Just a few personal notes on Joe Zuska and the Long Beach facility. I underwent treatment at Long Beach during September and October of 1971 after two months...
From Barry Murtaugh and Norm the Tinman - - - - From: "J.BARRY Murtaugh" <murtaughjbarry1@...> (murtaughjbarry1 at gmail.com) Quote from Kurt Vonnegut...
"Jim Burwell: early AA's first famous atheist" by Glenn F. Chesnut http://hindsfoot.org/atheistburwell.html Jimmy Burwell's journey to sobriety and serenity,...
"2001: Sally and David R. Brown rediscover William E. Swegan's alcoholism treatment programs of the 1940s and 50s" http://hindsfoot.org/swegmarty.html Bill...
"A nontheistic / atheistic way of working the twelve steps: William E. Swegan" http://hindsfoot.org/atheistswsteps.html An article by Glenn F. Chesnut in which...
I think the addition of Appendix II, The Spiritual Experience is significant in AA history. Am I right to understand that it was added in the Second Edition of...
Joe, et al, Appendix II was first published in the second printing of the first edition Big Book in 1941, just about two years after the first printing. In...
"Father Ralph Pfau: Alcoholics Anonymous Author and American Catholic Thinker" by Glenn F. Chesnut http://hindsfoot.org/pfcath.pdf Topics include his founding...
From Norm The Tinman and Laurie Andrews - - - - From: Norm The Tinman <normtinman@...> Date: Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:23 pm Subject: Re: AA co-founders' N.Y....
Hi Kathy Would loved to have talked to this man -- in a lot of ways I can understand why he believes this way -- he has saved a lot of people's lives, by...
From Tommy Hickcox, Chuck Parkhurst, and John Steeves - - - - From:Tom Hickcox <cometkazie1@...> (cometkazie1 at cox.net) ... It was added to the Second...
This information is not correct. While Rush was certainly an early proponent of the disease concept it was posited as a "disease" entity before the late 1700s...
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...
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...
From jax760, Art B, and Norm the Tinman - - - - From: "jax760" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) The following from William White should be given more...
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...
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...
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"...
THE SPENCER/PALEY QUOTE WAS ADDED TO APPENDIX II IN THE THIRD PRINTING of the 2nd edition, not the fourth printing =============================== ... ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
