In June of 1947, the ‘Grapevine’ published what we’ve all come to know as the ‘Preamble of Alcoholic Anonymous.’ Via a floor action at the 71st General Service Conference the words…
Year: 2021

East Bay Group 53rd Anniversary
Last month the East Bay Group held its first in-person ‘Secretaries Meeting’ since the onset of Covid. Past secretaries gathered to share their stories of the East Bay meeting.<br><br> This…

US Navy Alcoholism Program Started in Long Beach
This month, we look back at a story about the groundbreaking US Navy alcoholism program started here in Long Beach.

Letter from Ruth Hock to Bill Wilson
This month we look back at a letter written by Ruth Hock to Bill Wilson on her remembrance of the early days of AA.

Hank Parkhurst
This month we’ve pulled from the archives vault the story of Hank Parkhurst.

Covid Memories
As we turn the page on another chapter of AA in the Time of Coronavirus, I’m sharing a bit of my part played in this story.