Re: Tradition 5
Jim, thank you for answering my e-mail. Fitz Mayo fall of 1935 after meeting Dr. Bob.
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Re: Tradition 5
Fitz Mayo?...although the story details dont fit exactly...like the details of Ed the atheist details dont match the true story. Henry Fitzhugh Mayo Then, in the fall of 1935, Fitz heard that Towns
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Jim
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Re: Clarence Snyder's 12 Steps
Thanks, Gary Great information! One of the points made in Kurtz's Not-God refers to the good old days that are largely mythical. Jim [email protected]> wrote:
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Jim
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Re: Clarence Snyder's 12 Steps
Well put Gary. Best Regards Barry Murtaugh 773.851.2100 mobile
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Barry Murtaugh
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Re: Clarence Snyder's 12 Steps
I grew up in Southeast Cleveland near where Clarence began the first AA meeting on May 11, 1939, if you buy his claims. The address was 2345 Stillman Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. After he was
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NeidhardtG
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Tradition 5
Question, in what year did Bill Wilson meet the tough Irishman in Towns Hospital in the Tradition 5 story in the 12 & 12?
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louis caprio
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
I have always been a little suspicious of much of the accuracy of DBAGOT. And since no one has been able to provide me the name of the author(s) of the book, I¡¯m even more suspicious of its
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Brian
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
Glad I joined the group. This is deep. I'll go out on a limb here and say that principles are like a theme-summation of the work(s) being addressed. One of the early Messages from my sponsor was to be
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Christopher K.
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Re: Clarence Snyder's 12 Steps
Good morning, Bob. Thanks for your continuing research and information. They are appreciated. A couple of comments: 1.- Where is the attached quote by Clarence from? How It Worked? 2.- On page 161 of
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Jim
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
Good Morning Ric, and all! Ric, yes, I see what you are asking about in reference to my previous post. I¡¯m definitely familiar with the principles assigned to each step, but what I posted the other
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Clarence Snyder's 12 Steps
Dear AA History-minded friends, As you may surmise from the attachment, Clarence Snyder had his own ideas about the AA Twelve Steps! He had the following to say about the huge gap between NY and Akron
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Bob S
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
My 1937 dictionary defines principles as basic truths,laws,standards,qualities,assumptions.or codes of conduct. I always thought the steps were a standard problem solving model which names the
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Jim Robbins
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
Thank you Frank, for your references to where in our literature mentions the word 'principles'. However, here in So Florida, I have heard members either neglecting the phasology our literature uses by
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-Ric in Homestead, Fl
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Re: What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
Good Afternoon, I know somewhere in my notes I have at least 4 or 5 sets of principles as they relate to each step, and also some interesting perspectives from Barefoot Bob¡¯s site, but in the
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@Irish66nd
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What is the origin of "The 'principles' behind the Steps?
Hello Group, Long time member of this group and very grateful for the facts which have been brought forward to us interested in the origin and sustaining events which has prolonged Our Program and
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-Ric in Homestead, Fl
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Was Bill a mason?
Wondering
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Lark West <lark@...>
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Re: AA Manual excerpts
can purchase from Akron Inner group
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John Schram
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Re: AA Manual excerpts
Here's the full manual
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Crescentdave
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AA Manual excerpts
I have attached excerpts and commentary from a 1940s pamphlet: "A manual for Alcoholics Anonymous." Bob S
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Bob S
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Re: An AA historical inexactitude.
Good work, Bob! Thanks jim
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Jim
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