Significant December Dates in A.A. History

Significant December Dates in A.A. History

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Dec 1934 – Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings.
Dec 1934 to May 1935 – Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is sober.
Dec 1938 – Twelve Steps written.
Nov/Dec 1939 – Akron group withdrawals from association with Oxford Group. Meetings moved from T Henry & Clarence Williams to Dr Bob and other members homes.
Dec 1939 – First AA group in mental institution, Rockland State Hospital, NY.
Dec 1939 – 1st home meeting in Los Angeles at Kaye M.’s house.
Dec 1939 – Matt Talbot Club has 88 members, uses wagons to collect old furniture to recondition & sell, not A.A., used A.A. program, material, marked 1st effort reach alcoholics outside married middle- class category.
Dec 1940 – 1st AA group formed in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dec 1940 – group started Ashtabula, Ohio due to Plain Dealer articles. A.A. Cleveland has about 30 groups.
Dec 1948 – Dr. Bob’s last major talk, in Detroit.
Dec 1950 – Grapevine article signed by both Bill and Dr Bob recommend establishing AA General Service Conference.
Dec 1955 – ‘Man on the Bed’ painting by Robert M. first appeared in Grapevine. Painting originally called ‘Came to Believe’
Dec 1982 – Nell Wing retires from GSO after 35 years of service.
Dec 1, 1940 – Chicago Daily Tribune begins a series of articles on AA by Nall Hamilton.
Dec 5, 1985 – Dave B, founder of Montreal Group dies weeks before 50th anniversary. His story added to the 4th Edition Big Book.
Dec 6, 1939 – Bert the Tailor lends Works Publishing $1000.
Dec 6, 1979 – Akron Beacon reports death of Henrietta Sieberling.
Dec 7, 1949 – Sister Ignatia received Poverello Medal on behalf of A.A.
Dec 10, 1975 – Birds of a Feather AA group for pilots is formed.
Dec 11, 1934 – Bill admitted to Towns Hosp 4th/last time (fall ‘33, ‘34 in summer, midsummer and final admittance).
Dec 11, 1941 – Dallas Morning News reports 1st AA group formed in Dallas.
Dec 12, 1934 – Bill has Spiritual Experience at Towns Hospital.
Dec 12, 1937 – Bill meets with Rockefeller Foundation and tries to get money.
Dec 13, 1937 – Rockland State Mental Hospital takes patients to meeting in New Jersey.
Dec 13 or 14, 1934 – Ebby visited Bill at hospital, brought William James’s book, “Varieties of Religious Experience”.
Dec 19, 1939 – Los Angeles holds their 1st AA meeting.
Dec 20, 1945 – Rowland H dies (he carried the Oxford Group message to Ebby).
Dec 27, 1893 – Rev Samuel Shoemaker is born.