My home group reads the entry for the day's date at the beginning of every meeting. I normally follow along on my PDA. Imagine my surprise when the reading...
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Arthur S
lefthanded_ny
Mar 1, 2012 8:16 pm
In March 1941, almost two years after the first printing, the wording of Step 12 was changed in the second printing of the Big Book. The term "spiritual...
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jax760
Mar 1, 2012 8:28 pm
From jax760, Art B, and Norm the Tinman - - - - From: "jax760" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) The following from William White should be given more...
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Arthur S
lefthanded_ny
Mar 1, 2012 8:49 pm
From Arthur S. and Laurence Holbrook - - - - From: Arthur S <arthur.s@...> (arthur.s at live.com) The first American physician to call alcoholism a...
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Roger Wheatley
glennccc
Mar 1, 2012 9:17 pm
From: ROGER WHEATLEY <chief_roger@...> (chief_roger at yahoo.com) I have been unable to find a copy of the article written about the Lackland treatment...
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EdgarC
edgarcoudal3...
Mar 2, 2012 3:39 pm
In his book, Rural Free Delivery, Mark Whalon, childhood pal of Bill Wilson, tells of shooting a woman identified only as Jeanne who Whalon says stalked him on...
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rickcard47
Mar 3, 2012 7:03 pm
I have what I believe are 2 of the 2nd edition, 1st printings. But they are not the same. One of them is a bit thicker than the other, and has the "Spencer"...
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cometkazie1@...
cometkazie1
Mar 3, 2012 8:22 pm
THE SPENCER/PALEY QUOTE WAS ADDED TO APPENDIX II IN THE THIRD PRINTING of the 2nd edition, not the fourth printing =============================== ... ...
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LES COLE
secondles
Mar 3, 2012 8:45 pm
From Les Cole and jax760 - - - - LES COLE <elsietwo@...> (elsietwo at msn.com) March 3, 2012 Hello Edgar: I am very intrigued by your post. When I was...
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MichaelD
michaeledudley
Mar 4, 2012 4:55 pm
In AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com, ... The Appendix did offer a guide for some form of time expectation, however, when it says " what often takes place in a...
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Baileygc23@...
gcb900
Mar 4, 2012 5:04 pm
RE: Origin of an AA quote: a man convinced against his will Cf: The Artist's Concept, Big Book first edition, now included in "Experience, Strength and...
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joe
chief_roger
Mar 7, 2012 6:14 pm
Bill Swegan has a fascinating AA story. He had great opportunities to uniquely experience early AA. I found in the context of military history, that there is...
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Chuck Parkhurst
azbigbook
Mar 7, 2012 6:14 pm
Members Does anyone know if the "historic fact" below is accurate? March 7, 1941 -- Boston newspaper reported that any drunk who wanted to get well was more...
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Doug B.
aahistory
Mar 7, 2012 6:15 pm
The change came with the 5th printing of Daily Reflections. I'm not sure why I was doing it, but I was checking the 29th, (as it is my wedding anniversary) and...
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soberholic
Mar 7, 2012 6:18 pm
Greetings from Finland, A Finnish AA friend of mine is working on his dissertation concerning AA. Last time I saw him he asked for help. He is in desperate...
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Norm The Tinman
normtinman
Mar 7, 2012 10:27 pm
Hey Joe, thanks for the words--like the rest of our fellowship, timing seems to have been just precisely right for most of it -- I like the word synchronicity,...
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J.BARRY Murtaugh
bear8512100
Mar 8, 2012 1:36 am
There are several sources who check in with this group. Hope they can help. I subscribe to updates from: *Alcohol and Drugs History Society* which you can find...
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Dolores
dolli@...
Mar 8, 2012 8:03 pm
Greetings, It is interesting to read about the alcohol treatment program in the States. After the Hughes Act of Congress, and Dr.Jack Norris's visits to...
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crog1@...
Mar 8, 2012 8:22 pm
From a research standpoint you may have tried this one: ========================================== (1) National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of...
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Roger
chief_roger
Mar 8, 2012 8:26 pm
The timing of Bill Swegan's assignment as Chaplain's Assistant also fit into a small window of Air Force history that probably could not have happened any...
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Charlie C
route20guy
Mar 9, 2012 5:07 pm
As a librarian let me get a plug in for my profession and suggest that for research help the fellow in Finland go to a library :-) Most libraries are open to...
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Roger
chief_roger
Mar 11, 2012 4:19 am
I have not yet acquired a copy of the 1956 American Journal of Psychiatry article to learn more about what Dr. West wrote about the Lackland pilot program (if...
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Bill Lash
barefootbill69
Mar 13, 2012 12:25 am
Roy, Good morning. Here is the results I found (this does not include the title page nor the table of contents, which you could probably do easily by ...
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jax760
Mar 13, 2012 12:26 am
Would anyone happen to have access to or a copy of this essay by Alexis Carrel? I believe it was published in the Readers Digest circa 1938/39 Thanks John B MY...
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James Bliss
new_1969_mgb
Mar 13, 2012 6:07 pm
For the top words over 1000: THE 1705 TO 1580 OF 1313 WE 1129 A 1094 AND 1046 GOD 120 ALCOHOHOLICS 1 ALCOHOL 42 ALCOHOLIC 176 ALCOHOLIC* 1 ...
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Kimball ROWE
kimrowe24
Mar 14, 2012 2:50 pm
I’ll eventually get a handle on this “cut and paste” thing down. Seems like a lot of God talk in Bill’s Story, We Agnostics, How it Works and Into...
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Kimball ROWE
kimrowe24
Mar 14, 2012 2:50 pm
oops, forgot to include the total line for ALCOHOLISM: Alcoholism Alcoholism 56 Alcoholism Afflicted 4 Alcoholism Allergy 3 Alcoholism Craves 1 Alcoholism...
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Stephen Gentile
gentilsa
Mar 14, 2012 2:52 pm
Time to reprogram. I find the word God 138 times in the fourth edition 133 times in the second This is through the simple search button in my .PDF viewer. ...
God gets a bigger billing if you consider variants: Higher Power 1 Him 21 His 9 Maker 1 New Land 1 New found Friend 1 One who has all power 1 our Maker, as we...
