October 3 in A.A. History

In 1945, Bill W. wrote a letter to the secretaries of more than 600 groups, announcing that the A.A. Grapevine had been adopted as the national periodical of Alcoholics Anonymous [right: announcement in the November 1945 issue of the A.A. Grapevine].

In 1973, M’Cready “James” H. [left], 82, died in Los Gatos, California. He had been a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1940.
    He had worked as a teacher, a writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, editor of the South Bend (Indiana) Times, contributor to humor magazines, and author of many short stories and at least thirteen books: Huling’s Quest (1925), The Big Show (1927), Dear Senator (1928), The King of Spain’s Daughter (1930), Salesman from the Sidelines (1932), The Family Meal Ticket (1933), Solid Citizen (1933), The Right People (1949), The Prodigal Brother (1952), Saving Grace (1954), The Gates of Brass (1956), The Clouded Fountain (1959), and The Platinum Yoke (1963).

In 2021, the first episode of the A.A. Grapevine, Inc. podcast, The Half-Hour Variety Hour, was released [right: 1st podcast as it appeared on the A.A. Grapevine website]. 

    The hosts, long-time A.A. members Don and Sam, introduced themselves to the listeners. Their guest was Michael M. from New York, whose story “We Showed Them” had been featured in the October 2021 issue of the A.A. Grapevine. For the previous four years, they had anonymously produced their own bi-weekly podcast about sobriety in A.A., called The Boiled Owl Coffee Club AA Recovery Podcast, from what they referred to as “The Boiled Owl Coffee Club” [left: former home page of their podcast]. This was a virtual location, as Don was in North Carolina and Sam was in California.