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of materials on the history and theory of alcoholism treatment and the
moral and spiritual dimensions of recovery
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A.A. historical materials Part 1
A.A. historical materials Part 2
A.A. historical materials Part 3
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Alcoholics Anonymous History and Archives A.A. Historical Materials Part 2
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions Where did the Herbert Spencer quote in the Big Book come from, the one given at the end of Appendix II on Spiritual Experience? Michael StGeorge, in his classic article "The Survival of a Fitting Quotation," shows that it was actually taken not from Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), but from an earlier author, William Paley (1743-1805).
A.A. and the History of Ideas Glenn C. Classical Protestant Liberalism and Early A.A. Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana) on the different religious groups in twentieth century America and their relationship to the early A.A. movement. Classical Protestant liberalism and its meditational book The Upper Room, the Fundamentalist reaction, Reform Judaism vs. Orthodox Judaism, Protestant Neo-Orthodoxy (Karl Barth and Reinhold Niebuhr), Ernest Kurtz and the second generation of A.A. thinkers, atheistic and Christian versions of existentialism, the Oxford Group, New Thought, Roman Catholicism, and the Episcopalians (Anglicans). Virtues and Vices Glenn C. on five different ways of understanding the virtues (the goals of the spiritual life) and the vices (the character defects that block our progress). Cleveland A.A.'s Four Absolutes, the Six Central Virtues of Minneapolis A.A. (The Little Red Book), the Six Major Virtues (and the other virtues and vices) in the Detroit/Washington D.C. Pamphlet, the Seven Deadly Sins in Bill Wilson's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the Seven Virtues and Seven Vices in the classical western tradition (the pagan Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle and the medieval European spiritual writers of the Catholic and Orthodox tradition). Psychological vs. Spiritual Interpretations of A.A. by Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana). Genuine atheism was not truly a major issue in early A.A. The real split, if there was going to be tension and divisiveness, was between those who made heavy use of traditional religious language in talking about the A.A. program, and those who preferred to explain the program almost exclusively in terms of psychological concepts. The split in early A.A. in northern Indiana between groups led by Ken M. and Harry S. as a typical example. Sgt. Bill S. as the most articulate spokesman for that important group of good old-timers who were not atheists, and were not hostile to God and using spiritual language, but who themselves preferred to explain the program in largely psychological terms. Writing Local A.A. History: Stories as the Vessels of Wisdom and Grace A talk given by Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana) at the History & Archives Gathering at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 24, 2006.
The Tools of Recovery
The Seven A.A. Tools of Recovery list the fundamental things beginners have to know and do in order to get sober and stay sober. They were designed to be read at the beginning of A.A. meetings to keep us continually reminded of these fundamentals.
Early A.A. Groups
History of the Chicago Group from Don B., Past Delegate from Chicago. History of Chicago area A.A. from the first group meeting on September 20, 1939 in Earl Treat's apartment in Evanston, down to the early 1970's. AA's First Meeting on the West Coast: November 21, 1939 in San Francisco in the kitchen of Mrs. Gordon Oram's boarding house at 51 Potomac Street. Prepared by the CNCA Archives Committee in September 1984.
Jack Alexander
Jack Alexander: postings about him from the AAHistoryLovers, April 2, 2002 – March 18, 2010. His article about A.A. in the March 1, 1941 Saturday Evening Post magazine helped bring knowledge of the new Alcoholics Anonymous program to people all over the United States. 
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