Dear AA History Buffs Group, Clarence started a Cleveland, Ohio's first AA meeting in Abby Goldricks home (at 2345 Stillman Rd., Cleveland Hts.) in early May...
Robert Stonebraker
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Jan 1, 2001 12:24 pm
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The first Cleveland Group had not just one name but several: The Cleveland Group, the Stillman Road Group and the "G" group. This group continued to meet after...
Bob McK.
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Jan 1, 2001 9:32 pm
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Here is the 32nd installment in the series. Q - What is AA's relationship with the community? A - Now that our methods and results are better known we are...
Jim Blair
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Jan 2, 2001 12:39 pm
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Here is the 33rd installment in the series. Q - How did the connection between the Rockefeller's and Alcoholics Anonymous develop? A - After the meeting in...
Jim Blair
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Jan 3, 2001 1:28 pm
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As the new year began, I was wondering about the author of our little black twenty-four hour book that so many of us use as a daily aide in sobriety. Richmond...
David Tanner
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Jan 4, 2001 3:25 am
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Here is installment No. 34 in the series Q - What were the conditions that led to the Twelve Traditions? A - After the Jack Alexander article was published in...
Jim Blair
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Jan 4, 2001 12:53 pm
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Here is the 35th installment in the series Q - what are the ideas embodied in the Twelve Traditions? A - That, touching all matters affecting A.A. unity, our...
Jim Blair
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Jan 5, 2001 12:56 pm
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Here is the 36th installment in the series Q - Have the Traditions been widely accepted? A - When they were first written in early 1946 as tentative guides to...
Jim Blair
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Jan 8, 2001 12:49 pm
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Mitchell K. asked me to forward the following info on the early Cleveland groups and a couple of weeks ago there had been a discussion on this. Jim Blair ... ...
Jim Blair
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Jan 8, 2001 9:27 pm
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Here is the 37th installment in the series. Q - Why the General Service Conference? A - Alcoholics Anonymous, we think, will always need a world center -- some...
Jim Blair
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Jan 10, 2001 12:11 pm
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Hi folks, This request came from one of my email groups and i immediately thought of ...buffs. Can anyone help the lady???thanx...Charliep ... ===== ...
Charlie Perkins
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Jan 11, 2001 12:36 pm
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Greetings AA history buffs, I'm doing a little research for an article in our local newsletter, Area 86, District 14, on our founder's spiritual quest. Dr....
Rick Cylka
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Jan 11, 2001 4:14 pm
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Here is installment No. 38 in the series Q - What will the General Service Conference do? A - It will hear the annual reports of the Alcoholic Foundation, the...
Jim Blair
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Jan 11, 2001 5:00 pm
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I use to have the story of How Dr. Bob and Bill W. met and was written by Henrietta and copied by her son John. If anyone knows where I can obtain one, please...
titcher@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:31 pm
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Here is the 39th installment in the series. Q - How will the proposed General Service Conference be financed? A - How best to finance our Conference is a moot...
Jim Blair
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Jan 14, 2001 12:13 pm
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Here is the 40th installment in the series Q - Why shouldn't the General Service Conference be a government for Alcoholics Anonymous? A - Each A.A. Group is...
Jim Blair
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Jan 15, 2001 12:32 pm
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May, 1972 Origins of Alcoholics Anonymous In the spring of 1971, the newspapers reported the passing of Bill Wilson of New York City, who as one of the two...
Kathy Camarata
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Jan 16, 2001 8:08 pm
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I have a couple of questions, maybe someone out there can answer. In the First Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous the term ex-alcoholic was used and was later...
dailey@...
Jan 17, 2001 1:41 am
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Here is the 41st installment of the series. Q- Could you explain A.A's tradition concerning other agencies in the field of alcoholism. A - I remember very well...
Jim Blair
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Jan 17, 2001 12:16 pm
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Jim wrote ... used and was later changed to ex-problem drinker. This was changed in the 11th printing. ... This was changed in the 2nd printing ... I have no...
Jim Blair
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Jan 17, 2001 12:17 pm
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Hi Buffs: This month, I would like to include in my "AA History Corner" for our District, that old preamble which begins like this--if you recall. "We are...
Joanna Whitney
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Jan 17, 2001 11:19 pm
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Here is the 42nd installment in the series Q - What do the Three Legacies of AA represent? A The three legacies of AA - recovery, unity and service in a sense ...
Jim Blair
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Jan 18, 2001 12:22 pm
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... Bill Wilson died on January 24, 1971. 30 years ago next Wednesday. His obituary with picture was posted in newspapers all over the world. Here is a scan...
Doug B.
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Jan 18, 2001 6:19 pm
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Here is the 43rd installment in the series. Q - How many drug addicts are there in A.A. and in the organization similar to A.A. which operates among drug...
Jim Blair
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Jan 19, 2001 8:09 pm
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Here is the 44th installment in the series. Q - If an alcoholic comes to an A.A. meeting under the influence of alcohol, how do you treat him or handle him...
Jim Blair
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Jan 21, 2001 11:45 am
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Here is installment No.45 in the series Q - What purposes do the Twelve Concepts for World Services serve? A -"The Concepts to be discussed in the following...
Jim Blair
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Jan 23, 2001 12:55 pm
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Here is the 46th installment in the series. Q - What purpose does the right of appeal serve? A - There came to this country some hundred years ago a French...
Jim Blair
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Jan 24, 2001 5:40 pm
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Buffs, it was on this date in 1971 that Bill Wilson died from emphysema in a hospital in Miami, Florida. Bill's health began to deteriorate rapidly in 1969....
nmolson@...
Jan 24, 2001 7:10 pm
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Buffs, it was on this date in 1971 that Bill Wilson died from emphysema in a hospital in Miami, Florida. Bill's health began to deteriorate rapidly in 1969....
nmolson@...
Jan 24, 2001 7:11 pm
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I neglected to mention that this was also the 53rd anniversary of the wedding of Bill and Lois. This were married on January 24, 1918 at the Swedenborgian ...
