Places And Things In AA History Page 6
Bill's head stone markings William G. Wilson, 1895-1971: Vermont, 2D LT BRY C66 ARTY CAC, WORLD WAR I. Nov. 26, 1895-Jan. 24, 1971; no mention A.A. (P 406)
Bill's Own Story film shown 1st time 30th Anniversary Convention Toronto Canada 1965 (G 104)
Bill's paternal grandfather had serious drinking problem until found religion (P 15)
Birds Feather airline pilots nickname (G 93)
Black coffee & fruit juices laced vitamin B-enriched (S 11)
Bleeding deacon remains convinced group cannot get along without him, constantly connives for re-election to office, continues consumed with self-pity (A 122)
Book Avec Les Alcooliques Joseph Kessel stimulated A.A. growth France & Germany (A ix)
Book of James favorite Bill,Dr. Bob, Anne (H 356)
Book Sister Ignatia written Mary C. Darrah, 1992 (S iv)
Borton Group 1st all A.A. group formed Cleveland November 1939, named after T.E. Borton, wealthy Cleveland Heights nonalcoholic (A 21) (D 169,209)
Brave New World Aldous Huxley book (G 75)
Breeze Spirit book describes Bill & beginnings A.A., Irving Harris (G 70)
Bronx cocktail usually concocted gin dry, sweet vermouth & orange juice, Bill's 1st drink age 22 (B 106) (N 13) (P 56) (W 146)
Brotherhood term homeless men housed Calvary Episcopal Mission 23rd Street New York; Dr. Sam Shoemaker Calvary Church operated; between 1926-1936 more 200,000 men visited (P 116-117)
Buick Roadmaster convertible Dr. Bob's dream car (C 147)
Busto's speakeasy (P 96)
Calvary Episcopal Church headquarters Oxford Group, 4th Avenue renamed Park Avenue South, Bill, Lois, Shep Cornell, Ebby went Oxford Group meetings, ran mission 23rd Street (B 214) (L 91) (N 18)
Cantilever bridge type bridge Bill identified when young (L 19) (P 19)
Care Alcoholics - St.Thomas Hospital & A.A. Started Movement Which Swept Country article October 1951 in Hospital Progress journal Catholic Hospital Association Sister Ignatia wrote (S 145)
Catholic Committee Publications New York Archdiocese reviewed advance copy Big Book, approved, asked word [heaven] changed Utopia (A 168-169) (B 286) (N 75) (P 210)
Catholic Cannon Law forbade Catholics joining other religious law, part reason A.A.'s broke Oxford Group (W 174)
Cavalcade America DuPont program created lot interest A.A., Al S. involved (G 89)
Cedar Avenue 1st black group Cleveland (D 247)
Cecil Hotel where Mort J. hired meeting place Los Angeles (A 93)
Chapter 5 Big Book grudge list variation game truth taught members Oxford Group (W 181)
Chapter 10 Big Book believed Hank P. wrote it (P 200)
Chicago group founder Earl T. (G 20)
Chinese job position director fund-raising American Bureau Medical Aid China Bill applied for, didn't get (P 259,274)
Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy (G 25)
Church Street School school Bill attended as child (P 20)
Circus dust cover cover 1st edition, 1st printing Big Book, red & yellow (W 179)
Class A member nonalcoholics on advisory committee (G 51)
Class B member alcoholics on advisory committee (G 51)
Cleveland Plain Dealer Cleveland paper did A.A. series (A 134,178) (H 62,180,373) (N 83) (P 224)
Closed meetings started 1st A.A. clubhouse 334 1/2 West 24th Street, originally aimed instruction newcomers which attended only admitted alcoholics (B 305)
Coast Artillery branch Army Bill served WWI (P 54)
Code traditions early idea Bill had statement principles (B 324)
Come Back Little Sheba A.A. played major part making film (P 343)
Common denominators religious or conversions experiences described William James calamity, admission defeat, appeal Higher Power (P 124)
Common items co-founders tall Vermonters, political conservatives, drawn spiritism, extrasensory phenomena, interested medical matters, difficulty completing formal education, devised nicknames others, disliked pretense & phoniness, intelligent (P 156)
Conference Charter substance informal agreement which made between A.A. groups Trustees 1955 (TC 61)
Conference plan 3rd Legacy plan originally set up 1950 Bill & Dr. Bob, confirmed 1955 St. Louis 2nd International Convention (H 113) (MS 23)
Cookie word used Dr. Bob referring patient (D 146)