Hello Ed M., Jim B. et al, This is not meant to be a diversionary lead to your quest, but the same question was posed to the participants at the Second...
Rick Tompkins
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Aug 1, 2000 10:38 am
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Buffs, A friend recently sent me a lot of historical information, including an article published in the Nov-Dec. Issue of ALCOHOLISM, "Pioneer, Persuader, ...
nmolson@...
Aug 1, 2000 3:32 pm
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Hi, Other than the reference in the Big Book in Esther A.'s story, I have found no other reference to that particular treatment (Samaritan Treatment). The...
Mitchell K.
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Aug 7, 2000 4:18 pm
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I always find it interesting that "official" AA history describes the 1st Young People's Group as having started in Philadelphia in 1946. Here is a quote from...
Mitchell K.
how_it_worked@...
Aug 7, 2000 4:24 pm
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Hi Buffs, The snippet of information contained below may be of interest to some, concerning the Dundas/Scotland AA connection, as well as the wider Oxford...
Maxclem
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Aug 7, 2000 10:09 pm
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Today is the anniversary of Dr. Bob's birth. He was born August 8, 1879, in the front bedroom of a large, 19th century clapboard house at Central and Summer...
nmolson@...
Aug 8, 2000 12:37 pm
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Memorial Service for Dr. Bob 24th Street Clubhouse, New York City, N.Y. November 15, 1952 A meeting was held at the 24th Street Club House in memory of Dr....
nmolson@...
Aug 8, 2000 1:37 pm
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The following is a copy of a report (on the history of the Big Book) that was prepared by the AAWS staff, and circulated among the Conference, Area and...
jkw.iii@...
Aug 9, 2000 10:11 pm
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Hello Group, This is my first time participating. I am interested in finding out the history behind our third legacy procedure, our "spirit of rotation", and...
MRSJDMKID@...
Aug 11, 2000 1:49 pm
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The following is an interesting talk by Bill to the National Clergy Conference On Alcoholism. Although Bill acknowledges here that *Our spiritual origins are...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 3:37 pm
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Part 2 Now when Roland contacted my friend Ebby, another element was cast into the synthesis that was to become AA. Here was one alcoholic talking to another. ...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 4:43 pm
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Sickness Concept Versus Responsibility Early in A.A.’s history, very natural questions arose among theologians. There was a Mr. Link who had written a...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 5:53 pm
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Question Period: A Synopsis FATHER N.: I*d like to ask this question. After a prolonged period of drinking, I think the nerves of the body are deadened, that...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 6:04 pm
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Q&A continued:- Part 2 Father A.J.: Bill, I would like to tell you an experience I had a few years ago, and have your comment. In Cleveland, on this occasion,...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 6:31 pm
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Writing Down The Twelve Steps Perhaps you would be interested in a further account of the writing down of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the...
nmolson@...
Aug 11, 2000 6:33 pm
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Nancy K wrote ... procedure, our "spirit of rotation", and our 12 Concepts. I have a web site at http://www.historyofaa.com you will find 36 talks and...
Jim Blair
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Aug 12, 2000 10:56 am
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Hi folks, Check out the Service Manual that is probably in your homegroup's GSR's possession. It's all in there. We elect our Area and Dist officers with the...
Charlie Perkins
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Aug 15, 2000 10:31 pm
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Manhattan Group New York City, N.Y., 1955 By Bill W. Already, the history of AA is being lost in the mists of its twenty-one years of antiquity. I venture...
nmolson@...
Aug 19, 2000 6:06 pm
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Meanwhile, the Manhattan Group moved to Manhattan for the first time. The folks over here started a meeting in Bert T. *s tailor shop. Good old Bert is the...
nmolson@...
Aug 19, 2000 6:10 pm
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The early issues of the GV carried a substantial number of articles written by non AAs. Of of the earliest was this article by Philip Wylie which caused a "bit...
Jim Blair
jblair@...
Aug 20, 2000 1:26 am
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Hi Buffs, The following was published in the A.A. Grapevine, January 1947. I am grateful to Jim B, our friend in Canada, who has collected much of this ...
nmolson@...
Aug 29, 2000 1:41 pm
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Bill*s tribute to Ebby, his sponsor, was printed in the AA Grapevine on June 1966. Again, I hope to thank our friend Jim B. in Canada for this material Nancy ...
nmolson@...
Sep 1, 2000 8:59 pm
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Hi, Buffs: The following article was published in the Reader's Digest, April 1986. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nancy UNFORGETTABLE BILL W. by Bob P....
nmolson@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:23 pm
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Part 2 The stock-market crash in October 1929 wrecked whatever Bill*s drinking had not. Deeply in debt, he and Lois again moved in with her parents. Lois got...
nmolson@...
Sep 2, 2000 5:22 pm
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This is a magazine article which appeared in The American Weekly on Dr. Bob. The American Weekly March 11, 1951 Dr. Bob His Only Monument Is a Plaque, but the...
Jim Blair
jblair@...
Sep 3, 2000 3:39 am
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Does anyone know the origin of poker chips being given out to celebrate periods of sobriety? This practice seems to be among east coast groups. I believe...
martasweldon@...
Sep 3, 2000 7:39 pm
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THis is collection of info on Chips, Medallions and Birthdays. Much of it came from The A.A. Grapevine. Chips, Medallions and Birthdays The traditions of...
Jim Blair
jblair@...
Sep 3, 2000 9:23 pm
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Hello everyone, My husband and some members of our home group are planning a trip to New York city to see some of the historic AA places. Has an individual or...
martasweldon@...
Sep 4, 2000 11:51 am
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I know this thread started long ago. I had to remember to get the docs from our archives within the Akron Intergroup Offices. Bob McK. Jim D., the Michigan...
Bob McK.
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Sep 4, 2000 12:37 pm
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Hello fellow History buffs, I'm Greg and I'm an alcoholic. The aa history buffs posts all make very interesting reading many thanks. I sobered up while on...
