The History of Alcoholics Anonymous
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A.A.
members & Writings of: Clarence S.
Clarence
S. -Cleveland, Ohio, his story, "Home
Brewmeister" appeared in the 1st three
Big Book editions. (Clarence
S.)
Mr.
X and Alcoholics Anonymous -by Rev. Dilworth
Lupton. This was a sermon preached on November 26, 1939
by Dilworth Lupton at the First Unitarian Church (Universalist
- Unitarian), Euclid at East 82nd Street, Cleveland,
Ohio. Mr. X was Clarence S.
My
Higher Power The Light Bulb -by Clarence
S. 'My Higher Power The Light Bulb' was copied from
the old web page of the Recover Or Die group that used
to meet in Washingtonville, New York, not far from Cornwall,
New York. The Recover Or Die group no longer exists.
Never heard of Cornwall, NY? Read on.....
AA
Sponsorship Pamphlet - This is the first
pamphlet ever written concerning sponsorship. It was
written by Clarence S. in early 1944. Its original title
was to be "A.A. Sponsorship...Its Obligations and
Its Responsibilities." (1944)
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THE
STEPS OF A.A. - AN INTERPRETATION -"Alcoholics
Anonymous is not a "booze cure" or a psychological
means of controlling one's excessive or obsessive drinking.
A.A. is a program, a life-changing program, and, in
a great part, we owe our inception as a fellowship to
our origin in the Oxford Group movement during the mid
1930's." -Clarence S.
How
It Worked -The Story of Clarence H. Snyder
and The Early Days of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland,
Ohio". -a book written by Mitchell
K., was also sponsored by Clarence.
Correspondence
-(pdf, file size-5.69 mb) On June 26th, 1944, Clarence
Snyder wrote to The Alcoholic Foundation about the Book
Book. This is a copy of the original document sent to
Clarence from The Alcoholic Foundation , dated July
7th, 1944, in reply to the letter Clarence sent on June
26th - then a reply from Clarence dated July 21, 1944
(placed here for historical reasons).
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