by techchair | Dec 16, 2017 | Archive Tidbits
Sept, 1930 Bill wrote 4th (his last) promise in family Bible to quit drinking Sept, 1939 Group started by Earl T in Chicago. Sept, 1940 AA group started in Toledo by Duke P & others. Sept, 1940 Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases gives Big Book unfavorable...
by techchair | Dec 16, 2017 | Archive Tidbits
Aug 1934 Rowland H and Cebra persuade court to parole Ebby T. to them. Aug 1939 Dr. Bob wrote & may have signed article for Faith magazine. Aug 1941 1st meeting in Orange County, California held in Anaheim Aug, 1981 Sales of the Big Book passes 3,000,000 Aug 1981...
by techchair | Dec 16, 2017 | Archive Tidbits
July 1939 Warren C. joined A.A. Cleveland, caused debate because he was not hospitalized. July 1944 Bob writes article for Grapevine “On Cultivating Tolerance”. July 1962 ‘Victor E’ cartoon first appeared in Grapevine. (Some say May 1962). July...
by techchair | Dec 16, 2017 | Archive Tidbits
June 1, 1949 Anne Smith, Dr. Bob’s wife, died. June 4, 2002 Caroline Knapp, author of “Drinking: A Love Story” died sober of lung cancer. June 5, 1940 Ebby Thatcher took a job at the NY Worlds Fair. June 6, 1940 The first AA Group in Richmond, VA,...
by techchair | Dec 16, 2017 | Archive Tidbits
March-May 1938 Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous. May 1939 Lois W Home Replacement Fund started at Alcoholic Foundation. May 1949 The first AA meetings in Scotland were held in Glasgow and Edinburgh. May 1950 Nell Wing became Bill W’s secretary....
