07 August 2025

August 7 in A.A. History

In 1938, Bill W. replied to Dr. Bob S.’s request for clarification of what Bill wanted in the personal stories from Akron members:
    About the stories, I should say that everyone should write at whatever length they want to; the more, the better. Then the thousand word manuscripts can be edited down to the right size. The idea is that a chance word or phrase or experience may be the most telling point of the story, which would be missed entirely if people were trying to restrict themselves to a given number of words.

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