September 26, 2025
From Central Bulletin November 1942 (Vol. 1 No. 2) Observations of a Meeting held in Cleveland, November 8th, 1942 The Founder (Bill Wilson) called it “a […]
September 26, 2025
First Editorial October 1942 (Vol 1, No. 1) For some time it has been the conviction of several A.A. members as the result of the expansion […]
August 4, 2025
First AA International Convention, Public Hall, Cleveland, July 30th 1950 My good friends in AA and of AA… I get a big thrill out of looking […]
May 1, 2025
By late 1939, Cleveland had organized several groups, and to coordinate their efforts, the first Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as the Central Committee, was established. […]
December 6, 2024
May 11, 1935, found Bill Wilson feverously pacing the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel remorsefully reflecting on the failed aforementioned enterprise. Had he been successful, he […]
December 6, 2024
Reverend Tunks provided Bill with numbers of ten Oxford Group members to which Bill risked his then-precious nickels to no avail, save one contact, Norman Sheppard, […]
December 6, 2024
Dr. Bob had in mind that time spent with this mug would be snappy, so he had made Henrietta promise that they would stay only 15 […]
July 25, 2024
Mid-summer, 1938, was a watershed period for the writing of our Big Book—it almost did not happen! Donations from the Rockefellers, Charles Towns, and others were […]
June 4, 2024
Bill W. said it best while in Akron in 1945; “It was here that the miracle really happened. This is the hill where the AA beacon […]
April 25, 2024
Harry N was born 1897 in Cleveland. He graduated valedictorian of his class at St. Ignatius College, which later became John Carroll University, and went on […]
April 4, 2024
December 11, 1934, remains one of the important dates in AA history — the day Bill W. guzzled his last drink en route to Towns Hospital. […]
March 4, 2024
I was once chairing my home group and therefore sitting at the front table. A group from an adolescent treatment center visited and they sat near […]