Jean Mullry of Bellevue, Nebraska died yesterday (01/01/3) at 5:30am. It was also her 40th A.A. Birthday --- her pigeon Peg M. had given her her chip the...
Juliet from our local Intergroup has come up with some interesting facts about the 20 questions. I forward the following Kent Below is a snippet from an e-mail...
I have a Third Edition, Second Printing that is shot full of errors. As well as not having the %'s in the Forward to the Second Edition on page xx. Does...
Chick Schweinsberg
chicks01@...
Jan 4, 2003 10:04 pm
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Chinese - French - German - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Portuguese - Spanish - Norwegian - Russian - Dutch - Greek - Bulgarian - Croatian - Czech - Danish -...
Hello everyone, from a snowy Michigan I am looking for Bob Smith Jr. We are planing a conf and would like to get him as our main speaker. If anyone knows...
I received a list of 12 Spiritual Principles: Honesty, Hope, Faith, etc. Does anyone know where they come from? Also I understand that their are
several...
The Honesty, Hope, Faith.....set of step principles has been hanging around for decades. Some people think it is "official", but to our knowledge it has never...
Thomas
thomas@...
Jan 7, 2003 9:17 pm
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SGT. BILL & THE TWELVE PRINCIPLES: There is no official set of "twelve principles" in A.A. and never has been. If it were in fact possible to sum up the...
Glenn Chesnut
gfchesnut@...
Jan 8, 2003 2:40 am
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Does anyone have a copy of Bill's letter that he wrote to the [I think] 12th ICYPAA. If so please email me at somrsickr @ hotmail.com [skip the spaces] ...
Counseling the Alcoholic Mrs. Marty Mann Executive Director National Council on Alcoholism, New York The Blue Book, Vol. XVIII, 1966 Hollywood-by-the-Sea,...
Dave and I were delighted to read Bill Lash's posting of a transcript of Marty's 1966 talk before what seems to have been a conference of Rom Cath clergy. We...
Sally Brown
rev.sally@...
Jan 10, 2003 7:48 pm
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An Early Step Study Guide This little booklet, originally titled "Alcoholics Anonymous: An interpretation of our Twelve Steps," was widely used in the early ...
Dear AA History Lovers, Is it understood as to why steps 6 & 7 are so briefly discussed in the Big Book? Did Bill W feel he did not have sufficient insight of...
I have heard it said that 6 and 7 in the BB assume a "white-light" basis for sobriety, as with Bill W., while the much longer 6 and 7 in the 12&12 -- at the...
Hi The 12 Steps were drafted in Dec. 1938 only a few months prior to printing the Big Book in April 1939. Bill claimed that it took him about 30 minutes to...
The layout of the steps seems to be the origin of the "Beginners Meeting Format" which was in use at the Waukegan Alano Club in Waukegan, IL when I got sober...
giftdlr@...
Jan 13, 2003 10:07 am
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I just got a Big Book that is a 1st edition, 4th printing in March 1943. The hard cover is green and the person who I got it from said that it was a military...
It is a "military" edition, in that my understanding is that it was printed that way (as were most, if not all 4th printings) because some materials were...
brian@...
Jan 13, 2003 10:43 pm
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Hello Buffs I am sad to say that our beloved Dr. Earle M author of "Physcian Heal Thy Self" passed away Monday, 1/13/03 at 8 PM. He passed away in The San...
Hi AA History Lovers For those of you who are familiar with Archie M.'s "Timelines in AA History (1864 - present)" - his basic research data has been used as a...
Very sad to hear of the passing of Earle M. We will always cherish his winning ways and words. A friend sent me this today... very inspiring! Jocie in Chicago...
dear HistoryLovers, I haven't posted anything in a while. Worked this up to send to that collection of Group Histories at Silkworth.Net that was mentioned in a...
The following article was posted today by the San Francisco Chronicle. No reference was made to Dr. Earle's efforts in the field of alcoholism or to his A.A....
Joy Harris
joyharris.1@...
Jan 15, 2003 8:59 pm
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Hey AAHL, I am looking for the Father Dowlings' discussion of his addiction to food. It is the basis of alot of meetings in Overeaters Anonymous and yet none...
Hi, History Lovers: I believe there have been at least three resolutions by the General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous acknowledging the...
ny-aa@...
Jan 20, 2003 8:41 pm
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The publication "Advisory Actions of the General Service Conference of A.A." (M-39) there is the 1969 floor action but no others. In the A.A. Guidelines:...
Does anyone have a copy of that flier that went around a few years ago that showed the price of a drink years ago and other price changes, and ended up ...
i have a copy of the flyer. it was given to me by the office manager of sepia(southeastern pennsylvania intergroup association) I think i remember her telling...
Shakey1aa@...
Jan 21, 2003 1:49 pm
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Hi, History Lovers: I have the text of the 1969 Resolution of Gratitude because it is in the "Guidelines." I remember an older edition of the "Guidelines"...
ny-aa@...
Jan 21, 2003 5:52 pm
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Hola Familia, I'm going to NYC this weekend and am interested in attending any meetings in which Bill W. attended. If anyone knows of any or how to contact...
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