My friend Danny, who I sponsored some years ago, doesn't read this newsgroup, but I'd like to wish him a happy 29th AA birthday which he ignored recently...
Hi Ray, Thank you for keeping things on-topic. I did indeed see your response.actually after I had framed and sent MY question. G' Bless, Al C. _____ From:...
Hi Ray and All, Yes, it IS a "tangled wed" much of which has been un-raveled with the able assistance of members of this and previous incarnations, as well as...
Hi Ray Just to let you know that in the UK "Treatment Centres" actually send people in recovery to AA meetings. A local one called "Ark House" not so far from...
Ray, This post does not deal with the workings of AAWS, Incorporated and has been deleted. Please make your future posts more specific in relation to the ...
Hi Maryann, LOL, not half as tired as I am of deleting them hopefully BEFORE they become a part of the list. I left some that had a tenuous connection with...
Dr. Phil was sending him to a treatment center that had a medical DETOX. I'm sure the person being sent went into 12step treatment from there. Almost all...
Done! G ... From: Maryann Willis To: GSOwatch@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: RE: [GSOwatch] Re: The Basics of this group Al, I...
Hi B Free I believe that Ray is as entitled to his opinion as anyone else without being accused of being on speed or any other chemical for that matter.. He...
I was referring to the long form of Tradition Three. ... suffer from alcoholism, the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. ... least not to me. ... ...
Hi Again Raymond, I hope a discussion about old Bill W is not "off topic"as it is interesting in the least. I note you say that Bill W was diagnosed as...
Hi Al, If your point is that the Traditions are internally inconsistent, make little sense and probably wreak more havoc upon AA than they spare, then I'm with...
Hi Al, I knew about Hazeldon -- I wasn't even aware that there was anyone who thought that Hazeldon was a part of AA... They're just a recovery center and...
I certainly agree about the Bill and Bob issue. As I learned about this stuff I was continually amazed at how Bob was cast to the side and marginalized by...
John, You may have a very different experience than mine. My experiences with AA occurred primarily in Southern California -- LA, Orange County, San Diego and...
Al, I am very tired of deleting message after message of half baked theories which have no connection with the purpose of this group so please remove my e-mail...
geez you guys, Do you think when you fire back with a one-liner, you could delete most of the rest of the previous posts and maybe edit the subject line to NOT...
The membership never asked the corporations to produce the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Editions of the Big Book ----- this is a disconnect” Did not the conference...
LOL... I can picture that Gary... would make the news for sure =) And I agree that AAWS wouldn't be interested in the possibility of receiving any new...
If grandiose and immature means mental illness ------ Is there anyone here that hasn't met this description from time to time? J ... materials right now -- I...
You have mixed two events. Rockefeller/Riverside Church supplied the money and manpower for the creation of the "Foundation" for ITS PURPOSES. That is why...
Hi John, I have read the forensic psychiatric report, but can't find it in my materials right now -- I will forward the citation to it when I locate it. In the...
Thanks: your material confirmed that when Bill registered the copyright in his own name as a personal dba he literally claimed personal ownership of the book. ...
In Buddhism the "White Flash" is known as a Santori I believe or instant EGO deflation... You know Bill W may have been this and he may have done that and...
Not really so, B. The Rockefeller money ($5000) was put "into the treasury of the Riverside Church as part of a special account. Both Bill and Dr. Bob could...
Hi Raymond, This post may get deleted before you see it, but I will post it anyway. Although I am, I guess you would call a fundamental, by the book, orthodox...
Ray - considering the depth of your pit of defective AA information and your descriptions of what is passing as AA in the meetings that you attend - you might...
John, Thanks for taking the time to carefully respond to my posts rather than react in a knee-jerk fashion. I think there are parts of what you write in which...