AA Cofounders

10/19/2025

A Deep Sense of Calmness
"On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility: 'Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble.'"
-- Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers

07/14/2025

On this day in AA History.......
July 14, 1939 -
Dr Tiebout gives Big Book to Marty M. who
promptly throws it back at him.
Dr. Harry Tiebout
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, a psychiatrist, was an early pioneer in coupling the principles and philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous with psychiatric knowledge of alcoholism. A strong supporter of A.A. throughout his life, he consistently worked for acceptance of his views concerning alcoholism the medical and psychiatric professions. He served on the Board of Trustees for A.A. from 1957 to 1966, and was chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism in 1950

06/01/2025

GRAPEVINE DAILY QUOTE June 1, ,2025 2025 " am not rich, I am not in good health, and I do not have a job, but AA only promised me sobriety. After thirty-three years in this Fellowship, I am at peace and I am grateful." March 2006, "Miracles Daily,", AA Grapevine

05/19/2025

04/14/2025

Spring, 1935 - After several months of trying to carry the message of recovery with little success, Bill W. visited Dr. William Silkworth ("The Doctor's Opinion"). Whereas Bill initially stressed his 'white light' experience, Dr. Silkworth suggested a different approach - address the common problem of alcoholism, then offer the spiritual solution. Shortly thereafter, Bill traveled to Akron where he had an opportunity to practice this approach with Dr. Bob.

03/25/2025

Spring 1935: Dr. Bob first admitted his powerlessness over alcohol at an Oxford Group 'house party.' The group prayed for the doctor. Bill W. arrived in Akron just a few weeks later...

This meeting occurred at the home of T. Henry and Clarace Williams. This house is described on page 160 of the Big Book:
"Many a man, yet dazed from his hospital experience, has stepped over the threshold of that home into freedom."

09/27/2024

H O W it Works H onesty
O pen mindedness
W illingness

06/20/2024

"The spiritual life is not a theory..."

06/16/2024

JIM BURWELL
THE AGNOSTIC & AUTHOR OF "THE VICIOUS CYCLE"*
*Which first appeared in the second edition of the personal stories and continues to appear in the AA Big Book.

Jim Burwell’s influence on Bill Wilson in the writing of the Big Book was described by Wilson himself in Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age. Jim militantly opposed the usage of the word “God” in consistent adherence to his agnostic philosophy. A compromise was negotiated between
Wilson and Burwell with the literary employment of such terms as “power greater than ourselves."
Jim Burwell expressed in a 1957 recording at Sacramento that his agnostic stance had mellowed out over the years. However, his early militancy was a perhaps spiritual wonder! The compromise between him and Bill Wilson established an enduring principle in Alcoholics Anonymous, that of flexibility and acceptance of differing viewpoints on spiritual matters. That vital principle paved the way for hope for all suffering alcoholics seeking sobriety and recovery from a seemingly hopeless state of body and mind. One’s religious affiliation, or lack of it; one’s philosophical preferences, or none; one’s theistic, or agnostic, or atheistic, or pantheistic, or virtually any relatively held notion or concept of a power greater than ourselves, could bare no relevance on one’s membership the Fellowship of the Spirit. Thanks to Jim Burwell