The buyer sold it a couple years later to a Houston man, who asked Hazelden
to
make it public.
As word is beginning to get out about the manuscript, some see fuel for the
current fight about faith-based treatment and whether it's more effective.
Jack Cowley, a former prison warden who worked with AA for decades and now
helps
run faith-based prison programs, said the manuscript reflects "a cop-out" on
Wilson's part, to make an inherently religious process "the least
confrontational."
"The power is in the understanding of how Christ can apply these [steps],"
Cowley said. "It's the scripture where the power is, it's not AA. . . . This
is
the same thing we're doing today. We're downplaying the faith issue to get
more
people."
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There is also a good article on it by the AP writer Leanne Italie which we
have
already posted:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/6912
but you can see the original Leanne Italie article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fea_lifestyles_aa_s_big_book
and
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39408523/ns/today-books/
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++++Message 6918. . . . . . . . . . . . Article with two Chapter 5 Pages
from the Original Big Book Manuscript
From: jblair101 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/1/2010 3:56:00 PM
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An article by Lindsay Barba titled, "AA founders debated approach in the
original manuscript," which includes two pages from the Chapter 5
manuscript,
can be found at:
http://www.addictionpro.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?type=Publishing&mod=Publications%
3A%3\
AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=2797F494A0C241E18523
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AA founders debated approach in original manuscript:
Hazelden Publishing to release original AA Big Book manuscript this fall
by Lindsay Barba, Associate Editor,
Addiction Professional, posted on 8/26/2010
Long before word processors gave us the luxury of tracking our text edits
for
the next reader, Bill Wilson, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), passed
around 400 physical copies of his recovery doctrine for revisions and
suggestions. Afterward, he and a few of his colleagues copied the most
significant of those contributions onto one manuscript, which would
eventually
become AA's Big Book -- a text used faithfully by addiction professionals
and
those in recovery since its first publication in April 1939.
The Big Book went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide, but the
original
manuscript and its many contributions remained hidden from public view. It
was
stored in Bill and Lois Wilson's home until 1978, when Lois passed the
manuscript on to friend Barry Leach, who maintained its privacy for 30 more
years.
The manuscript eventually went up for auction in 2007 and was secured by Ken
Roberts for $850,000. Roberts then presented the manuscript to Hazelden, who
will release the book in two editions, one cloth and one leather-bound, this
October.
"It's arguably one of the most important books of the 20th century as it
relates
to addiction and recovery," says Nick Motu, senior vice president of
Hazelden
and publisher at Hazelden Publishing. "To those that use the Big Book and
the 12
Step process as core to their profession, it would be very interesting for
them
to understand what went into the conceptual beginnings of the 12 Step model
of
treatment."
The manuscript shows text revisions and comments inked in a variety of
colors,
indicating the work of four to eight core contributors that Hazelden will
identify in its release this fall. "Readers … will see the rejected
suggestions,
inserts, crossed-out comments, and then last minute changes," Motu says.
Along with the original manuscript, Hazelden's editions will include:
Comments from leading archivists in the margins;
Two essays by Big Book and AA historians;
Annotated notes on the text;
A publication timeline; and
A 1954 speech by Bill Wilson on the making of the Big Book.
Debate over spirituality uncovered
Though it's no secret to the addiction profession, much debate arose over
how AA
would present its principles, which relied heavily on religion.
"Of special interest in the manuscript will be the debates that occurred
… over
the role of religion and spirituality in AA," says Motu. "Bill Wilson really
was
adamant about making AA spiritual rather than religious, and you will see
that
not only in the comments of those that were accepted but also of those that
were
rejected."
For example, on the opening page of Chapter 5, one contributor noted that
ideas
in the text "should be studied from the mold angle." Fred Holmquist,
historian
and director of Hazelden's The Lodge Program, attributes this commentary to
the
fellowship's fear of triggering newcomers' religious prejudices.
"It talks about their understanding that religions sometimes pour people
into a
mold, and it's a little bit one-size-fits-all," he says. "Typically,
alcoholics
had not found relief from alcoholism in their religions, yet some had, but
the
idea was that they did not want to arouse religious prejudice that already
existed in people."
Similarly, another contributor makes a note of "His Divine Consideration"
across
the bottom of the page near Step 9, which states, "Made direct amends to
people
wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." To
Holmquist, this reference is still obscure, but he has some speculations.
"If it's referencing Step 9, then the idea of doing what you need to do
unless
it will injure them or others would be a matter of Divine Consideration," he
says. "They were avoiding the density of religious-sounding language, and
that
would be an example of somebody maybe noting what spiritual or religious
principle it represented, simultaneously written in pragmatic language."
From "prescribing" to "describing" a program of recovery
Widespread changes in the manuscript signal AA's decision to avoid
prescriptive
language -- such as "you should do this" -- in favor of descriptive language
--
such as "we did this." Holmquist says this typifies AA's strategy of
addressing
the newcomer with gentleness and accessibility while maintaining respect for
the
medical community.
"They were respecting the attitude of the newcomer as perhaps being
defensive or
quick to run," he says. "Also, to other professionals, it was clear they
took
out specific references that could make the authors sound like they were
prescribing medical or psychiatric or psychological recommendations."
Holmquist attributes the original use of a prescriptive voice as the result
of
the founding members' sincerity and seriousness about their program of
recovery.
"Their heart was right, but they realized in looking at it that it would
probably be overwhelming for a newcomer to look at and think, ‘I have to
do all
of this stuff,'" he says. "So they just reverted to sharing what they did,
which
is what I think is at the heart of attraction not promotion."
This is evident in the paragraph following the final step on page 31, where
the
original text read: "You may exclaim, what an order! I can't go through with
it!" The contributors changed this to, "Many of us exclaimed," which allows
the
newcomer to share in the original AA fellowship's own experience of feeling
overwhelmed by the program's requirements.
"These people realized it was far more pragmatic to … settle for doing a
little
bit better each day," Holmquist says. "That's why the idea of this being
both a
program of action and a fellowship is so important, because you get so much
from
the combination of both versus just one."
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++++Message 6919. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Font used for initial capitals
in Big Book?
From: hdmozart . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/23/2010 3:03:00 AM
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I spoke a bit too fast - sorry
The Drop Caps in my Fourth Edition, First Printing, October 2001 are Park
Avenue
-
The Drop Caps in my First Edition, Ninth Printing, January 1946 are Kaufmann
- I
believe they are standard as opposed to bold, but that I'm not sure of -
I didn't study them detail, but I believe the Drop Caps in my Third Edition,
Seventy-Fourth Printing 2001 are also Park Avenue -
I posted unpublished web pages with graphics so everyone/anyone can see the
fonts, can make their own observation and are free to agree/disagree with my
choices -
A short indext page
http://www.laurenceholbrook.com/AAHistoryLovers/
First Edition (9th)
http://www.laurenceholbrook.com/AAHistoryLovers/FirstEdition.htm
Fourth Edition (1st)
http://www.laurenceholbrook.com/AAHistoryLovers/FourthEdition.htm
There's no rush on my part to remove the pages, but it would be nice if
someone
copied or saved them in some more appropriate place for posterity -
Anyone is free to save them off the web or email me if you want my (very
simple)
html and graphics -
Hope this helps -
Larry H
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++++Message 6920. . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Whalon
From: ron.fulkerson . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/3/2010 7:59:00 AM
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LIFE magazine did a story on Mark Whalon for the January 18, 1943 issue.
It's a wonderful glimpse into the Vermont countyside and Bill W.'s childhood
friend who carries the mail in his 1935 Plymouth coupe...ronf
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++++Message 6921. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Mark Whalon
From: Doug B. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/3/2010 6:02:00 PM
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Ron,
The pictures in that article are great!
Mark also wrote an autobiographical book about growing up in East
Dorset: "Rural free delivery; recollections of a rural mailman"
He's a pretty funny guy....
I wouldn't doubt that he is buried in the same cemetery as Bill and Lois but
on
my last photo trip there....I forgot to look for him!
Doug Barrie
www.aahistory.com
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"ron.fulkerson" wrote:
LIFE magazine did a story on Mark Whalon for the January 18, 1943 issue.
It's a
wonderful glimpse into the Vermont countyside and Bill W.'s childhood friend
who
carries the mail in his 1935 Plymouth coupe...ronf
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++++Message 6922. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Mark Whalon
From: ron.fulkerson . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/4/2010 7:30:00 AM
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John Mark Whalon is buried in the Catholic cemetery just off Mad Tom Road in
East Dorset,Vermont. Found the grave and took pictures there in August.
(ron.fulkerson at yahoo.com)
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++++Message 6923. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Mark Whalon
From: Jay Pees . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/4/2010 9:23:00 AM
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Anybody have a link to this Life magazine story?
Jay Pees
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"ron.fulkerson" wrote:
LIFE magazine did a story on Mark Whalon for the January 18, 1943 issue.
It's a
wonderful glimpse into the Vermont countryside and Bill W.'s childhood
friend
who carries the mail in his 1935 Plymouth coupe...ronf
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On Sun, Oct 3, 2010, Doug B. wrote:
> Ron,
>
> The pictures in that article are great!
>
> Mark also wrote an autobiographical book about growing up in East
> Dorset: "Rural free delivery; recollections of a rural mailman"
>
> He's a pretty funny guy....
>
> I wouldn't doubt that he is buried in the same cemetery as Bill and Lois
> but on my last photo trip there....I forgot to look for him!
>
> Doug Barrie
> www.aahistory.com
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++++Message 6924. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: font used in Big Book
From: Laurence Holbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2/2010 4:36:00 PM
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FWIW,
The drop caps in my Third Edition, New & Revised 1976 are also Park Avenue
font
(Same as my Fourth Edition First Printing Otober 2001)-
The Third Edition had 16 printings from 1955 to 1974 before the New &
Revised
Third Edition in 1976 -
Drop cap font was changed from Kaufmann to Park Avenue sometime after First
Edition Ninth Printing 1946 and before Third Edition New & Revised in 1976 -
Because they look the same, I didn't bother to post samples from my Third
Edition -
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My Windows XP system has Park Avenue installed on it - And I have a copy of
Kaufmann, if anyone can't find it on the web -
Larry Holbrook
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(email at LaurenceHolbrook.com)
(410) 802-3099
Current Location:
Farm Road 350 & Frederick Drive
Livingston, Texas 77351
Polk County
Central Standard Time
L N 030° 42' 01.4"
Lo W 094° 59' 55.7"
Elevation 105'
Permanent Address (Mail/Parcels):
Laurence Holbrook
161 Rainbow Drive #6183
Livingston, Texas 77399-1061
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++++Message 6925. . . . . . . . . . . . Wikipedia article on Effectiveness
of Alcoholics Anonymous
From: Glenn Chesnut . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/5/2010 3:49:00 PM
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Wikipedia has now accepted the interpretation of the Alcoholics Anonymous
Recovery Outcome Rates which was given in 2008 by Arthur S., Tom E., and
Glenn
C. of the AAHistoryLovers.
See the Wikipedia article: "Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effectiveness_of_Alcoholics_Anonymous
They only cite the original article in Note 14:
"Arthur S; Tom E., Glenn C (11 October 2008). Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Recovery
Outcome Rates: Contemporary Myth and Misinterpretation."
But if you look at the whole Wikipedia article, you can see that they have
entirely accepted the interpretation which Arthur, Tom, and Glenn put on the
figures.
The original article can be read on the Hindsfoot site:
as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file: http://hindsfoot.org/recout01.pdf
or as an MS Word file: http://hindsfoot.org/recout01.doc
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++++Message 6926. . . . . . . . . . . . RE: Amazon edition: Original working
manuscript of the Big Book
From: LES COLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/2/2010 6:22:00 PM
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From Les Cole, Glenn Chesnut, Chuck Parkhurst, and Bill Middleton
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6:22 p.m. October 2, 2010
From: LES COLE (elsietwo at msn.com)
I received mine from Amazon. It is very high quality and nice looking. I
ordered it before the release date.
Les Cole
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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3:00 p.m. October 6, 2010
From: Glenn Chesnut
(glennccc at sbcglobal.net)
I ordered my copy from Amazon September 28th and received it in the mail
this
afternoon (October 6th). It's beautifully printed, with each page of the
original reproduced in color, at its full original size, so you can see what
color pencil was used for each correction or comment.
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3:51 a.m. October 4, 2010
From: "Chuck Parkhurst"
(ineedpage63 at cox.net)
Amazon is out of stock and does not know if they will be getting more.
Hazelden will not say why it can be purchased for less from someone else.
Does anyone in this forum have the fancy limited edition bound in leather?
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3:00 p.m. TODAY October 6, 2010
From: Glenn Chesnut
(glennccc at sbcglobal.net)
Amazon says this afternoon (at the time this message is being posted):
Buy new: $65.00 reduced to $38.02
Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available.
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From: William Middleton
(wmiddlet44 at yahoo.com)
The Book That Started It All : The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics
Anonymous
Amazon says,
Buy new: $65.00 reduced to $40.95, usually ships in 7 to 13 days
Barnes and Noble says, "List price: $65.00 Online Price: $38.00 (You
Save 41%) Usually available in 1-2 weeks"
Borders says, "Hardcover $65.00 Search used copies from $93.11
Backorder - Usually ships in 4 to 8 weeks."
Shipping and handling might vary and I don't know how to guess at that. I
have
an "Amazon Prime" account and pay a flat rate for all my shipping charges
for a
year, so I got ten of them from Amazon for $409.50. They are for Christmas
presents and they are nice!
LOVE and HUGs!
Bill Middleton
Dunwoody, GA
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++++Message 6927. . . . . . . . . . . . Big Book royalties to others than
Bill or Lois Wilson
From: Sherry C. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/4/2010 12:30:00 AM
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I seem to recall an assignment of book royalties to someone other than Bill
W or
his wife Lois Wilson.
What about book royalties being assigned to upkeep and perpetuation of
Stepping
Stones?
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++++Message 6928. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Big Book royalties to others
than Bill or Lois Wilson
From: Glenn Chesnut . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/6/2010 3:37:00 PM
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Big Book royalties: a list of just about EVERYTHING that can be said
Message #5329
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/5329
Message #3671
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/3671
Message #3261
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/3261
Message #1964
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/1964
Message #1781
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/1781
From "Getting Better: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous" by Nan Robertson, to be
published by William Morrow in April 1988:
At the time of his death, early in 1971, Bill Wilson was earning about
$65,000 a
year in royalties from the Big Book and three other books he wrote for A.A.
Last
year, his widow, Lois, received $912,000 in royalties. Under the terms of
the
agreement Bill concluded with A.A. headquarters in 1963, she was allocated
13.5
per cent of Wilson's royalties. Another 1.5 percent went to his last
mistress,
who died a few years after Bill.
[Lois Wilson died on October 6, 1988.]
Message #1739
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/1739
April 23, 1940 - Dr. Bob wrote the Trustees to refuse Big Book royalties,
but
Bill Wilson insisted on them for Dr. Bob and Anne.
______________________________
Message #864
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/message/864
The information that follows was gleaned from the following:
1. Grateful To Have Been There, Nell Wing (pg 92).
2. Pass It On, AAWS (pgs 235-236 and 393).
3. Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, AAWS (pgs 267-269).
4. Bill W., Francis Hartigan (pgs 118-120 and 153-154).
5. Lois Remembers, Lois Wilson (pg 199).
6. Advisory Actions of the General Service Conference of AA, publication #
M-39
1938: Feb., prior to publication of the Big Book, Bill and Bob received a
$30
weekly stipend from a $5,000 fund set up by J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. The bulk
of
the fund was used to pay off Dr. Bob's mortgage. Bill and Bob were in very
severe financial straits.
1940: May, Dr. Bob and Anne were granted 10% royalties on Big Book sales for
life. This was initiated by Bill as a condition of he and Hank P. turning
over
their 2/3 controlling interest of stock to Works Publishing Inc. (and the
Alcoholic Foundation Board). Hank, who was drinking at the time, received a
$200
payment for office furniture he claimed he owned. Bill was later granted 10%
royalties. I can't find the specific date it started other than "shortly
after"
Dr. Bob received them.
1942: Oct., Cleveland's Clarence S. raised a controversy when he found out
both
Bill and Bob were receiving royalties from Big Book sales and he had a
confrontation with Dr. Bob over it. Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers says "Dr.
Bob's reluctance to accept the money faded under the impact of reality."
1947-1950 Dr. Bob had to cope with cancer and his wife's death. The
circumstances would not be conducive to his earning a living. His son Smitty
is
quoted as saying that Dr. Bob's medical practice improved over World War II.
However, between Anne's later infirmities and his own, there was likely
substantial expenses as well.
Beginning in 1940, both founders were assigned 10% royalties on Big Book
sales
and they accepted them. It should not be viewed as a pejorative. Dr Bob's
royalty assignment would have lapsed at his death (Nov. 16, 1950). Royalty
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