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5842
From John B (jax760), J. Lobdell, and Baileygc23 - - - - From: "jax760" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) "It does not seem necessary to defer to the...
jax760
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Jul 1, 2009
5:34 pm
5843
Just out of curiousity, since the short form of the Serenity Prayer is given at the end of the chapter on Step Three in the book "Twelve Steps and Twelve...
The Wilsons
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Jul 4, 2009
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5844
We have been discussing the early AA slogans, especially "But for the Grace of God." But another of the early slogans was also mentioned: This one -- "Think...
J. Lobdell
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Jul 4, 2009
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5845
If you have a copy of the March 1, 1941 Saturday Evening Post magazine with Jack Alexander's article, one of the photos is of a staged meeting (its caption...
Arthur S
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Jul 4, 2009
8:17 pm
5846
Someone has suggested that we work out a list giving the town or city in which the first AA group was formed in each of the 50 US states and 10 Canadian...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 8, 2009
10:49 pm
5847
Rev. T. Willard Hunter passed away July 1 2009 in Claremont, California. He was co-author of "Uncommon Friends" by Jim Newton. He and Newton were Oxford Group...
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Jul 9, 2009
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5848
From <dbennitt@...> (dbennitt at sbcglobal.net)   History of the Chicago Group   http://hindsfoot.org/chicago1.pdf    From Don B., Past Delegate...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 10, 2009
3:43 pm
5849
From <BruceKen@...> (BruceKen at aol.com)   AA's First Meeting on the West Coast November 21, 1939 in San Francisco   Full story at...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 10, 2009
3:46 pm
5850
I would like to have a compilation of all the AAHL members who will be attending the National Archives Workshop in September, before we get there if possible. ...
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Jul 10, 2009
4:06 pm
5851
AA Started in Texas in February 1940 In late January and early February 1940, the Houston Press ran a series of six articles about AA written anonymously by...
Arthur S
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Jul 10, 2009
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5852
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Feb 28 1940. The founders included Jim B., Charlie B., Bayard B., Fitz M., George S., McCready H. [at whose place it was held,...
J. Lobdell
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Jul 10, 2009
4:48 pm
5853
Minnesota, New Jersey, Utah, South Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Akron group founding date celebrated as July 4, 1935   - - - - First AA group in Minnesota ...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 10, 2009
5:12 pm
5854
See Message 3679 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/3679 From the list which Ruth Hock gave on November 14, 1940 of the AA groups...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 10, 2009
5:38 pm
5856
THINK, THINK, THINK This slogan is not found in the BB but was adopted by AA members from a sign that came with early IBM calculating machines. The sign said: ...
John Barton
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Jul 11, 2009
6:48 pm
5857
The first AA meeting in Ontario, Canada was held at the Little Denmark Restaurant on January 13th, 1943. Present were Reverends George Little and Percy Price,...
Bernadette MacLeod
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Jul 11, 2009
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5858
First AA groups in Maine, Maryland, West Virgina, Iowa, Minnesota, and Florida The first continuous meeting in Maine was in 1946. It met in Bangor over a...
Lee Nickerson
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Jul 11, 2009
8:19 pm
5860
While researching, I keep coming across references to "24 Magazine." Can anyone help guide me to any links or sites for this? What was this publication? Is...
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Jul 12, 2009
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5861
England: London 1948 (1st UK group), followed by Manchester in December 1948 Scotland: Glasgow and Edinburgh 1949 Wales: Cardiff 1951 Laurie A. - - - - From:...
jenny andrews
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Jul 12, 2009
10:12 pm
5862
The first meeting of AA in Edmonton Alberta Canada was held in Edmonton in room 326 of the Hotel MacDonald, a historic landmark that is still fully operating...
Jim Lalonde
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Jul 12, 2009
10:15 pm
5863
From: "John Barton" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) TIMELINE OF THE FIRST 25 A.A. GROUPS By John B. Big Book Study Group of South Orange, NJ 1. Ohio:...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 12, 2009
10:29 pm
5864
I have taken some of John B.'s dates directly into master list we are setting up.   I though it would be worthwhile to give my own additional notes however...
Glenn Chesnut
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Jul 12, 2009
10:31 pm
5866
Philadelphia, Washington State, Washington D.C. PHILADELPHIA: From: Cindy Miller <cm53@...> (cm53 at earthlink.net) well, I don't know how important...
Cindy Miller
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Jul 13, 2009
6:50 pm
5867
From J. Lobdell and Don Bennitt, three corrections to John B.'s list - - - - From J. LOBDELL ... Hospital (December 1939) wrong -- ORANGEBURG ... 1940) WRONG...
J. Lobdell
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Jul 13, 2009
6:58 pm
5868
In order to keep the first 25 list accurate with source references please cite your source for dates of groups.   i.e. Philadelphia & Chicago.   Thanks - - -...
John Barton
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Jul 14, 2009
6:36 pm
5869
A group start date is based on when the second sober alcoholic shows up to join with the first sober alcoholic. When they had the first meeting does not...
Arthur S
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Jul 14, 2009
6:39 pm
5870
On Wash DC it's the boys of '39 (and Nov at that) tho' Florence and Fitz tried independently in 1937 or 1938, apparently. The 1995 WAIA History is on the net...
J. Lobdell
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Jul 16, 2009
5:21 pm
5871
Big Book page 69 1st paragraph: "They think we do not have enough of it ...." The question is who are "they"? Thank you, Jacci - - - - From the moderator: ...
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Jul 17, 2009
6:23 pm
5872
AA group founded in Washington DC founded in, on, or near Oct 26 1939. AA referred four alcoholics to Fitz and one of them was Harden C. "The first contacts...
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Jul 17, 2009
7:04 pm
5873
I am glad someone brought this up, it prompted me to investigate more, and ...... In the 1949 September issue of HERE'S HOW, The Chicago newsletter, there is...
DONALD BENNITT
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Jul 17, 2009
7:07 pm
5874
I don't see any cause and effect association between the IBM and AA slogans - it's seems like speculation. Is there a non-anecdotal source for corroboration...
Arthur S
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Jul 17, 2009
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