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C'ETAIT LE 16 JUIN 1962 AU GROUPE AA DE LANCASTER, CALIFORNIE
        
EDDIE W. FETAIT SON 1° ANNIVERSAIRE DE SOBRIETE


Eddie W. se voit offrir son 1° gâteau...
A l'avant-plan, Link H. (84 ans mantenant, 54 ans de sobriété, toujours actif en AA)


Eddie W. (à droite), devant son 1° gâteau d'anniversaire et...pas loin du distributeur de cigarettes, contre lequel il avait été adossé lors de sa 1° réunion, pour éviter qu'il ne tombe ! 


Le groupe tenait ses réunions là, à l'époque

"GOOD MORNING. I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT  THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR MEETING PLACE IN 1961.

BETWEEN THE TWO SMALL  WINDOWS IN THE LEFT  OF THE HOUSES.  IS WHERE I HAD HELP TO GET UP THAT ONE STEP. THIS WAS IN THE TOWN OF LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, MIDDLE OF THE  MOJAVE  DESERT,  A TOWN  OF ABOUT 8000 PEOPLE. 

WE MET ON  TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER MEETING IN THE DESERT AREA. THAT WAS A ROVING MEETING. MY FIRST SPONSOR   BELONGS TO THAT GROUP. I DIDN'T QUITE GET THE PICTURE AND HAD  TO  DRINK FOR NINE MORE MONTHS.

ON JUNE 16, 1961 I WAS HELPED INTO THIS HOUSE. HAVE NOT  FOUND IT NECESSARY TO TAKE A DRINK SINCE.
THIS WAS A FAR CRY, FROM  THE PLACES WE MEET TODAY. SOME PEOPLE EVEN LIKE TO HAVE  US AROUND. THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THEN

I  WILL ENCLOSE TWO PHOTOS OF MY FIRST BIRTHDAY.
WiLL GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE HOUSE WAS LIKE ON THE INSIDE, WHEN ALL 14 OF US WERE THERE, IT WAS CRAMPED QUARTERS. THE HOUSE WAS ALWAYS LEFT OPEN. INSTANT COFFEE ON THE COUNTER. WE HAD TWO BEDROOMS, FOR  DOWN AND OUT AREA."




IF YOU'D LIKE, SEND YOUR BEST WISHES TO EDDIE
SI VOUS LE DESIREZ, ENVOYEZ VOS MEILLEURS VOEUX A EDDIE
                                                                                                                                      ewilson29@cox.net


Les réunions à Lancaster aujourd'hui  :  link                                        


ET le journal AA de la région :
DOCUMENT 1
DOCUMENT 2

More about Eddie and his sponsor  http://www.kreizker.net/article-usa-arizona-phoenix-45959549.html

Eddie a été invité à témoigner au congrès international de San Antonio, en juillet 2010

Décès le 14 avril 2010, à Largo, Floride, de Carl Demoray, à l'âge de 91 ans

" Hommage AA "  le 12 juin 2010 au "Alano Club" de Grand Rapids, Michigan

"When a new person walked in the door (at AA meetings), he was always the first person out of his chair to shake their hand. Always,"

After taking his last drink on Dec. 17, 1947, he attended four or five AA meetings every week for the rest of his life. He went to AA on sales trips. He went when dementia set in. In the final years, friends took him in his wheelchair.

 At every level, Demoray immersed himself in AA and was among the five founding members of the Alano club on College Avenue NE who invested $25,000 back in 1960 to turn what then was a doctor’s office into a place of hope and refuge.

Alano club, Grand Rapids, MI

A celebration of life will be held at Alano Club at 1020 College Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Date de sobriété : 17 décembre 1947 

Date de naissance : 18 juin 1918

Décès, mercredi 2 juin 2010, à 90 ans, d'une des co-fondateurs de AA anglophone à Buenos Aires,  Argentine : Sylvita M

"The darling lady had the most amazing collection of pottery camels from all parts of the world.  I asked one day why she collected camels and why they were so special to her, she replied “ a camel can go 24 hours without a drink and that is what I try to do”.

Tributes have been pouring in from Hollywood producers to local taxi drivers who had been touched by this remakable lady.

 



One of the today's speakers Jack B.  (sober since 22nd of october 1955)  &   Eddie W., his sponsee, sober since 16th of june 1961

    Sorry Jack, we don't have a 54 years medal... otherwise, we should have put it here !!!


 

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