1910: Searcy W. [right], born in Funston, Texas, was the son of James and Etta W.
A 57-year member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Searcy would attend the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in 1948 at Bill W.’s encouragement, and later graduate. In 1950, he would establish the
Texas Clinic-Hospital for Alcoholism in Dallas
[left, c. 1990]. Ebby Thacher would sober up at this facility in 1953 and remain sober for
the better part of the next 13 years.
Searcy’s motto was, “Trust God, clean house, help others,” often adding, “… and it doesn’t have to be done in that order!”
1939:
Bill W., Hank P., Ruth Hock, and Dorothy S.
[right, respectively]
spent a second day in Cornwall, New York, correcting the proofs of Alcoholics Anonymous
as they came off the press. The corrections were so numerous that Cornwall
Press charged Works Publishing an additional $33
[~$776 in 2026], itemized on the bill as “Author’s corrections,” totaling 13.2 hours at
$2.50
[~$59 in 2026]
per hour. With the task finally finished, they discovered they had only
half the money needed to pay the hotel bill, forcing them to stay another
night. Hank, ever confident, declared that God would provide, reasoning that
if God wanted something done, all they had to do was incur the expenses,
which He would ultimately cover.
A 57-year member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Searcy would attend the Yale School of Alcohol Studies in 1948 at Bill W.’s encouragement, and later graduate. In 1950, he would establish the
Texas Clinic-Hospital for Alcoholism in Dallas
[left, c. 1990]. Ebby Thacher would sober up at this facility in 1953 and remain sober for
the better part of the next 13 years.Searcy’s motto was, “Trust God, clean house, help others,” often adding, “… and it doesn’t have to be done in that order!”
1939:
Bill W., Hank P., Ruth Hock, and Dorothy S.
[right, respectively]
spent a second day in Cornwall, New York, correcting the proofs of Alcoholics Anonymous
as they came off the press. The corrections were so numerous that Cornwall
Press charged Works Publishing an additional $33
[~$776 in 2026], itemized on the bill as “Author’s corrections,” totaling 13.2 hours at
$2.50
[~$59 in 2026]
per hour. With the task finally finished, they discovered they had only
half the money needed to pay the hotel bill, forcing them to stay another
night. Hank, ever confident, declared that God would provide, reasoning that
if God wanted something done, all they had to do was incur the expenses,
which He would ultimately cover.
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