Does anyone have any historical background regarding the institution of pensions for GSO workers? I'm trying to determine if the pensions that GSO employees &...
Anecdotal: early on in my sobriety, in Wilmington NC, (about 25 years ago), I remember remarking that there were no black people in AA meetings. I was...
As some of the group members are aware recently we launched a new website that hosts many early A.A. talks, www.recoveryspeakers.org, one talk that will be of...
... The Jim Crow laws were limited to public accomodations, so they would have had little to do with AA. Private gatherings were not restricted by the Jim Crow...
Did Jim's Story first appear in the Big Book in the second edition? ("This physician, one of the earliest members of AA's first black group, tells of how...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Jim's Story in the Big Book (Jim Scott MD, Washington, DC). Some regard this as having been the first black AA group: April 1945. Big Book,...
... I would say this oversimplifies it quite a bit. I do remember in the early '60s the police pulling blacks out of white churches and whites out of black...
On Sunday, March 22, 2009, members of my HomeGroup rented a van and we drove to Washington, DC - where the Reeves Club was holding its' "4th Annual AA...
Greetings: According to the history of the Evans Avenue Group, which is printed every year on the program for their annual banquet, Earl Redmond did get sober...
They say "more will be revealed..." The San Francisco Group was the first child of the New Jersey Group! Below is part of the research I had done for the...
... I was looking for something in Bill Dotson's story, A.A. Number Three. I noticed on p. 190 that three little changes similar to the one Gary mentioned...
I have no known way to confirm the following told to me by an old timer that has passed on. Since the subject of black groups has come up, I was told that 48...
Al Welch
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Jun 6, 2009 9:41 pm
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Hi Group, When and which was the first Latin American country receiving the AA message? Best Regards Hugo...
I have heard of the Metropolis Club in DC and have been to a few meetings there. But I have never heard of the Cosmopolitan Club. Does it still exist? ...
Is anyone aware, in either local, district, area or international archives, or from personal experience, of any information concerning African-American...
Dr Bob and the Good Old Timers, pp 247-248, has a story concerning the first black group in Cleveland, Ohio. - - - - From the moderator: Oscar W. made a...
Mexico Yis, Shakey Mike Gwirtz - - - - So for example, in 1948, Bill Wilson and Father Ralph Pfau met in California, and took a trip to Mexico together to help...
Shakey1aa@...
Jun 9, 2009 5:24 pm
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Charlie and group, We must remember that directions in the Big Book were for those members who received a copy of it in the mail and weren't near any group, or...
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ON A.A. FROM A NON-A.A. SOURCE "Lessons From Rock Bottom: The church can learn about grace from the recovery movement" By Philip Yancey ...
The latest issue of the Tularosa Basin Historical Society magazine, devoted to Rowland Hazard and his pottery factory, is now available. Ted mentioned this...
Just an FYI, The Big Book was published on April 10, 1939 (according to the copyright). The Cleveland Group (Abby G - Group) was founded May 11, 1939. ...
I got sober in 1987 in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area and I remember Big Norm. He was legendary in the Mongomery County Maryland meetings. Many AA's in...
... I have read that Dr. Bob had input into the first six printings of the Little Red Book, 1946-1950, but I have yet to see any changes specifically...
Fiona D. has posted two new sections in her collection of Sister Ignatia documents and photos: http://hindsfoot.org/ignatia5.html Sister Ignatia: her...
http://hindsfoot.org/archives.html (about two thirds of the way down the page) Photo of a Renner's Beer Wagon in Akron, Ohio When Prohibition ended, at...
Hi All: Regards Rowland spelling .... in 2007 I got several deeds concerning Rowland from the Town records in Shaftsbury, Vermont and in all instances the...
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