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Significant May Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
May 1919 - Bill returns home from service.
(Dec 1934 to) May 1935 - Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is still sober.
March-May 1938 - Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
May 1939 - Lois W […]
Significant April Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
April 1935 - Dr. Silkworth told Bill to quit preaching at drunks & tell them of obsession & allergy.
April 1950 - Saturday Evening Post article “The Drunkard’s Best Friend” by Jack Alexander.
April 1958 - The word “honest” dropped from AA Preamble, “an honest desire […]
Significant March Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
March 1936 - AA had 10 members staying sober. At end of 1936 A.A. had 15 members.
March-May 1938 - Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Works Publishing Inc established to support writing and printing of the book.
March 1940 - Mort J. came to […]
Reprinted from “The AA Group: Where It All Begins”
What A.A. Does Not Do
Tradition Ten: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
1. Recruit members or furnish initial motivation for alcoholics to recover.
2. Keep membership records or case histories.
3. Follow up or try to control […]
It isn’t so hard to do…
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Post Office Box 607
Hollywood Station
Hollywood, California
December Fifth 1941
Irma Livoni
939 S. Gramercy Place
Los Angeles, California
Dear Mrs. Livoni:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, held Dec. 4th, 1941, it was decided that your attendance at group meetings was no longer desired until certain […]
Significant February Dates in A.A. History
from AA History Lovers at Yahoo! Groups;
FEB 1:
1918 - Original date set for Bill Wilson’s marriage to Lois Burnham. The date was moved up because of the war.
FEB. 2:
1942 - Bill Wilson paid tribute to Ruth Hock, AA’s first paid secretary, who resigned to get married. She had […]
Quoting Henrietta Sieberling, through her son John, who made an audio tape of his mother for the Founders Day meeting in Akron in 1971. Bill W. had passed away in the spring of that year and the members in Akron wanted Henrietta to speak but she wasn’t well enough to travel from New York.
She’d said […]
A couple of Hat Tips - the first to Glenn C. from the AA History Lovers Group at Yahoo! and the second to the Venerable Matt Talbot Resource Center written by John Blair.
As Glenn tells us;
“For those of you who are interested in the figure of Matt Talbot, a good scholar in A.A. history named […]
Offered to all by Hindsfoot…
“By following the Ten Commandments and Twelve Steps to the letter we automatically lead a spiritual life, whether or not we recognize it.
Here, however, is a set of suggestions, couched in the simplest of language:
Elimination of sin from our lives.
Develop humility.
Constantly pray to God for guidance.
Practice charity.
Meditate frequently on our newly […]
From Stellar Fire and Cora Finch;
“In Alcoholics Anonymous tradition, storytelling is a prominent part of recovery. Through telling their stories, new members learn to shape their experiences in a way that enhances identification with the group. Individual stories often recapitulate themes from the history of the fellowship itself.
The relationship between personal histories and the history […]
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery.
A Dozen Steps
A Hearty Life
Alzheimer's Notes
Astronomy Buff
Autism Vox
Baldiness
Breaking the Mirror
Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Cancer Commentary
Daily Tomorrow
Diabetes Notes
Eating Fabulous
Fertility Notes
Genetics & Health
Health and Men
Healthbolt
Help My Hurt
Kids Health Notes
Lively Women
Mental Health Notes
Pink Ribbon Review
Tales of CFS
Veggie Chic
Weighting Line
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