Keeping in touch with the history of the 12 Step Program is important. Knowing
out past helps us to gain from the experience of those who came before us.
I will be continuing to add things here as I find them. If you know
of something that should be included here, relating to the history of any 12 Step
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"Whenever a civilization or society declines or perishes there is always one condition
present - they forgot where they came from." -- Carl Sandburg |
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BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS N.Y. STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Vol. 44, Aug.,1944 |
In AA’s First Five Years Lois W., wife of AA’s co-founder, Bill W., recalls the time in AA when there were few members and no Big Book. Grapevine, Jan, 1967 |
Letters between Bill W and Dr. Jung Correspondence between Bill W. and Dr. Carl Jung in 1961 |
Bill W. Testimony to Congress The Impact of Alcoholism, Thursday, July 24,1969 |
Dr. Bob's Last Major Talk Detroit, Michigan, December 1948 |
Dr. Bob's Last Message Delivered at the first international conference of Alcoholics Anonymous at Cleveland, Ohio in 1950 |
Alcoholics Anonymous in a Postwar Emergency By W.W. (Bill W) Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol Vol. 6, No. 2, Sept. 1945 |
Articles From The Cleveland Plain Dealer October - November 1939 |
The Birth of AA, June 10 or 17, 1935 Does it matter? Of course not, but it is interesting. |
Bill W in a Memorial Service for Dr. Bob at the 24th Street Clubhouse, New York City, N.Y. November 15, 1952 |
SPELLBOUND BY AA: AN INTERVIEW WITH NELL WING Here is an interview with Nell Wing, Bill’s secretary after Ruth Hock retired. Published in the Grapevine© in 1994 |
AA History & How the Big Book Was Put Together A Talk by Bill W. - Fort Worth, Texas - 1954 |
How One AA Wife Lives the 12 Steps Lois W., AA's "first lady" as the non-alcoholic wife of Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, tells the story of her own adventure in growth applying AA principles to her own life. Grapevine 1953 |