From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... York.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
2.
... York.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
He explains that when Jack
Alexander's Saturday
Evening Post piece broke in 1941, thousands of frantic letters from distraught alcoholics
and their families hit the
Foundation(*) letterbox in New York.
3.
... York.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
4.
... York.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
They are the custodians of our A.A. Tradition and the receivers of voluntary
A.A. contributions by
which we maintain our A.A.
General Service Office at New York.
5.
... York.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
When I need a mental uplift, I often think of another case brought in by a physician prominent in
New York.
6.
... York's A.A.
headquarters, asking, "Is there anything ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Straightway he appeared at New York's A.A. headquarters, asking,
"Is there anything in our tradition that suggests
I shouldn't take a job like this one?
7.
... York, and
of finding a friendly taxicab ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I have a shadowy recollection of being in
an airplane bound for New York, and of finding a friendly taxicab driver at the landing field instead of my wife.
8.
... York, and
the third at Cleveland.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most
workable tenets upon which the Society could
be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover,
three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.
9.
... York broker.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.
10.
... York by
express were looked upon with ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Men who had liquor shipped in from Boston or New York by express were looked upon with great distrust and disfavor by
most of the good townspeople.
11.
... York in
that condition.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
12.
... York in
the fall of 1935, the ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
13.
... York, NY
10163.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You (Note)
14.
... York, NY
10163, under the title "Three ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
15.
... York, NY
10163, USA, will receive a ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
If you cannot find A.A. in your
locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous,
Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
16.
... York office
which meanwhile had been established.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
This brought a rush of 800 frantic inquiries into the little
New York office which meanwhile had
been established.
17.
... York's old
24th Street Clubhouse.
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
18.
... York specialist
in alcoholism who is now ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.
19.
... York stock
exchange.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
20.
... York stockbroker
and an Akron physician.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
The spark that was to flare
into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.
21.
... York, to
be followed in 1937 with ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
A second small group promptly took shape at New York, to be followed in 1937 with the start of a third at Cleveland.
22.
... York, USA,
Alcoholics Anonymous maintains its international ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
23.
... York, wanting
to know about this sort ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They wrote the Foundation(*), A.A.'s headquarters in New York, wanting to know about this sort of streamlining.
24.
... York where
a paper on A.A. was ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:
25.
... York who
were trying to form groups ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics
who had picked up the basic ideas in Akron or New York who were trying to form groups in other cities.
26.
... York would
be an exception.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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