day Book, that is currently...
Bent Christensen has asked, "Is there any facts or indications, why the New York AA office turned down the offer from both Ed Webster and Richmond Walker," to...
Good day my AAHistoryLover friends! The problem is the doctors wrote me out of work for a year on two separate occasions. I was unable to continue working...
Hi All, Thanks to Bruce for his reply which brings up a related issue that I would like to address. The original question and some of the responses referred to...
From the Daytona Florida Archives, The moderator GFC is absolutely right on and correct. Not a penny was kept here in Daytona and was all past on to GSO. ...
What were the changes to Dr Bob's Nightmare and which foreword was changed?? Charlie Parker Ace Golf Netting 828 Wagon Trail Austin, TX 78758 Toll free...
I always heard that the Conference turned it down (the 24 Hour Book) on the grounds it was too religious. Live and learn. Thanks for your explanation. We...
Ben Humphreys (message 5671) said "I always heard that the Conference turned it down (the 24 Hour Book) on the grounds it was too religious." Yes, I have heard...
Hello Group: I was reading part of Fr. Ralph Pfau's "The Golden book of Sanity" and remember Fr. Pfau ... makes his election in subjects of AA without waiting...
In Message 5674, <nuevenueve@...> asked where we could find the correspondence between Bill W. and Fr. Ralph Pfau. I am glad you asked this question. ...
The statement below, regarding assumed difficulties in obtaining money in 1952 and 1953 to print the 12&12, is not consistent with its source reference to...
In Bob P's "Non Approved AA History" manuscript he notes the following (pg 211) regarding the Twenty-Four Hours a Day book,: "The history of AA literature is...
Thank you, Glenn, for the reports on the early AA use of the Upper Room periodical from the United Methodist Church and the phenomenal demand for the...
I remember a discussion I had with Frank M. about the 24 hour book. I came away thinking that the only reason that AA did not conference-approve this book was...
Question #1- I have 2 different mini Grapevines. One has a picture of mountains on the cover and says "every month,all year" AA Grapevine our meeting in print ...
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May 8, 2009 9:48 pm
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Hi Charlie, Each year Delegates are assigned to various committees within the Conference. Those committees are comprised of Delegates, Trustees and the GSO...
Richmond Walker's own autobiographical memoir: http://hindsfoot.org/rwvt.html (Bill Pittman thought that this was a transcript of a lead which Rich gave in...
Trysh I can't prove it, but despite the "religious" claims made by the Conference and others, I would not discount the potential effect that acceptance of the...
We should also remember that Bill inserted various "Christian Bible" snippets in both the Big Book and the Twelve and Twelve. It also appears as though he used...
Since the 24 Hour book (like the Bible!) is not Conference-approved, how did sending profits from its sale to GSO (between 1948 and 1954, when it was being...
The interview may be seen on your computer as a video at: http://solstice.ischool.utexas.edu/tmwi/index.php/Lillian_Roth - - - - A TRANSCRIPT OF THIS VIDEO: ...
By Trysh Travis The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey University of North Carolina...
Dear Trysh, I've been following historylovers correspondence re 24 Hour book and read yr contribution with interest; I also look forward to reading "The...
Actually disease is mentioned on page 64 of The Big Book. "Resentment is the "number one offender". It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it...
Laurie, It strikes me that the question of whether alcoholism was or was not referred to as a "disease" during the early AA period is a lot more complicated...
Responding to Art's comment about the impact that "the acceptance of the 24 Hour book would have had on the more mundane matter of Bill W's royalty agreement,"...
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May 9, 2009 9:31 pm
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... I am in the process of having and old audio library digitized, Several of the talks that I have found are labeled "colored group", one group was called...
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