In 1967, Bill made the following reply to a Florida
member asking the same question: "Respecting my use
of the word 'rarely,' I think it was chosen because
it did not express an absolute state of affairs, such
as 'never' does. Anyhow, we are certainly stuck with
the word 'rarely.' My few efforts to change the
wording of the AA book have always come to naught - the
protests are always too many."
"Rarely - or Never?" How co-founder Bill Wilson answered a frequently asked question. The AA Grapevine, December 1978 From time to time over the years, some AA...
In 1967, Bill made the following reply to a Florida member asking the same question: "Respecting my use of the word 'rarely,' I think it was chosen because it...
And at the 1970 General Service Conference, this Ask-It-Basket question was addressed directly to Bill: "If there was any change you would make in the Big ...
And at the 1970 General Service Conference, this Ask-It-Basket question was addressed directly to Bill: "If there was any change you would make in the Big ...
The Rewards and Ann Croft The Rewards are a personal reworking of the 9th step promises. Ann Croft of Akron composed the 12 Rewards. She was the first woman in...
THE TWELVE REWARDS OF SOBRIETY By Searcy W., 55 years sober as at 2001 aged 90. o Faith instead of despair. o Courage instead of fear. o Hope instead of...
What Happened to Those Who Left? What Happened to Those Who Left? By Bill W., General Service Conference, 1965 A.A. members can soberly ask themselves what...
We Come of Age We Come of Age Cleveland, Ohio, July 28-30, 1950 On A.A.'s 15th Anniversary everybody knew that we had grown up. There couldn't be any doubt...
Marty Mann in New York or Sylvia K. in Chicago? At 18:03 7/18/2006 , David Jones wrote: "Marty M., who entered A.A. in New York in 1939 and went on to become...
CROSS-TALK There are two prevailing definitions of "Cross Talk" that I am aware of: 1. Speaking out of turn in a meeting often in response to someone sharing...
The Rewards and Ann Croft According to the Akron OH Archives http://www.akronaaarchives.org/annC.htm Ann C. from Niles OH wrote this "a number of years before"...
this book Alcoholics Anonymous is a text book..........it is something we study for the rest of our lives........it isn't a novel that we read once or twice...
Member's Eye View & Allen McGiness Re: Allen McGiness and "A Members Eye View of AA" There is a recording of Allen McGinnis delivering his five part talk at a...
Dear Friends: It is with great sadness that we share the news that Nell Wing died on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. after a lengthy illness. Nell ...
I'm sorry to report to my friends that AA'S Number One Archivist, Miss Nell Wing, passed last evening at 7 P. M. Her nephew, another Bill W., called me...
"The Thursday Night Big Book Group" of Oak Ridge NJ presents An AA History Presentation with 190 Pictures of Early AA With Barefoot Bill from West Milford NJ ...
Cross Talk Perhaps our early timers did not think of "cross talk" as it is sometimes practiced these days. Here are three variations: 1) Angry (cross) talk....
//From: They Lost Nearly All The Career Officer -- Sackville, Dublin, Ireland. (p. 523 in 2nd, p. 517 in 3rd editions.) Heading: "A British officer, this...
Sylvia Kauffmann update Hello All, Found this at http://www.a-1associates.com/aa/Authors.htm#Sylvia%20Kauffmann When she wrote this update in 1969, Sylvia had...
Rockefeller Dinner Transcript (2/8/40) DIGEST OF PROCEEDINGS AT DINNER GIVEN BY MR. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR., IN THE INTEREST OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, AT UNION...
Natural instincts/character defects in 4th step Bill W also addresses the matter of instincts exceeding their proper function in the 12&12. In the Step 4 essay...
The Forgotten Steps " Six and Seven" This may be of interest to you regarding steps 6 & 7. While reading the fifty or so old Oxford Group books about a decade...
Sylvia K. in Chicago? I just got off the phone (12 August 06) with Sylvia's son Phillip. He told me that she was very active in AA until her death on Oct 31st...
FYI Upcoming HBO documentary called Addiction, to air Thursday, March 15 from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. The 90-minute program, produced in partnership with the...
The natural instincts in Oxford Group teaching Glenn F. Chesnut, "Changed by Grace: V. C. Kitchen, the Oxford Group, and A.A." (in press, to appear in October,...
Rowland Hazard's pottery factory in La Luz A transcript of the recent newspaper article about Rowland Hazard's Pottery Business in La Luz, New Mexico, from the...
Share magazine - the British counterpart of Grapevine - has produced a book called Share and Share Alike to mark the 60th anniversary of AA's foundation in...
"Take what you need and leave the rest" Jon, Courage to Change is the newer meditation book of Alanon. The cliche about "Take what you need..." is not in the...
Twelve Steps of a Relapse 1. I decided I could handle any emotional problems if other people would just quit trying to run my life. 2. I firmly believe that...
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