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What is documented regarding Bill W's 1929 golf career? #billandbob
Page 3, paragraph 3 "In 1929 I contracted golf fever. We went at once to the country, my wife to applaud while I started out to overtake Walter Hagen." Is there documentation of tournaments he played
By Wayne T. · #1235 ·
Re: Special token of appreciation
Photos and approximate inscription text, from Facebook page titled "Wilson-Smith University." Inscription reads approximately as... ¡°From the Men of Bat C. 66th C.A.C. Chalus France Nov 1918¡±
By Ann Norcross · #1234 ·
Re: Special token of appreciation
Here are photo's of Bill's special token of appreciation.
By Wayne T. · #1233 ·
Re: Moral Psychology #chat
This is Glenn Chesnut's words describing the book he helped Bill Swegan write to tell his story. I did not get this deep understanding the first time i read the book. I did not see his points until
By roger.a.wheatley@... · #1232 ·
Re: Special token of appreciation
Yes, I can answer this one: I have seen the special token. It's a ring, a signet ring, from his men. I saw it in a glass case, upstairs, in the little house on the edge of the village green in East
By Ann Norcross · #1231 ·
Special token of appreciation
Hello all Page 2 of Bill's Story ... 'for had not the men of my battery given me a special token of appreciation?' Do we know what the special token of appreciation was? Raj UK
By r j <rajanjaspal@...> · #1230 ·
Re: Moral Psychology #chat
JIM BURWELL THE AGNOSTIC & AUTHOR OF "THE VICIOUS CYCLE"* *Which first appeared in the second edition of the personal stories and continues to appear in the AA Big Book. By Ron Long As a former
By Carlos D · #1229 ·
Re: Moral Psychology #chat
William E. Swegan ("Sgt. Bill") was the major spokesman for the psychological wing of early Alcoholics Anonymous-that group within the newborn A.A. movement of the 1930's, 40's and 50's which stressed
By Carlos D · #1228 ·
Re: Moral Psychology #chat
Read Silkworth's 1937 paper "Reclamation of the Alcoholic" https://silkworth.net/alcoholics-anonymous/reclamation-of-the-alcoholic/ This was Doctor Silkworth's view of why he believed Bill's "drunk
By Joel M <joel.minisquero@...> · #1227 ·
Re: AA Big Book Historical Presentation
Sent from Yahoo Mail?from the badlands of NJ
By Aldo · #1226 ·
Re: Obituary for Dr. Frank Crane author of Just for Today
There is a little more that I would like to add about Just For Today. 1. Dale Carnegie references Just For Today, credited to Sybil Partridge, in his 1948 book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.
By basictextstudyguide@... · #1225 ·
Re: AA Big Book Historical Presentation
Could someone confirm the date of next ¡°Exploring the Big Book One Chapter" at a Time please and thanks!
By Rita Akacich · #1224 ·
Re: Moral Psychology #chat
I detect a touch of Moral Psychology in the story "The Keys of the Kingdom" wherein the author's doctor had the wealthy socialite divorcee "performing the most menial labor for his charity
By Wayne T. · #1223 ·
Obituary for Dr. Frank Crane author of Just for Today
On on the AAHL FB group on May 29, 2021 Jim W posted an image? of a 1921 column written by Dr. Frank Crane which was the basis for the classic, "Just for Today" which has circulated far and wide
By Wayne T. · #1222 ·
August 6th Upcoming History Event
Hello Everyone, please come join us and experience these wonderful and inspiring presentations. The 1940¡¯ was a incredible time for Alcoholics Anonymous. We will be covering a great deal of this
By Seastones · #1221 ·
Bill W and Pierce Governor Company
Although mostly unknown by many Indiana AA¡¯s, Bill Wilson was a director of a factory in Anderson Indiana called Pierce Governor Company in 1938. I believe you will find the attached information of
By Bob S · #1220 ·
Re: Did Bill W come up with the term "King Alcohol" or is there more history behing the term?
I found this video that I think helps explain where he may have gotten the term.? The second link is for more contextual reference. https://youtu.be/ZpaiQAfXJH0 https://www.loc.gov/item/ 2013563986/
By BLH3378 · #1219 ·
Did Bill W come up with the term "King Alcohol" or is there more history behing the term?
A sponsee asked me this great question. ?I checked our site found - nothing, silkworth - nothing other sites nothing.. So I ask the experts.... Did Bill W come up with the term "King Alcohol" or is
By John Steeves <honest03060@...> · #1218 ·
Re: Change to History Flyers
I don't know what you mean by the "first" meeting. The audio only parts of the Friday night history group will be archived at
By Jim · #1217 ·
Re: Change to History Flyers
I am unable to attend the first zoom meeting. Can you please let us know the URL of where the meeting will be archived? Thanks in Advance, Kent B
By Kent_B · #1216 ·