AA History
March 27, 2019
Camel Symbol The camel each day goes twice to his knees. He picks up his load with the greatest of ease. He walks through the day […]
October 5, 2018
Some years ago, I was asked to sponsor a guy named Tom. However, I declined by informing him that I was only two years sober, to […]
September 7, 2018
Q: What’s the history of typical AA slogans like “First Things First” and “One Day at a Time”? A. We don’t have a great deal of […]
August 30, 2018
The Event is Not the Process During his third day of treatment at Towns Hospital, Bill W. ingested the essence of our Twelve Steps while being […]
July 2, 2018
Have you noticed that the circle and triangle symbol no longer appears at the top of the Grapevine’s Table of Contents? The decision to remove it […]
March 2, 2018
At a Central Committee meeting on the first Tuesday of November 1944, the idea of an A. A. Downtown Office was first brought up. After almost, […]
February 23, 2018
In February of 1938, Bill W approached the Rockefeller establishment requesting funds for an alcoholic hospital and recuperation center. Thus was prompted a Rockefeller associate, Frank […]
November 22, 2017
Rowland Hazard was the first in the chain of events leading to AA founding moments of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. In attempt to receive a […]
November 1, 2017
In 1968, a well-meaning AA wrote to Bill, in deep concern about an influx of youthful hippies or flower children to local AA groups, along with […]