A History of Beginners
Classes
- pdf
Beginners-
IN - pdf - A beginner's instruction plan from Indianapolis,
Indiana groups.
Beginners
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MI
- pdf - A beginner's instruction plan from the Detroit, Michigan groups.
Beginner's
MN - pdf - A beginner's
instruction plan from the St. Paul /
Minneapolis, Minnesota fellowship.
BB
Pre-Manuscript - pdf - Not the "original manscript," but a
surviving scrap of Bill W's first attempt to write a book about AA.
AA's
Name - rtf - The
unexpected source of
the name Alcoholics Anonymous
Four Absolutes - pdf -
The Oxford Group legacy that evolved into the 12 Steps
Impressions
of
AA
in
Chicago - pdf
Liberty Magazine Article -
First major national article about AA
Saturday
Evening
Post
Article - pdf
- follow-up on the
Groundbreaking article by Jack Alexander, 9 years later
Soul Surgery - pdf - The
guide Dr. Bob used for one-on-one AA work.
Six Nights with the
Washingtonians - A personal account of the failed 19th Century
movement.
Common Sense of Drinking - pdf -
Peobody's classic study from 1930
Pocket
Meeting
Format - pdf - A document
to carry to cover
a gap when a meeting chair doesn't show or no one can open
the door.
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| Drunks
- A poem by Jack McC. It Doesn't Say That - pdf - A comparrison between the comments heard in meetings agaisnt the actual words of the Big Book. Bedevilments vs. Promises - pdf - Linking the Bedevilments found on page 52 and the 9th Step Promises on pages 83-84. Sponsorship (Revised) - pdf - A new version of Clarence S.'s original document on Sponsorship in early AA. Tools of the Program - pdf Service Glossary - rtf - a listing of the words used in the Service Structure, such as Intergroups, Districts, Areas and World Service PreStep Work - Step Zero to Step One Step Index - Where are the steps in the big book The Toolbox - 46 reminders for early sobriety BB Concordance - rtf - A detail listing of words and page numbers. Acronyms - pdf - words and meanings The Lord's Prayer - pdf - Examination of the prayer through the original language, Arimaic. Akron Manual - txt - One of the first attempts to present a unified view of the fellowship and 12-Step programs from the original Akron, Ohio groups. Akron Second Manual - pdf - A second volume of the Akron, Ohio version of the early AA Program. The Detroit Pamphlet - pdf - a collection of suggestions from the early Detroit groups. (NOT the same as
the beginner's document.)
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| Study Guide to the Big Book -
This is a serious, 552 page guide to study the Big Book in depth. Best
worked with other people as part of a dedicated study meeting.. |
Pre-Big Book - pdf - One of several early versions of the first few pages. Interesting for the student of the big book. Copies of the typewritten pages were shared between the Akron and New York groups for discussion and edits. |
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