November 22, 2017
Rowland Hazard was the first in the chain of events leading to AA founding moments of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. In attempt to receive a […]
November 1, 2017
In 1968, a well-meaning AA wrote to Bill, in deep concern about an influx of youthful hippies or flower children to local AA groups, along with […]
October 30, 2017
Ebby T. is the person who carried his alcoholic solution to Bill W. Clarence S., Cleveland AA founder, is quoted: “Bill might have scored the touchdown, […]
October 2, 2017
By October 1942 the United States had been an active participant in World War II for ten months. Many members around Cleveland, Ohio had volunteered for, […]
August 28, 2017
“Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as your Program of Recovery:” Admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become […]
July 28, 2017
Ebby T. was in deep chicken fat trouble! He had been arrested for running his car into the side of a Manchester, Vermont, lady’s house, then […]
July 5, 2017
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our DIRECTIONS.” Heard this before? It may have been at Founders’ Day in Akron. They […]
April 24, 2017
When AA was young and the members few, there was little known of the movement by outsiders. And the handful of men and women who started […]
March 31, 2017
“It’s a story I love to tell,” says David R., A.A.W.S. publishing director at the General Service Office, “not only because it’s filled with incident, but […]
December 28, 2016
Bill W finished the pre-publication manuscript (“Multilith”) for the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, in December of 1938. It read like a book of absolute prescriptions e.g.: “Thou […]
September 26, 2016
It’s hard to fathom how well Alcoholics Anonymous has fared throughout its years of existence which began in 1935. Navigating the waters in those early days […]
September 14, 2016
October 21, 1939 Alcoholics Anonymous Makes Its Stand Here Success By now it is a rare Clevelander who does not know, or know of, at least […]