Le feu sacré des AA
La Cie Eddy Match Ltee. Montreal P. Q. / Le Papetier - Sherbrooke - Canada
Arbutus Martin O'Neal
41st Florida state convention, juillet 1997, à Orlando
"To Arbutus with much love Loïs"
Originaire de Brownwood, Texas
Membre Al-Anon depuis 1948
Oratrice importante lors du 50° anniversaire de Al-Anon (Omaha, Nebraska - 23 juin 2001)
Née le 25 juin 1916, à West Jefferson, North Carolina - Décédée le 23 décembre 2009
A fondé, avec son mari Bill (membre AA), The Midwest Tape Library (collection de témoignages enregistrés : AA, Al-Anon, NA), devenu http://www.recoveryspeakers.org/
VINTAGE
USA, 1945, five points group, Alabama, Birmingham (16 pages)
Extrait :
"It is of the utmost importance that they KNOW that the FIRST DRINK is the one to be avoided if they wish to follow the path tp sobriety"
"They have learned to rid themselves of fears,resentments, false prides, jealousies and emotional disturbances that have formerly been their enemies."
OLD PAMPHLET FROM "STREET PUBLISHING CO."
IN THE LATE 40's, 50'S AND EVEN INTO THE 1960's THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF "ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS" PAMPHLETS PRINTED BY A.A.
BUT THERE WERE "TWO" COMPANIES THAT ACQUIRED LOCAL PAMPHLETS AND RE-PRINTED SUCH FOR A BROADER DISTRIBUTION.
ONE WAS "STREET PUBLISHING CO" OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. WHILE THE OTHER WAS "BRIGHT STAR PRESS" OF MOLINE, ILL.(BRIGHT STAR WAS PROVIDER OF EARLY SOBRIETY CHIPS ALSO)