by Tim Fitzpatrick | December 11, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

If there is a God, will He show Himself?Bill Wilson entered into Towns Hospital in December 1934, and, waving a bottle of beer he told his doctor that this time he had something, Dr. Silworth replied, "You sure do, Bill. Now go on up and sleep it off." It turns out,...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | November 16, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs, History Resources and Reference | 0 Comments

Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder Dr. Bob Smith passed away November 16, 1950. Dr. Bob acheived sobriety on June 10th, 1935, shortly after meeting a New York City business man who recently found a new pathway to sobriety, Bill Wilson. The two men, newly sober sought out...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | November 5, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

Bill Wilson Speaking at the 1950 AA International Convention in Cleveland, OH. 

by Tim Fitzpatrick | November 3, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

Original Manuscript Edits To How It WorksHere is a great photo of the first page of How It Works from the Original Manuscript of the Big Book. This photo includes the edits to be made for the printing of the Big Book!...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | October 16, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

As told by AA Co-Founder Bill Wilson, the story of how Bill and Dr. Bob encountered AA #3, Bill Dotson:I was living at Dr. Bob's place and one day he said to me "Don't you think that for self-protection that we had better be working with more drunks." I thought it was...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | September 24, 2019 | 1960s Talks, Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

Bob PearsonHere are some very inspiring excerpts from the talk that Bob Pearson gave at the 1986 AA General Service Conference. Bob discusses his gratitude and concerns with AA's future as he knew this was the last General Service Conference that he would be involved...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | September 24, 2019 | Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

In June 1935, the spark of AA was born when Bill Wilson shared his experience with alcoholism and recovery with Dr. Bob Smith. Shortly after Bill and Bob met, Bob took his last drink of alcohol and the two men were inspired to spread this message and "save" as many...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | September 10, 2019 | Blog, Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

Purity is simple to understand. Purity is flawless quality. Gerard Groot in his famous fourteenth century book of meditation, has an essay entitled, “Of Pure Mind and Simple Intention,” in which he says, “By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly, namely by...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | September 10, 2019 | Blog, Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

We often learn more by questions, than answers. Did you ever hear a question that caused you to think for days or even weeks? The questions which have no easy answer are often the key to the truth. However, in this series on the four absolutes, we are concerned with...

by Tim Fitzpatrick | September 10, 2019 | Blog, Historical Letters and Docs | 0 Comments

At first blush, unselfishness would seem to be the simplest of all to understand, define and accomplish. But we have a long road to travel because ours was a real mastery of the exact opposite during our drinking days. A little careful thought will show that...