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A Dozen Steps

Archive for the ‘AA History’ Category

June 16th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 3 Inventory and Restitution Part III

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

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May 29th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 3 Inventory and Restitution Part II

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

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May 21st, 2008

Bill Wilson On The Fifth Tradition

From “The Language of the Heart” page 82-83;
“For to our kind, those who suffer alcoholism, recovery is a matter of life or death. So the Society of Alcoholics Anonymous cannot, it dare not, ever be diverted from its primary purpose.”
Fortunately, for all of us, Bill knew what an undying promoter and glory seeker he was, […]

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April 9th, 2008

“That” Verdict of Science

There are surely many “verdicts of science” but this one belongs to us - thankfully…
Returning to “The Language of the Heart” following our last reference, a few weeks after Ebbie’s visit with Bill, from page 197;
“Two or three weeks later, December 11th to be exact, I staggered into the Charles B. Towns Hospital, that famous […]

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April 8th, 2008

Across The Kitchen Table

Is where “it” all began…
Considering Bill Wilson was in an alcoholic stupor, I doubt he really perceived it this way until much later.
From page 196 of “The Language of the Heart” Bill tells us;
“In the late summer of 1934, my well-loved alcoholic friend and schoolmate, Ebbie, had fallen in with these good folks (the Oxford […]

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April 4th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 3 Inventory and Restitution Part I

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

March 27th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 2 The Spiritual Phase Part III

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

By Mark -- 0 comments

March 17th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 2 The Spiritual Phase Part II

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

By Mark -- 0 comments

March 10th, 2008

The Tablemate - Discussion No. 2 The Spiritual Phase

As a reminder;
The Tablemate was an early A.A. set of beginners lessons entitled ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: An Interpretation of the Twelve Steps,’ put out in the form of a little pamphlet. It was (and still is) the most successful set of A.A. beginners lessons ever devised.
And I’m drawing content from the Hindsfoot site, laboriously prepared by […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

March 3rd, 2008

Fr. Martin Begins His Chalk Talk

I love it - “what makes problems is one.”

Tags: alcoholics-anonymous, alcoholism, Chalk Talk, Father Martin, RecoveryShare This

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