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To all AA members,
Greetings on our 10th Christmas, 1944. Yes, its’ in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this poor distraught world.
Over the whole globe millions are looking forward to that one day when strife can be forgotten, when it will be remembered that all human beings, even the least, are loved by God, when men will hope for the coming of the Prince of Peace as they never hoped before. But there is another world which is not poor. Neither is it distraught. It is the world of Alcoholics Anonymous, where thousands dwell happily and secure.
Secure because each of us, in his own way, knows a greater power who is love, who is just, and who can be trusted. Nor can men and women of AA ever forget that only through suffering did they find enough humility to enter the portals of that New World. How privileged we are to understand so well the divine paradox that strength rises from weakness, that humiliation goes before resurrection; that pain is not only the price but the very touchstone of spiritual rebirth. Knowing its full worth and purpose, we can no longer fear adversity, we have found prosperity where there was poverty; peace and joy have sprung out of the very midst of chaos. Great indeed our blessings! And so Merry Christmas to you all – from the Trustees, from Bobbie and from Lois and me.
Bill Wilson
Early AA History Larry Jewell, Houston Press & Early AA Public Outreach THE FIRST “A.A.” PAMPHLET AS DERIVED FROM THE SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE HOUSTON PRESS The content inside
“Sobriety — freedom from alcohol —through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps, is the sole purpose of an A.A. group. Singleness of Purpose Sobriety — freedom from alcohol
The letters between Bill W. and Dr. Carl Jung The following letter was written by Bill Wilson to the eminent Swiss psychologist & psychiatrist Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, dated 1/23/61.
Sam Shoemaker Shoemakers early influence on AA. Sam Shoemaker, an Episcopal clergyman, played a pivotal role in the early development of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Born on December 27, 1893, in
Bill Wilson’s 1944 Alcoholics Anonymous holiday message To all AA members, Greetings on our 10th Christmas, 1944. Yes, its’ in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this
Mrs. Marty Mann Speaks Marty Mann: First Lady of Public Information ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS by MRS. MARTY MANN, New York, N.Y. Executive Director, National Committee for Education of Alcoholism, Sponsored by
The primary purpose of East Bay Intergroup, Inc. is to help inform the greater community about AA and alcoholism so that those who need help
can find recovery from alcoholism.
East Bay Intergroup is an organization created and sustained by AA groups in the San Francisco East Bay.
