December 6, 2024
May 11, 1935, found Bill Wilson feverously pacing the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel remorsefully reflecting on the failed aforementioned enterprise. Had he been successful, he […]
December 6, 2024
Reverend Tunks provided Bill with numbers of ten Oxford Group members to which Bill risked his then-precious nickels to no avail, save one contact, Norman Sheppard, […]
December 6, 2024
Dr. Bob had in mind that time spent with this mug would be snappy, so he had made Henrietta promise that they would stay only 15 […]
July 25, 2024
Mid-summer, 1938, was a watershed period for the writing of our Big Book—it almost did not happen! Donations from the Rockefellers, Charles Towns, and others were […]
June 4, 2024
Bill W. said it best while in Akron in 1945; “It was here that the miracle really happened. This is the hill where the AA beacon […]
April 25, 2024
Harry N was born 1897 in Cleveland. He graduated valedictorian of his class at St. Ignatius College, which later became John Carroll University, and went on […]
April 4, 2024
December 11, 1934, remains one of the important dates in AA history — the day Bill W. guzzled his last drink en route to Towns Hospital. […]
March 4, 2024
I was once chairing my home group and therefore sitting at the front table. A group from an adolescent treatment center visited and they sat near […]
June 28, 2023
The difference in the content of the presentations of these two Steps – as shown in the Big Book and within the 12&12 – is so […]
November 15, 2022
Borton Group Rockefeller Summer Home Clarence S Home Albert “Abby” G Home Ruth Hock’s father-in-law
June 30, 2022
Central Bulletin, November 1946 Many people have expressed astonishment at the remarkable growth of the AA movement – how in twelve short years an idea grew […]
June 28, 2022
Monday, July 11, 1960 Time Magazine The 15,000 men and women who thronged California’s Long Beach Memorial Stadium last week differed from most conventioneers in one […]