Re: The White Paper - ON THE MATTER OF A.A. ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC GROUPS
I assume the talk referenced above is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-xUZ6P-WA
She says she's heard names mentioned for the white paper but is reluctant to name them because she didn't
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jfschwartz@...
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Re: The White Paper - ON THE MATTER OF A.A. ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC GROUPS
I'm also interested in more information on this paper.? A post online indicated that it was penned by Sandy B.? Any credible source information out there? ? Thanks!
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arnie217@...
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Re: Mark Whalon, one of Bill¡¯s closest friends?
#billandbob
*Note: end of this quote ought to have read "...sense of exclusion at boarding school."
Bill W. and Mr Wilson
The Legend and Life of A.A.'s Cofounder
Matthew J. Raphael
Bill's First Drink
pgs
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DavidK
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Re: Mark Whalon, one of Bill¡¯s closest friends?
#billandbob
Thanks, Bob. I¡¯m always hesitant in using Susan Cheever¡¯s book as a reference- perhaps unnecessarily so¡?
[Moderator comment: No, you're not wrong. I'm at the point now where I won't use it as
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Brian
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Re: Mark Whalon, one of Bill¡¯s closest friends?
#billandbob
Brian,
A small book by Lester B. Cole titled: "ROGERS BURNHAM, The original man behind Bill W" relates that Mark Whalon was sort of Bill Wilson's mentor. Mark is mentioned on pages 78 thru
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Bob S
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Mark Whalon, one of Bill¡¯s closest friends?
#billandbob
Ernest Kurtz makes reference to Mark Whalon being one of Bill¡¯s closest friends in Not God. I don¡¯t see anything about him in AAHL. Anyone know anything about him?
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Brian
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Re: The White Paper - ON THE MATTER OF A.A. ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC GROUPS
Hey Joe.
I just read this but did you get a proper response to your question?
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Ray G. <rgavaghan@...>
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Re: Doctor in Keys to the Kingdom
That would be interesting to know. He had her "performing the most menial labor for his charity patients".? From all that I have read this attempt to get the addict to focus on the problems of others
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Wayne T.
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"The Alcoholic's Wife--Her Problems" written by the secretary of a Family Group
Is there a PDF of this available? I haven't found any reference to a book by this title by searching Google Books for books published from 1939 to 1956.
this book is recommended in the 1955 book The
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Wayne T.
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Who is responsible for the planter beside Dr. Bob's grave stone?
#billandbob
Can someone educate me regarding the planter beside Dr. Bob and Anne's grave stone. It has the four absolutes on it.
Old photos confirm the current planter was not the original planter. When was the
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Rod Woodard
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'LETTING GO' OF THE CIRCLE AND TRIANGLE AS A LEGAL MARK.....
*'Letting Go' of the Circle and Triangle As A Legal Mark*
*BOX 4 5 9 August September 1993*
A triangle, enclosed within a circle, has long been recognized as one symbol of Alcoholics Anonymous. Yet,
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First 164 and More....
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The Eskimo story in A.A. Comes of Age
#event
In A.A. Comes of Age , p. 82-83, we read about the prospectors and the frozen A.A. book... is there any historical basis for this story (or perhaps is another A.A. parable)? Thanks.
'Way up toward
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Ann Norcross
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File Notifications
#file-notice
The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.
* /Books/glenn-clark-fishers-of-men.pdf (
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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AA History Articles
Dear AA friends,
Having served as an AA archives member for may years, I have developed an increasing interest in the history of our fellowship; consequently I have written articles to share some of
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Bob S
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Second Letter of Bill W to Dr. Carl Jung March1961
Greetings from a beautiful Spring Day in Portugal
Can anyone please provide me with a copy of the above or tell me where I can find the total version of it?
Your help in this matter will be
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Carlos D
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TWELVE CONCEPTS ILLUSTRATED¡.
*¡¯Twelve Concepts Illustrated¡¯¡..*
*BOX 4 5 9 ¨C VOL. 33, NO. 1/February-March 1987*
*News and Notes From the General Service Office of A.A.* *?*
They said it couldn¡¯t be done! A pamphlet
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Re: Bill W Number of treatments
I just read Bill W my first 40 yrs and he himself from his own words described 4 visits¡He also says he met Dr Silkworth on that first visit. We know Bill isnt a good historian but also guves the
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Gene
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Re: Bill W Number of treatments
A* perennial question!! I have always gone with 4 which is what Arthur S.
says in his documented timeline:*
<<*1933* - Autumn, Bill W was quite literally drinking himself to death. In
desperation,
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Jim
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Bill W Number of treatments
Hi guys.
I am querying whether Bill got permanently sober during his 3rd or 4th visit to Towns hospital.
Dr Silkworth on pg XXV of BB says:
¡®In the course of his THIRD treatment he acquired
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r j <rajanjaspal@...>
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THE ELUSIVE ORIGINS OF THE SERENITY PRAYER¡..
I don't know when this was written, but AA has been using the Serenity
Prayer for longer than fifty years.
The prayer has been an interest of mine since I came into AA in the early
1990s. Niebuhr's
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Tom Hickcox
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