Don't confuse AA with being a 'religion' The two most important things America gave the 20th century, author Kurt Vonnegut is reported to have said, are the...
My Return from the Half-World of Alcoholism A letter to Alcoholics Anonymous saved the author's life. Condensed from The Grapevine by Anonymous A year ago I...
Someone said last night that in early AA there were 5 'musts' if you joined
One of them was get a job, does anybody know the rest of the list? Thanx, Mark...
"There are NO MUST in NA..." so quotes their white book....copyright early 70's? From the Big Book, 3rd Edition ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS document prepared by...
Receiving this message from Mark, I thought I had the answer in five things that the late Vic B. used to mention in his talks. Vic got sober in 1946 and...
melb
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Apr 1, 2003 9:39 pm
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The article would, however, have been improved by proof-reading, as it gives the date of the founding of AA (= first meeting of Bill and Bob) as 1939! -- JL ...
FORTY-EIGHT 'MUSTS' IN N.A. as found in the N.A. Basic Text 1. "Everything that occurs in the course of N.A. service MUST be motivated by the desire to more...
The Sick Person We Call an Alcoholic Mrs. Mann, once a victim of liquor, tells what we can do to help those who would quit but can't. By B.J. Woolf Yale...
... From: Arthur Sheehan To: AAHistoryLovers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [AAHistoryLovers] Herbert Spencer Hi All I'm...
In a talk by Don G., a Judge in the Superior Court of California, he reported that he wanted to use that quotation in an opinion he was preparing so requested...
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Apr 3, 2003 2:31 am
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I WENT BACK TO A DRUNK By Anonymous One black night she even thought of murder. Read the dramatic story of this Canadian woman's victory over liquor for her...
Isn't it odd how some quotations get into the public consciousness and we can never seem to pin them down? Before Dave and I undertook to write the biography...
Sally Brown
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Apr 3, 2003 5:54 pm
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While working at AA headquarters archives in the early '80's the Spencer quote source was often asked. Frank and I could never give an answer. One of the great...
Pittman, Bill
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Apr 3, 2003 6:20 pm
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I have a book called "The Great Quotations", published by The Citadel Press. It is a second paperback printing with copyrights 1960, 1966, 1983. The quote is a...
I'm an Alcoholic Who Quit Drinking A Rotarian wins the battle of liquor aided by anally named 'A.A.' and a weapon called psychology. By A.A. Anonymous I am an...
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS by MRS. MARTY MANN, New York, N.Y. Executive Director, National Committee for Education of Alcoholism, Sponsored by the Yale Plan for...
Life Membership Medicine Column The organization of ex-drinkers known as Alcoholics Anonymous last week was rounding out its twelfth year. Taking stock, it...
The Healer Bill W. From the rubble of a wasted life, he overcame alcoholism and founded the 12-step program that has helped millions of others do the same BY...
Problem Drinkers Indication as to the "success secret" of Alcoholics Anonymous in helping its 50,000 members, is given in a quote from one of its new members:...
Hope for the Alcoholic New attitudes, community programs, government action and scientific research promise a more effective attack on alcoholism, a major...
The first organized military treatment programs which received national notice were set up by an Air Force Sergeant named Bill S., a Pearl Harbor survivor,...
New Help for Alcoholics by Dorothy Hunter Relatives of habitual drinkers have found a novel way of dealing with their problem---- I am not an alcoholic. I...
Nine years ago the Post reported on the then-obscure group known as Alcoholics Anonymous. Since that time these self-rehabilitated men--and women--have sobered...
Does anyone have any information on who "Herman the life-termer" is, and if he actually served out his life sentence in prison? What an interesting piece of...
Craig Keith
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Apr 10, 2003 1:27 pm
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Here's an ally against the chemistry of alcoholism Double-Barreled Hope for Alcoholics by Paul de Kruif Jail is still our main medicine for chronic alcoholics,...
A .A . A uniquely American phenomenon. Americans react to most social problems by first shouting "There oughta be a law," and then calming down to measure the...
I'm a Nurse in an Alcoholic Ward Anonymous The author--a onetime alcoholic--has nursed 5000 drunks through the fading hours of their most spectacular...
A LETTER TO A Woman Alcoholic By Margaret Lee Runbeck Wherever you are, at whatever stage in the long descent, this is for you. It says nothing of shame or...
CONVICTS Take the Cure By George Dolan It isn't easy for a guy to go on a bender while he's in prison. Inmates figure all their weekends behind bars are lost -...
I've run across the following three Grapevine articles from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. Unfortunately, none of them came with dates. I'd really like to...
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