histoire aa

Parmi les premiers membres AA

Publié le 24 juin 2023 par kreizker

Edith Scott : Membre AA #53

Jim Scott, de Washington DC

Jim Scott, de Washington DC, a été le premier homme noir avec son histoire dans la 2° édition du Big Book 2 (Jim's Story).

Jim a été choisi par Bill W. pour être le conférencier du dimanche matin à la convention internationale de Saint-Louis de 1955.

Il l'a fait parler avant Sam Shoemaker et Ed Dowling.

Il y a deux histoires dans la 1ère et 2ème édition du Big Book avec des auteurs nommés Jim Scott

Jim Scott, de Akron

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17 Juin 1951 : 11° anniversaire du 1° Clubhouse AA

334-1-2 West 24th Street - New York City

This invitation from 1951 was sent to group secretaries, inviting all group members to celebrate the 11th anniversary of what was referred to as AA's Shrine, the first AA Clubhouse in the World. This open house ran from noon to midnight.

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The Clubhouse

From Grapevine February 1951 ------"On June 18, 1940, the cryptic letters 'AA' went up on a battered green doorway in the undistinguished neighborhood of New York's once elegant Chelsea district. It wasn't a very auspicious doorway, nor a conspicuous sign."

"Nevertheless, on that memorable day New York laid claim to its only AA 'shrine.' And drunks, being wonderful hurry-up guys who think nothing of telescoping time, have, in less than eleven years, endowed it with layers of sentiment and tradition such as no ordinary institution could acquire in a century."

"The now famous 'Twenty-fourth Street Clubhouse' is still actively in the AA orbit. After serving as 'General Headquarters' for the entire metropolitan area for four and a half years it was taken over, in December 1944, by the Seamen's group. Today, renamed the Helmsmen's Club, refurbished and made infinitely more attractive than it used to be, it still serves the seafaring drunks who seek the AA way of life."

"Just mention to a New York old timer "Twenty-fourth Street" and watch his eyes light up. The affection in which so many hold the place is not for its good points but, as is the case with human beings, for its frailties."

"The funny entrance, so difficult to find, is marked by its cockeyed address--334 1/2! Wedged in between two old-fashioned brick-fronts, the '1/2' number confirms the fact that there wasn't supposed to be any doorway there at all. Let's pretend that you are weaving your uncertain way along 24th Street looking for an address which your common sense tells you doesn't exist. Like so many others before and since, you do find the place. With shaking hand you push open the door. You're in a little vestibule and, if you're like most of us, you hesitate. . .that final split second of indecision, shall I go in, or shall I go back for one more drink?"

"Onward! you say. And you open the inner door to find--nothing! Nothing, that is, except a long, bare, tunnel-like and mysterious looking hallway. Leading to what?"

"Actually this is merely the passageway between the two houses back to the oddity of an 'extra building' built in the rear, over what had once been the 'gardens."

"It was Bill who first christened this hall 'The Last Mile'--and hundreds of us who since have reluctantly trod its forbidding length agreed that it was, in truth, a lot like walking the corridor of doom."

"You too are scared a little as you journey the full length of 'The Last Mile. 'But ultimately you step into the inner sanctum which, on first sight, has been a lot of things to a lot of people, friendly, humble, quiet, restful--and somehow a little frightening."

"This was the 'meeting room.' An old upright piano, a card table or two, a few nondescript chairs and, of course, people. But the center of the room to your newcomer's eye was the fireplace, pine panelled, with a plain wooden mantel and, over it. . .the first time you ever saw it. . .the sign reading--"But For The Grace of God. . ."

Later this was to also become the Headquarters for Al-Anon for 5 years until it became too small for its needs...

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Où sont enterrés les 40 premiers AA ?

Publié le 14 juin 2023 par kreizker

Ville, Etat Nom AA n °

Nom + adresse du cimetière et emplacement

East Dorset, VT Wilson, William Griffith AA#1

East Dorset Route 7A

Akron, OH Smith, Robert Holbrook AA#2

Mount Peace (Sec 21, Lot 65, Grave 7) (cremated) 183 Aqueduct St

Akron, OH Dotson, William Ira AA#3

Green Lawn (Sec F, Lot 517, grave 1,2) 2569 Romig Rd

Fairlawn, OH Gabraith, Ernest W. AA#4

Sr Rose Hill (Sec 22, Lot 460, grave 2) 3653 W Market St

Pennington, NJ Parkhurst, Henry Giffen AA#5

Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey. Section B, Row 5, Grave 1

His ashes were part of a mass burial for ashes not claimed which was done in 1965.

Akron, OH Bray, Walter AA#6

Green Lawn (Sec F, Lot 157, grave 1,2) 2569 Romig Rd

? Smith, Phil AA#7

West River, MD Mayo, John Henry Fitzhugh AA#8

Christ Episcopal Church (Plot 94, grave 4a) 220 Owensville Rd

Bowling Green, KY Bent, Silas AA#9

Fairview (Plot G-75) 1209 Fairview Ave

Cadiz, OH Grissinger, Harold V. AA#10

Cadiz (Row B, Lot #47 - unmarked) Charleston St

Stow, OH Stanley, John Paul AA#11

Stow Cemetery (Sec I, Lot 1, Grave 6 - Cremated) 3800 Darrow Road

Akron, OH Lucas, Thomas S. AA#12

Green Lawn (Sec F, Lot 72, grave 3) 2569 Romig Rd

? Williams, Myron AA#13

Akron, OH Doppler, Joseph AA#14

Holy Cross (Sec 8, Lot 73, grave a,b) 100 E Waterloo Rd

Richfield, OH Oviatt, Robert K. AA#15

West Richfield 4219 Broadview Rd

Akron, OH Latta, Harry AA#16

W. Rose Hill (Sec 15, Lot 350, Grave #3) 3653 W Market St

Akron, OH Holmes, James D. AA#17

Rose Hill (Sec 1, Plot 664) 3653 W Market St Fairlawn Ohio

Akron, OH Smith, Alfred E. AA#18

Mount Hope (North 5, #47) 1338 Sweitzer Ave

NON CONFIRME

Akron, OH Borden, Alvin D. AA#19

Green Lawn (Sec W, Lot 377, Grave #2) 2569 Romig Rd

Cuyahoga Falls, OH Searl, Howard A. MD AA#20

Oakwood (Sec Linden, Lot 59, Grave #1) 2420 Oakwood Dr

Valhalla, NY Ruddell, William AA#21

Kensico Cemetery (Sec 174, Lot 7405) 273 Lakeview Ave

Princeton, NJ Delanoy, Douglas AA#22

Princeton Cemetery 29 Green View Ave

Akron, OH Evans, Robert W. AA#23

Glendale (Sec 24, Lot 23) 150 Glendale Ave

? Curtis, Frank AA#24

Cleveland, OH Sturdevant, Jane (Jennie) E. AA#25

Riverside Cemetery (Sec 2, Lot 32) 3607 Pearl Road

Stow, OH Stanley, John Richard Sr. AA#26

Stow Cemetery 3800 Darrow Road

Orrville, OH Zollars, Harry AA#27

Crown Hill (Sec J, Lot 317, Grave H) 1729 W High St

Akron, OH Spencer, Harlan AA#28

Mount Peace (Sec 17, Lot 4, Grave 7) 183 Aqueduct St

Tuscon, AZ Gillam, Wallace AA#29

Southlawn (Sec 22, Block 19, Lot A, Space 8) 5401 S Park Ave

Cleveland, OH Tate, Lloyd C. AA#30

Knollwood S Wing Ext, Crypt 659C 1678 Som Center Rd

? Jones, William AA#31

? Parke, Chester AA#32

Akron, OH Patton, Laurence H. AA#33

Rose Hill Sec 1, Lot 64F, Space 3653 W Market St

Atlanta, GA Kellogg, Gideon Paul AA#34

Westview (Sec 12, Lot 515, Grave 1) 1680 Westview Dr SW

Cuyahoga Falls, OH Treat, Leslie Earl AA#35

Oakwood (Sec Maple, Lot 135, Grave #1) 2420 Oakwood Dr

Kent, OH VanHorn, William H. AA#36

Standing Rock (Assistance upon Arrival) 1361 Mantua St

Adelphi, MD Kalhoun, Florence Rankin AA#37

George Washington # Sec 1A(1B), Site 5(3), Lot 325(432) 9500 Riggs Rd

Salesville, OH Simonson, Charles H. AA#38

Methodist (Assistance upon Arrival) 101 Washington St

Akron, OH Nelson, Irvin Halstead AA#39

Rose Hill (Sec 5, Plot 412, Grave #2) 3653 W Market St

Akron, OH Crumrine, Franklin H. AA#40

Rose Hill (Sec 22, Plot 217, Grave #1) 3653 W Market St

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USA Akron Founder's Day 2023

Publié le 11 juin 2023 par kreizker

9-11 Juin 2023, à Akron, Ohio

88° anniversaire de la fondation de AA

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