February 3 in A.A. History

1953: Lillian R. appeared on This is Your Life [right: still from this episode], a reality documentary TV series that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1961. She was one of the first celebrities to openly discuss her alcoholism and recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous. Lillian was described as a “topflight torch singer of the Prohibition era,” who “cheerfully admits that she had been a hopeless drunk for 16 years before being rescued by Alcoholics Anonymous.” Ralph Edwards, the creator, producer, and host of the series, described Lillian’s struggles with “impending blindness, an inflamed sinus, and a form of alcoholic insanity.” He also invited a psychiatrist who had treated her, a brother-in-law “who had paid her bills,” and several “glamorous foul-weather friends” to join the discussion.
    This appearance would later inspire both the book and movie I’ll Cry Tomorrow.

2023: Jimmy D., Class B (alcoholic) Regional Trustee and new Interim Chair of the General Service Board, announced in a letter [left] that 

    … during its quarterly board weekend [27–30 January 2023]… at the board’s request, Linda Chezem [right] has resigned as a Class A Trustee and Chair of the Board.…  As First Vice Chair of the General Service Board (per the slate of officers elected at the 2022 General Service Conference), and with the approval of the Board in a special session held last Monday, I have now assumed the role of Interim Chairperson until the close of the GSC in April 2023. My service as Southwest Regional Trustee will also end at that time.