July 15 in A.A. History

In 1938, Bill W. [right] wrote a letter to Willard Richardson, inviting him, A. LeRoy Chipman, and Albert Scott [below left, respectively]—all associates of Rockefeller—to attend any weekly A.A. meeting at the home of Bill and Lois at 182 Clinton Street in Brooklyn. In the letter, Bill said,

    Certainly in the cases of you gentlemen, we shall gladly waive the heavy drinking requirement that has qualified us for Alcoholics Anonymous. We think you are one of us, and there are no honorary members.

This letter contains the earliest documented use of the name “Alcoholics Anonymous,” suggesting that Richardson was likely already familiar with it.

In 1950, the first A.A. meeting in Honduras took place in Comayagüela [right: 1987 Honduran stamp celebrating 37 years of A.A.].