The Big Book 75th Anniversary 46th SENY Area 49 AA Convention Tarrytown, NY 03/21-23/2014 Al Anon Speaker Joan L (Suffolk) and AA Speaker Steve S (AA GSO) Old-Timers Meeting (Part 1) Old-Timers Meeting (Part 2) Theme Meeting-Hispanic Districts Speaker: Luis A NYCYPAA Speaker: Erika R Banquet Meeting- Deb D (Past Delagate, HMB
Is there hope for habitual drunkards? A cure that borders on the miraculous-and it works! For twenty-five or thirty cents we buy a glass of fluid which is pleasant to the taste, and which contains within its small measure a store of warmth and good-fellowship and stimulation, of release from momentary cares and anxieties. That
The following, rather long, extract describes the Washingtonians and one of their star speakers as they were seen from the perspective of the latter part of the 19th century–years after their decline to little more than a fond memory in the minds of temperance advocates. The extract is from The Temperance Reform and its
I Few, if Any, men or women have completely fulfilled the aims of Alcoholics Anony- mous without at least some grasp of the spiritual, or to use another term in it’s broadest sense, religion. True, there have been some who have managed to keep sober simply by mechanical ac- tion. But a preponderance of evidence
Oxford Group – Alcoholics Anonymous – Refresher by Dick B. It’s Time Once Again to Visit the Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous There has been a resurgence of interest by AAs and 12-Step programs in the relationship of Oxford Group ideas and Alcoholics Anonymous principles, practices, and steps. My own title, The
What A.A. Owes to Its Antecedents Most of the ideas and principles that define how A.A. works were far from new at the time of Bill W. and Dr. Bob’s historic meeting in 1935. Drinking was a serious problem in North America starting in the late eighteenth century, when molasses then being imported from Barbados
This article appeared in the July 29, 1995 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It followed shortly after an article featuring an advocate of teaching alcoholics “responsible drinking” habits. James E. Royce, S.J., Ph.D. is professor emeritus of psychology and addiction studies at Seattle University and author of a leading
From the September 19, 1964 Saturday Evening Post. Alcoholics Can Be Cured–Despite A.A. By Dr. Arthur H. Cain It is time we made a thorough investigation of Alcoholics Anonymous in the interest of our public health. A.A. is identified in the public mind as a God-fearing fellowship of 350,000 “arrested
In March, 1941, an article entitled “Alcoholics Anonymous” by Jack Alexander appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The Post, at that time, was one of the country’s most popular publications. The influence of that article on the growth–and indeed, survival of Alcoholics Anonymous–cannot be