SteveAlex

I am starting to really like the history behind it all and love to learn about it. Heard Not God was a good book to read. Anyone read it or have other suggestions?

sugarbear1

That is a good one to start with, also Dr. Bob and the Oldtimers among some others I'll have to look up!

SteveAlex

Thanks!

Fly N Buy

You might consider a subscription to grapevine online AA 's magazine.
http://www.aagrapevine.org

It has digital keyword search archives and holds a treasure trove of letters written by Bill W and many others. Check out Bill's Language of the Heart

Also, are you familiar with Barefoots World?


Index of AA History Pages

http://www.silkworth.net is a great bookmark as well.

SteveAlex

Whoa ty, ill be busy for a while

Ken33xx

Here's an excellent bio on Bill Wilson
https://www.amazon.com/My-Name-Bill-...GW6GY36RQ7W4AC


Got this recently:
Ebby: The Man Who Sponsored Bill W.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G8O51HO...ng=UTF8&btkr=1

tomsteve

silkworth.net has some good history.

the book,"pass it on" is good,too.

Dave42001

In between all the reading check out the movie, "Bill W".. here's some information where to find it online free of charge.

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/bill-w

"Language of the Heart", is a great book about AA's history that's really good, talks about how the 12 Steps came to be and all about the 12 Traditions..

https://www.amazon.com/Language-Hear...g+of+the+heart

there was a good thread here that was going around a month or so ago about the history that was really good!!

MIRecovery

I will second Pass It On

CousinA

I'm a fan of Not God.

I've read a few of the Bill W bios and the official histories; Pass It On and Dr. Bob & The Good Oldtimers are a good start.

AA History Lovers is also one of my favorites:
https://groups.*****.com/neo/groups/...ryLovers2/info

-allan

Tommyh

A A Comes of Age is one of my favorites.It details quite a few history facts about early AA and how the Traditions came about,and it talks about the steps and concepts of AA.

enjoy

dsmaxis10

Clarence Snyder help more alcoholics recover then Dr Bob

Algorithm

See: awuh1 |

I posted some suggestions on original Oxford Group literature in awuh1's history thread, as well as a link to the book How It Worked by Mitchel K., which is about Clarence Snyder.