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1941 SATURDAY EVENING POST By Jack Anderson AA Reprint From AA World
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The Drunkard's Best Friend by Jack Alexander
In April, 1950, the Saturday Evening Post published a second article about Alcoholics Anonymous by Jack Alexander. Just shy of 15 years after the founding of A.A., this article is a fascinating look at the Fellowship in its early years.
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THE OXFORD GROUP CONNECTION
This article is an effort to put together in sequence the various events that took place in the years from 1908 to 1935 which made possible the meeting in Akron, Ohio between the AA founders, Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson, and which resulted in the subsequent birth of Alcoholics Anonymous. Click on
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In September 1939, Liberty Magazine published an article by Morris Markey entitled "Alcoholics and
God." This was the first National article about A.A. and was well received.
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This book is about what Akron gave to A.A.
and what A.A. can attribute to its Akron birthplace.
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By clicking on to this photo of Bill W. as a young man, you will be taken to a Flow Chart about the History of A.A. These pages will give you dates and information relating to A.A.'s history.;

Abraham Lincoln 1842 Speech before Washington Temperance Society.
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1878 Article, "View of the Washingtonians." The Washington Temperance Society of Baltimore, Maryland was one of the most successful Temperance Societies. Many of their ideas helped form A.A. and many of their mistakes helped in the formation of A.A.'s 12 Traditions. This 1860 map of Baltimore, MD will take you to that article. h

12 and 12 is our Present AA Study of the Twelve Steps and Traditions. However there was an early version non AA. This little booklet, originally titled "Alcoholics Anonymous: An interpretation of our Twelve Steps," was widely used in the early days of A.A. in the Northwest. It was not produced by Alcoholics Anonymous, but rather was printed and subsequently modified by several different
publishers. It was, perhaps, the earliest attempt at a guide to the Twelve Steps.
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