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Unspiritual short version of our Traditions

 

Hello all,
?I seem to remember a letter Bill wrote where he describes when he and Earl came up with the short version of the traditions during a weekend at stepping stones. I may have heard this during a history presentation or, I saw it on here. Any clues would be appreciated.
?Thanks,
?Will
 

Hello
1)?There is a GREAT LETTER IN THE STEPPING STONES ONLINE ARCHIVES THAT CAN'T BE PUBLISHED HERE BUT YOU CAN FIND IT BY REGISTERING AND SEARCHING THOSE ARCHIVES HERE:?

And once registered, SPECIFICALLY AT this link

In a handwritten note to Dr. Bob on June 17, 1949, Bill talked about ¡°shortening¡± the original form of the Traditions...

2) Also--not a letter but a talk
"One day he came down to Bedford Hills after the long form of the Traditions were written out at some length, because in the office we were forever having to answer questions about Group troubles, so the original Traditions were longer and covered more possibilities of trouble. Earl looked at me rather quizzically and he said ¡°Bill, don¡¯t you get it through your thick head that these drunks do not like to read. They will listen for a while but they will not read anything. Now, you want to capsule these Traditions as simply as are the Twelve Steps to Recovery.¡±

So he and I started the capsulizing process, which lasted a day or two and that put the Traditions into their present (short) form." Read all of the talk here: (Transcribed from tape. Chicago, IL, February 1951)??

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jim


On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:18?PM wille5526 via <wille5526=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
?I seem to remember a letter Bill wrote where he describes when he and Earl came up with the short version of the traditions during a weekend at stepping stones. I may have heard this during a history presentation or, I saw it on here. Any clues would be appreciated.
?Thanks,
?Will

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