AA History
January 28, 2021
Edward McGoldrick cured himself of alcoholism –and is now curing others for New York. At last, a city deals intelligently with this problem. Condensed from Argosy, […]
January 22, 2021
01/06/1903—09/01/1989 Past Secretary/Treasurer, Cleveland District Office This is taken from several sources, but primarily from bios furnished to the Akron AA Archives by Charlie K. in […]
January 13, 2021
Take the AA History Quiz and test your AA IQ, have some fun and possibly learn a bit about our meaningful heritage of Alcoholics Anonymous.
December 1, 2020
On a bleak November day in 1934, Bill W. was in the process of receiving—albeit unknowingly—a Christmas present beyond his belief. During a visit, an old […]
November 4, 2020
How Oxford Group Criticism Spawned the Twelve Steps Bill W., AA co-founder, was the person responsible for the origin of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous […]
September 29, 2020
You may have heard Bill W’s story about writing the 12 steps. He sat at home one afternoon with a yellow legal pad, and the 12 […]
July 27, 2020
It is very difficult to speak of AA Dr. Bob without going into superlatives. While he lived, he laughed them off. And now, though he is […]
February 24, 2020
“Get a sponsor, get a home group, and get something to do at that home group,” was a continuing mantra at the treatment facility I attended […]
February 7, 2020
It’s a phrase heard in A.A. meetings around the world. But where does it come from? Why do we say it? And should we keep doing […]
December 19, 2019
An Important 12-Step Opportunity! Bill W. wrote in an AA pamphlet: “Sobriety—freedom from alcohol through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps—is the sole purpose […]
December 3, 2019
Alcoholism is a disease of three facets. There is physical disease, mental or emotional aberration (some prefer to designate it as personality defect or disorder), and […]
July 31, 2019
Don’t take yourself so damn seriously. The story is described in Alcoholics Anonymous book The Twelve Step and the Twelve Traditions (known in AA as the […]