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Thanks. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5971. . . . . . . . . . . . World AA conventions held outside of U.S. and Canada? From: CloydG . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/23/2009 11:26:00 PM
World Conventions held outside of the U.S. and Canada in addition to the every-five-year AA International Conferences? In love and service, Clyde G. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5972. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Bill W. and High Watch Farm From: John Barton . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/23/2009 9:10:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII See William L. White, "Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America ," pages 172-175.
From: diazeztone . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/25/2009 12:00:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII BREAKING NEWS ROGER EBERT'S "I AM AN ALCOHOLIC" MOVIE BLOG AUG 25 09 http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/my_name_is_roger_and_im_an_alc.html CONGRATULATIONS Glenn he mentions your Hindsfoot site and not mine!! (of course mine is really poorly designed and needs new sitemap)
Prize winning film critic, for a short bio see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert
concerned about the AA anonymity issue and your post. However there are so many more anonymity breaks today concerning AA and failed celebrities. Celebrity failure on the news networks every day. What a success story you are, and I am really excited and proud to read your blog no matter my concerns!!
suspected there was a source of the deep psychological humanism of your movie reviews. I am sure it comes from being sober. Due to your constant diligence in writing fantastic review I always wanted to see more movies. I am now able to do that (sometimes 2 a day) and am writing my own capsule reviews on Netflix and Rotten Tomatoes (ID dfwforeignbuff). (Sometimes as much 300 words, not much, ha ha.) I was sober 14 years June 15 2009. It is so fantastic to tell us about your other secret to writing good reviews -- STAY SOBER AND AA WORKS!!
says AA Canada, I sold that obit on ebay a few years ago but I still have my original image of the obit and that photo is also on my site. I am proud of saving that image too!! Thanks for presenting us so much good info about AA here and all the pointers to movies with alcoholism and AA as a subject!!
LD "P"
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has good photos of: books which early AA's read, famed twelfth- stepper Irwin M.'s home in Cleveland, the letter from the Alcoholic Foundation with the first 22 AA groups listed. Also photos of the early Akron pamphlets, the Cleveland Sponsorship pamphlet, and early pamphlets from the Alcoholic Foundation/Works Publishing.
Indianapolis in 1945 for alcoholism treatment, with active AA involvement), and the 1944 Indianapolis pamphlet (with a list of all the Indiana towns where AA had been started as of that date). Bruce C., from Muncie, has developed this picture-filled 72-page PowerPoint on the AA history of Indiana. An Adobe Acrobat version is available at: http://aamuncie.org/files/History_of_AA_in_Indiana.pdf Bob S. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5975. . . . . . . . . . . . RE: World AA conventions held outside of U.S. and Canada? From: Kimball ROWE . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/24/2009 10:40:00 PM
sponsored by Intergroup Continental Europe referred to as "multi-national" conferences?
From: CloydG Subject: World AA conventions held outside of U.S. and Canada? Since AA is all around the world now, are there World Conventions held outside of the U.S. and Canada in addition to the every-five-year AA International Conferences? In love and service, Clyde G. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5976. . . . . . . . . . . . From the Grapevine: Nevada From: t . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/20/2009 11:24:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Nevada GV Feb46, the News Circuit column notes - Nevada's first group has gotten under way in Las Vegas. Address: Box 732, Las Vegas, Nev.
GV Sept46, the News Circuit column notes - Writing about the Las Vegas, Nevada Group, with 35 men and women to date, and the new branch that has been formed by members from Boulder City and Henderson, a Las Vegas correspondent, lauding the work of A.A., begins with: "Last November, when it was announced that Alcoholics Anonymous had organized in Las Vegas, a startled woman went to her minister and complained at the sorry state of affairs. She declared that things were coming to an awful fix 'when the drunkards organize'." GV Oct46, the New Groups column notes - NEVADA—Henderson. GV Oct46, the News Circuit column notes - From Northern California comes word that there has been "considerable opposition to the A.A. program in Reno, Nevada." But since some of the Sacramento and Roseville members —18 in all—went to Reno and held an opening meet, it is felt that the Reno populace now has a better understanding of the aims of A.A. GV Dec46, the News Circuit column notes - Matches Reno Hours.— Because Reno is a "24-hour town" the new club house on which members are working, will be open twenty-four hours a day if necessary. Members of this Nevada group will have the use of a library, card room, club room and coffee bar as counter attractions to other local activities. Starting with four members last May the membership grew to 19 in July with more than 80 now listed on the books although 44 per cent are transient. Some of these are new and some were members of other groups in New York, Utah, Arizona, California and Connecticut. Inquiries have been received not only from all parts of Nevada, but from Brooklyn, N. Y., Southern California and even Canada as a result of an advertisement in one of the Reno papers. Various members who travel all over the state and different parts of California visit any one in these vicinities wishing help and extend the usual invitation to any other A.A. members to drop in for a visit. Three new groups, and one day group are reported at Carson City, Nev., Sparks, Nev. and Herlong, Cal. GV Dec46, the New Groups column notes - NEVADA—Carson City, Box 173. GV Mar47, the New Groups column notes - NEVADA-—Nevada state Prison at Carson City
In the Nevada state Prison, at Carson, The first meeting was attended by 14 alcoholic inmates and five members of the Reno and Carson Groups. The move is supported by Warden Richard Sheey and Gov. Vail M. Pittman.
Donner Trail Group (Verdi). GV Jly48, the New Groups column notes - NEVADA—Reno, Group Two. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ++++Message 5977. . . . . . . . . . . . From the Grapevine: New Hampshire From: t . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/20/2009 11:27:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII New Hampshire GV Apr46, the New Groups column notes - Hill, N. H. GV June46, the News Circuit column notes - Members from Boston attended meetings of two new groups recently: Lawrence, Mass., and Dover, N. H. GV Oct46, the New Groups column notes - NEW HAMPSHIRE—Manchester. GV Nov46, the New Groups column notes - NEW HAMPSHIRE—Hanover. GV Jan47, the New Groups column notes - NEW HAMPSHIRE: Twin State Group, Lyme, Box 102. GV Jan47, the News Circuit column notes - Growth in New England. — In less than three years, A.A. groups in Massachusetts have increased from two to 36, or a gain of 1800 percent, while Connecticut shows a 700 percent gain, according to a member of the Newtonville, Mass., Group. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island, starting from scratch, now have 13 groups. The formation of an efficient Central Service Committee in Boston last spring has been a vital factor as was the attendance of about 600 at the sixth anniversary banquet. New England groups now include the following, which the A.A. Grapevine has been asked to list: Massachusetts: Boston, Brockton, Brookline, Brookline Village, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Hyannis and Falmouth, Dorchester, Edgartown, Fall River, Fitchburg, Greenfield, Haverhill, Holyoke, Hyde Park, Lawrence, Lynn, Malden, Mattapan, New Bedford, Newton, Norwood, Pittsfield, Rutland, Salem, Somerville, South Ashburnham, South End, South Shore-Quincy, Springfield, Upham's Corner, Watertown, Wellesley Hill, Woburn, Worcester, and Lexington; Connecticut: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Bristol, Danbury-Bethel, Greenwich, Hartford, Kent, Manchester, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, Norwalk, Norwich, Saybrook, Stamford, Stratford, Torrington, Waterbury, Westport, Winsted; Maine: Bangor and Portland; New Hampshire: Dover, Manchester, Portsmouth and Hanover; Rhode Island: Providence; Vermont: Bennington, Burlington, Montpelier, St. Johnsbury and Windsor. GV Jly47, the New Groups column notes - NEW HAMPSHIRE — Nashua; Portsmouth. GV Aug47, the New Groups column notes - NEW HAMPSHIRE—North Conway.
"A recent affair which sent many A.A.s away on an overnight trip was the establishment of a new group at North Conway, N.H., well-known resort. The opening session was at Mitchell's Ski Ranch, Kearsarge, N. H., with members from various groups in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire lending support . . . The Portsmouth, N. H., Group had a gala picnic recently at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Me . . . The Salem (Mass.) Group reports that 44 members chartered a bus to attend a Braves game in Boston while on another occasion two chartered busses and many private cars took members and guests to Canobie Lake Park, Salem, N. H., where there was a softball game between old-timers and new members and other entertainment . . . The Manchester, N. H., Group now meets at the Franklin Congregational Church on Tuesday nights, starting at 8 instead of 8:30. . . "
(Kearsarge), Rochester. GV Jan48, the News Circuit column notes - New Hampshire Jottings—East Jaffrey, a new group started several weeks ago, held an opening meeting in the Town Hall on Wednesday night, Dec. 3, with Massachusetts visitors providing all the speakers. Malden, South End, Woburn, Sommerville, Quincy, Arlington, Medford, Cambridge, Fitchburg and other Bay State group members made the trip by auto to lend support. The group meets on Saturday nights at the Firemen's Hall at 8 p.m. . . . Nashua Group is holding its meetings on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. at the Church of Good Shepherd hall.
From: t . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/21/2009 12:51:00 PM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Oklahoma GV Oct44, the Points of View [letters] column lists - Dear Grapevine: . . . the Tulsa Radio station, KVOO, is to give an A.A. quiz program Saturday, October 7, 1944, at 10:15 P.M. Central Standard Time. The questions are to be asked by a doctor, a minister and a controlled drinker who are not familiar with A.A. The 3 Oklahoma groups will be represented on the broadcast, referred to only as Mr. A, B, or C. MC., Tulsa, Oklahoma GV Nov44, the Points of View [letters] column lists - Dear Grapevine: Just a line to let you know that I am receiving my Grapevine and how much I enjoy it. ... I would like to know if you would consider sending it to a young man in the State Penitentiary at McAlester. He read the copy of the book which is in the library there and wrote to the Oklahoma City group and some of us are corresponding with him. . . . Most of our work in this case will have to be done by mail and everything will help. Cody C., Oklahoma GV Mar45, from the News Circuit column: Tulsa, Oklahoma, will soon welcome a new member—an inmate of McAlester Prison, who has been corresponding with Tulsa A.A.s. GV Apr45, from the News Circuit column: Oklahoma's expanding A. A. has now reached to McAlester. GV Sept45, from the News Circuit column: Oklahoma City A. A. have just received their charter from the secretary of state to operate in that city and throughout the state .
The Tulsa, Okla., Group, which will be two years old next April and which now numbers 70 members, has opened new club rooms at 114½ North Denver Avenue; about 100 attended the opening festivities, including members from Oklahoma City and Muskogee, and Wichita and Topeka. GV Feb46, the New Groups column lists - Shawnee, Oklahoma; GV Apr46, the New Groups column lists - Clinton, Oklahoma; GV Apr46, from the News Circuit column: Oklahoma City A.A.s are preparing to establish a group in Clinton. Shawnee, the latest town in the Sooner State to form a group, now has 15 members, and they are steadily rolling 'em in.
GV June46, from the News Circuit column: Oklahoma City A.A.s are now holding their meetings in a brand new modernistic, brick building, the property of the group and strictly a membership proposition, built from plans drawn by members, constructed by members, and paid for from funds contributed by members. The auditorium seats approximately 400 and the Clubhouse has a dining room, kitchen, offices, and men's and women's rest rooms. Today's total membership is over 200 divided into small groups for discussion meetings. Two of the Oklahoma City members outlined the principles of A.A. before the Kiwanis Club of that city recently. A return engagement was requested. GV Aug46, from the News Circuit column: Five years ago, two Oklahoma City alcoholics, unknown to each other, wrote to the Central Office in New York City asking for information. The office put them in touch with each other. Today, the Oklahoma City Group has approximately 250 members. It also has a new home, seating capacity 400. Two adjoining lots have been bought with the idea of later on building a big auditorium. . . . After driving to A.A. meetings in January, 1944, in Oklahoma City, a resident of Tulsa decided to see if there were not enough Tulsans who would like to give the program a whirl. In May, 1944., he and two other alcoholics met. That was the first session of the Tulsa A.A. Group, which celebrated its second anniversary in its own club rooms at 114½ North Denver Ave. this year. During the first year, the membership stood at 33, compared to the 97 men and women on the rolls today. . . . . A family-style dinner served by wives of members is the weekly feature of meetings in Shawnee, Okla., where the Group now numbers over 35 regular members.
GV Oct46, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA—Ponca City. GV Oct46, from the News Circuit column: The non-alcoholic wives of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, chapter hold regular meetings.
Tulsa, Okla., Tribune: "Tulsa bootleggers are taking an awful beating from one organization in this city. Members of the Tulsa chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous at a meeting recently estimated that when its members quit patronizing bootleggers their combined 'boycott' cut bootleg income $190,000 a year." GV Dec46, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA.—Norman. GV Jan47, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA: Cherokee; Blackwell; Cordell. GV Mar47, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA—El Reno; Pauls Valleys; Hobart. GV June47, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA—Holdenville; Stillwater. GV June47, from the News Circuit column: Organized in January, 1946, the Clinton, Okla., Group now numbers 18 active members and about three months ago was split into two groups, the other being at Cordell, with many members attending sessions of both each week. . . . A member of the Shawnee, Okla., Group who works for a Wewoka paper has been running A.A. articles there, telling of the program and pointing out that A.A.s from Holdenville, Ada and other towns have been attending the meetings. GV Jly47, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA. — Ada. GV Jly47, from the News Circuit column: Tulsa Reports "Happy Group"—When about 200 A.A.s with an additional 100 relatives and visitors celebrated the third anniversary of the Tulsa, Okla., Group recently the general opinion was that "disagreements are few and bickerings aren't allowed to occur." Tangible evidence of the spirit is shown in such items as rent paid in advance for a year, $6,000 worth of furniture and equipment and $1,000 in the treasury. A.A. came to Tulsa in 1944 when a young business man got a copy of the book and as he had graduated from several institutions from Texas to New York, began attending meetings in Oklahoma City, 125 miles away, twice a week. Then came a luncheon meeting in Tulsa with visiting A.A.s and two other prospects including the chief of police. Small office meetings, then a meeting with Oklahoma City Group members in a union hall and the group was really launched. Meeting in various homes, with wives aiding in serving luncheons, the group has continued to expand, graduating to larger meeting places, aided by newspaper and radio publicity. By 1945 when the group numbered about 40, a hall was secured and reconditioned as a clubroom which was formally opened with visitors from Kansas City, Dallas, Houston and other cities. Our correspondent writes, "Almost every conceivable business, profession and trade is represented. About 25 percent of our members have never had a slip and probably another 50 percent have sailed a straight course after getting their bearings. We have about 20 women members and some 10 or 12 husbands and wives, both alcoholics. We have classes for new members, membership meetings and open houses. We employ a full-time secretary and clubroom manager and are open 10 or more hours every day. Come out and see us sometime."
Johnny P., one of the early members in Chicago, who also helped found the Kansas City and Oklahoma Groups, and who now lives in Buffalo, can tell of an experience which is not unfamiliar to other A.A.s — an encounter with a prospect's wife who is bent on proving that you can not only push the horse to water but you can also make him drink. Johnny was doing his best to talk to the 12th Step prospect. But the prospect's wife kept answering for him. The prospect kept mum. Johnny tried to explain several times to the wife that A.A. was a voluntary matter, that the alcoholic himself had to want to get sober for himself, that nobody else could take the program for him. "You should attend meetings," said Johnny to the prospect. "But it's all up to you. A.A. is voluntary." "He'll do it voluntarily, all right," chimed in the wife. "I'll see that he does."
Report from Stillwater — "We have ten members and are doing fine," happily reports the correspondent at Stillwatcr, Okla., which has a comparatively young A.A. group.
recent Memphis convention notes: Oklahoma, though technically outside the conference region, reported the third largest number of individual A.A.s present, with 47.
GV Apr48, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA—Muskogee, Tipton. GV May48, the New Groups column lists - OKLAHOMA—Tulsa, Pioneer Group.
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