December 27, 2021
A Glimmer of What Adult Love Really Is, By Bill W. January 1958 I think that many oldsters who have put our Alcoholics Anonymous “booze cure” to […]
December 21, 2021
By John W. Stevens, Jan. 26, 1971, front cover of The New York Times William Griffith Wilson died late Sunday night and, with the announcement of […]
July 14, 2021
The Wilmington Preamble has long been surrounded by controversy and discussion of such has sparked many a debate almost from its inception in the early years […]
July 14, 2021
A few months after the Grapevine published the Preamble in June, 1947, Ollie L., Dick F., and Searcy W. decided to beef it up for the […]
January 28, 2021
Edward McGoldrick cured himself of alcoholism –and is now curing others for New York. At last, a city deals intelligently with this problem. Condensed from Argosy, […]
January 22, 2021
01/06/1903—09/01/1989 Past Secretary/Treasurer, Cleveland District Office This is taken from several sources, but primarily from bios furnished to the Akron AA Archives by Charlie K. in […]
January 13, 2021
Take the AA History Quiz and test your AA IQ, have some fun and possibly learn a bit about our meaningful heritage of Alcoholics Anonymous.
December 1, 2020
On a bleak November day in 1934, Bill W. was in the process of receiving—albeit unknowingly—a Christmas present beyond his belief. During a visit, an old […]
November 4, 2020
How Oxford Group Criticism Spawned the Twelve Steps Bill W., AA co-founder, was the person responsible for the origin of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous […]
September 29, 2020
You may have heard Bill W’s story about writing the 12 steps. He sat at home one afternoon with a yellow legal pad, and the 12 […]
July 27, 2020
It is very difficult to speak of AA Dr. Bob without going into superlatives. While he lived, he laughed them off. And now, though he is […]
February 24, 2020
“Get a sponsor, get a home group, and get something to do at that home group,” was a continuing mantra at the treatment facility I attended […]