Categories: StoryMARCH ROUNDUP Many unknown facts about the convention we now know as the March Roundup The March Roundup as we know it today had roots that go back to the…
Categories: StoryJune 1, 1945 Detroit Celebrates 10 Years of AA It was decided by local (Detroit) members of AA that they would put together a celebration to mark the 10th Anniversary…
Categories: StoryTHE DETROIT PRAYER Our Heavenly Father, We ask Thy Blessings on this meeting.Please Bless the Spirit andpurpose of this group.Give us strength to follow this programaccording to Thy will and…
Categories: StoryAround the Christmas of 1943, the group purchased a Fifth printing of the First edition of our beloved Big Book. It was sent to our co-founder Bill Wilson, for inscribing.…
Categories: StoryWestside > Northwest > Plymouth-Ilene Group #0003 The North-West Group of Alcoholics Anonymous of the City of Detroit was formed in 1941. It was the outgrowth of a separation. The…
Categories: StoryBill Wilson’s 1st Talk In Detroit “Ex-Drunks Toast Freedom with Jokes And Ginger Ale”-Detroit News “Religious Cure For Alcoholism Told by Wilson”-Detroit Free Press “Mix science and religion,…
Categories: StoryThe First News Article About the Success of AA in Detroit On August 3, 1941 a 2nd article about Alcoholics Anonymous appears in the Detroit Free Press. It has been…
Categories: StoryThe 1st Inter-Group The first mention of the Metropolitan Area Groups in our files was June 1, 1941. This entity was created because of the urging by Bill Wilson for…
Categories: StoryThe Saturday Evening Post The History of How the Article Came To Be Jack Alexander of Saturday Evening Post Fame Thought A.A.s Were Pulling His LegAA Grapevine, May, 1945 “Ordinarily,…
Categories: StoryEast>Eastside>Manistique Group #0002 The archive’s has many small notes and information on this group, much of it appeared to be inaccurate and confusing. We had to dissect the many notes…
Categories: StoryDecember 31, 1940 New Year’s Gala This event would be the beginning of many sobriety celebrations. The very first major event held in Detroit was a New Year’s celebration on…
Categories: StoryFirst Public Announcement of Alcoholics Anonymous in Detroit Before this date little or nothing as known about this recovery program for drunks in Detroit. A dawn of a new era…
Categories: StoryDetroit>Downtown>Central Group #0001 We were at first confused by the many names of groups that we were “digging” up, but finally come to realize they were names of the same…
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Mutual Aid Organization-for Alcoholics There are many myths and urban legends about the treatment center that help start AA in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views.…
Categories: StoryThe Articles from the “Plain Dealer” Considered the 1st Pamphlet These articles appeared in the main Cleveland newspaper, the Plain Dealer, just five months after the first A.A. group was…
Categories: StoryCAP’T TOM CROCKER>BIRTH OF HARBOR LIGHT There are many myths and urban legends about Harbor Light in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views. Tom Crocker was…
Categories: StoryTHE BENSONS-“FRIENDS OF AA” There are many myths and urban legends about the non-alcoholics who helped start AA in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many legends. The…
Categories: Story“Alcoholics And God” by Morris Markey Charles Towns, owner of Towns’ Hospital where Bill Wilson had sobered up, tried to get publicity for A.A. and finally succeeded. He had known…
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H.R. “Mike” Eshleman-“AN INDUSTRIALIST” There are many myths and urban legends about the “second” sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views.…
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Among the First Five Sober Tom Morrissey, who’s sobriety date was July 29, 1939, was a very humble member. Tom did not leave any photo or much other information behind.…
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SARAH KLEIN-“ANGEL OF A.A.” There are many myths and urban legends about a non-alcoholic “member” of Alcoholics Anonymous in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views. Sarah…
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THE SERENITY PRAYER…its origin is traced… At long last the mystery of the Serenity Prayer has been solved! We have learned who wrote it, when it was written and how…
Categories: StoryThe process for creating our book, Alcoholics Anonymous The title of the book Bill Wilson wrote is Alcoholics Anonymous, but it is referred to by AA members as the “Big…
Categories: StoryThere are many myths and urban legends about the first sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views. In the late-1930s there…
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