In 1946, the Seafarers Log, the official organ of the Atlantic and Gulf
Region of the Seafarers International Union of North America, published an
article titled “AA Fights Alcoholism As Disease”
[right]. This article references the Alcoholics Anonymous Seamen’s Club located at
334½ W. 24th St. in New York City, as well as their pamphlet “For Seamen Who
Drink” and their newsletter “The Ropeyarn.”
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In 1973, in an episode titled “Alcoholic Women,” David Susskind interviewed five
women who were members of A.A. on his television program,
The David Susskind Show[left: interviewing a Mafia hit man, 1973].
In 1994, the AA Flanders National Congress
[far right: program cover] was held in Ypres, Belgium
[near right: view of the Cloth hall and City hall at the Grote market of
Ypres]. Here is a rough translation of the program cover:
MAY 7, 1994 / Start at 10:00 a.m. / DIET* [of] ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLISTS / WESTHOEK - EXPO HALLS / YPRES / AA: “E”VERYTHING “E”LSE
* LANDDAG literally means country day or country assembly; a diet is a formal deliberative assembly.
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