... mission as reason for changing stories By David Mehegan, Globe Staff, 12/26/2001 ... ''How to Win Friends and Influence People,'' ''Anna Karenina, ''The...
Jim Blair
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Jan 4, 2002 6:29 pm
872
Sybil C. was the first woman to enter AA west of the Mississippi. Her date of sobriety was March 23, 1941. Her name at the time was Sybil Maxwell, though she...
My after work study group has just completed the third tradition and I have a question. The bottom of page 141 into 142 talks about a guy in the early days who...
Bill
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Jan 11, 2002 6:59 pm
874
"SLIPS" Do alcoholics suffer from "Alcoholic Behavior" or are they simply victims of human nature? by the late William D. Silkworth, M.D. The mystery of slips...
Dear AA History Buffs. This situation is described in "Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers", on page 240. I have heard that the addiction was that the man was gay. ...
From the January 1963 Grapevine: The Bill W. - Carl Jung Letters The Grapevine used only last initials of AA members in its article, but I believe that Bill...
Hi Buffs, We were reading Bill's Story tonight at our home group. the question was asked, Where did Ebby come up with the phase "Why don't you choose your own...
Hi Buffs!!! New here. Please read through...this is AA I speak of. There was a small soft cover, about 4x5 white book, that was used for NA meetings. In it the...
butterfly9552@...
Jan 17, 2002 5:53 pm
880
Dear Buffs; Ebby presented Bill with a copy of The Varieties of Religous Experience, by William James, during his final stay at Towns Hospital. On page 398 of...
I know that Bill W. tried unsuccessfully to sober up other alcoholics in New York from the time he got sober until his historic meeting with Dr. Bob in Akron,...
The first national exposure for Alcoholics Anonymous came with the April 25, 1939, "We The People" broadcast. Gabriel Heatter's radio program was a ...
January 11, 1941 Deal Jim: First of all please thank Art McMasters and all of the Philadelphia group for their telegram of Christmas greeting to Lois and me....
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:41 am
898
March 4, 1940 Dear Jim: Will you let me know with all speed at post office box #658, Church Street Annex, New York City just what time, and just where, and how...
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:41 am
899
March 1, 1940 Dear Jimmy: I hear Fitz came to join you at the first meeting of A.A. in Philadelphia - how was the meeting? It seems impossible to dig up any...
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:42 am
900
December 9, 1940 Dear Jimmy, Sorry you couldn't get up. I was away and so missed Bill Wells. Jack Alexander expects to be in Philadelphia all day next Sunday....
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:07 pm
901
January 23, 1941 Dear Jimmy: Just sort of a note to send along a copy of the second effort at a bulletin. It doesn't contain very much and I'm full of ideas...
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:10 pm
902
I just thought I'd mention that on page 21 of the book "Children of the Healer (The Story of Dr. Bob's Kids)" it says the following: He had those tattoos on...
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Jan 26, 2002 3:10 pm
903
On the recent question of the "failures" that Bill had worked with in the early days and what had happened to them, I found this statement by Bill W.: "About...
Jim Blair
jblair@...
Jan 26, 2002 6:48 pm
904
Niacin Therapy as Used by Abram Hoffer, MD ... Dosage: Niacin Home Vitamin B-3: Niacin and It's Amide by A. Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. The first water soluble...
BAFFLED
baffled@...
Jan 28, 2002 6:07 pm
906
Dear History buffs, Could anyone please tell me the name of the prayer DR Bob had on his desk. Perpetual quietness of heart, it is to have no trouble. It is...
Hello History Buffs, Lee here, alcoholic. I'd like your help in learning what went into the changes made to each of the first three editions of the BB. As I...
M. Lee Carroll
mcarroll@...
Feb 5, 2002 5:30 pm
911
Here is an attribution. There may be others: "Humility is perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed,...
Happy Golden Anniversary Philadelphia Area A.A.! (From the February 1990 "Interviews" Newsletter, An Intergroup Publication Serving The Counties of Bucks,...
Lash, William (Bill)
wlash@...
Feb 7, 2002 12:42 am
913
In doing research on this I found that initially the folks in New York including Bill had never thought of making any changes to the book. The phrase "If it...
swink0115@...
Feb 7, 2002 3:48 pm
914
I'm looking for this article. Not sure who wrote it but it has been around for a long time. Can anyone point me in the right direction to find it?...
bev_hughes
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Feb 8, 2002 3:49 am
915
This article, by reporter George Foster, appeared in the February 15, 1971 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle AA Remembers Founder 'Bill W.' The faces in the...
Memorandum – January 1961 Re: New Delegates By Bill Wilson I’ve been asked to venture some opinions on the questions of new Delegates to the General...
Hello all: I managed to find out the anniversary date for AA in Austin, Texas. I went down the Austin history archives downtown and there was a folder on AA....
Alex H.
odat@...
Feb 10, 2002 4:01 am
921
I have just learned that Sue Smith Windows, Dr. Bob's daughter, died Saturday, February 9, 2002. There will be memorial services Tuesday, February 12, 2002,...
Here's what the Akron Beacon Journal had to say..... Sue Smith Windows Sue Smith Windows, 83, passed away Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 after an extended illness. She...
