1943: Clarence S. and four other members of Alcoholics Anonymous
12th-stepped Esther C. into sobriety while she was hospitalized in
Cleveland, Ohio, just two months after her 34th birthday. She became known
for riding her “Little Indian Scout” motorcycle
[right: Esther on her bike]
from Cleveland to meetings in Akron, Ohio.
Sixty-some years later, when informed that someone from California was
coming to ask her about A.A. history and the Big Book, Esther quipped,
“What’s the matter with him, doesn’t he have a Big Book?”
1946: Bill W. wrote a note [far left]
to Ricardo “Dick” P. [near left]
to thank him for translating Alcoholics Anonymous into Spanish. It
read:
Dick, an A.A. member since 1940, had worked for three years with his wife,
Helen, on this translation.
1985: Loran D. Archer [left], Senior Policy Advisor on
Alcoholism and Other Health Issues at the Drug Abuse Policy Office during
President Ronald Reagan’s administration, wrote to Mr. Hal M., an A.A. member
in Arlington, Virginia. He enclosed 12 copies of the President’s message to
A.A.’s 50th International Convention. He also noted his pleasure with
the “resounding ovation” received when Bob P. read this message to the
Convention. Unfortunately, whatever response the President's message might stimulate, it wouldn't be known for at least 11 days; the letter [right] was dated 24 June; the Convention
would be held 5–7 July in Montreal, Quebec.
Today in A.A. History—July
23–25
1976: The 19th International Conference of Young
People in Alcoholics Anonymous (ICYPAA) took place in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania [left: letter from U.S. V.P. Nelson Rockefeller; right: Conference SWAG].
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