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In
The Beginning
The story of the history of Alcoholics Anonymous
begins way before its actual founding. -Mitchell
K.
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Why Study AA
History?
In a quote attributed to Carl Sandburg, he
summed it up when he wrote; "Whenever a civilization or
society declines (or perishes) there is always one condition
present - they forgot where they came from." -Mitchell
K.
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Correcting
Errors -Names, dates and other "facts," backed
up by solid documentation show that some
of the historical data contained within the pages of AA
Conference-Approved literature is not accurate. Other
data even sheds new light upon AA's History which was
hitherto unknown. -Mitchell
K.
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Printed
Book Reviews of The First Printing of The Big Book
Thanks to Jim B. of Canada who put together this presentation
of articles. Jim originally had these articles on the
web site of historyofaa.com which is no longer online
and placed here for historical & research purposes.
Let's
Ask Bill W.
This series was compiled by Jim B. These
excerpts from various talks and articles by and on Bill
W. reveal a wealth of the thinking and insight of one
of the co-founder's of Alcoholics Anonymous.
A
New Approach to Psychotherapy in Chronic Alcoholism
"One powerful factor is that of self-preservation.
These ex-alcoholics frequently find that unless they spend
time helping others to health they cannot stay sober themselves."
-by W.D.
Silkworth, M.D. (You can read more of Dr.
Silkworth's writing's here).
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In AA’s
First Five Years
"In the early days of AA things were
really different. For five years there was no Big Book.
The only way to communicate with other people was to go
and tell them, so that’s what we did." -Lois
W.
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Dr. Bob's Last Major
Talk
"Although a good many of you have heard
or have read about the inception of A.A., probably there
are some who haven't. From that brief story, there are
things to be learned. So, even at the risk of repetition,
I would like to relate exactly what did happen in those
early days." -Dr.
Bob
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A Fragment
of History
"So far as people were concerned, the
main channels of inspiration for our Steps were three
in number - the Oxford Groups, Dr. William D. Silkworth
of Townes Hospital and the famed psychologist, William
James, called by some the father of modern
psychology." -Bill
W.
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AA
Spiritual History Workshop
This PDF contains the slides from Jay S.' history workshop
at the Men Among Men conference in Reykjavik, Iceland
- 03/10/07, file size: 92.2 mb
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