The Use of the Word "Cured" by Early AAs

The Use of the Word “Cured” by Early AAs

 

The following resources published by A.A. World Services, Inc., contain reproductions of hundreds of newspaper articles from 1939-1944, many of which include uses of the word “cure” to describe the victories of A.A.’s pioneers over alcoholism:

 

[[** (M-42) Archives Scrapbook 1939-1942 [$75.00] ** This item is not in the 2011-2012 catalog; it may now be out of print. [1985?]

http://library.brown.edu/find/Record/b2774148/Details; accessed 2/28/13]]

 

(M-66) Archives Scrapbook 1943. Offset reproduction of newspaper clippings about A.A. 18 ½” x 16 ½”.[$65.00]

[Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Incorporated, 1996; ISBN: 0916856909; 9780916856908: http://books.google.com/books/about/Archives_Scrapbook_1943.html?id=nIywuAAACAAJ; accessed 2/28/13.]

 

(M-69) Archives Scrapbook 1944. See description above. [$65.00]

[Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Incorporated, 2003; ISBN: 1893007332; 9781893007338

http://books.google.com/books/about/Archives_Scrapbook_1944.html?id=lZuauAAACAAJ; accessed 2/28/13.]

 

[“M-66” and “M-69” are found in the “2011-2012 Conference-Approved Literature & Other A.A. Material” literature catalog. 

www.aa.org/lang/en/en_pdfs/aacatalog.pdf; accessed 2/28/13.

“M-42” was listed in one or more earlier A.A. literature catalogs and may now be out of print.]

 

The following article in the Box 459 publication discusses the “Archives Scrapbooks” above:

 

“News Clippings Open Window on A.A.’s Early Years,” Box 459: News and Notes from the General Service Office of A.A., Vol. 49, No. 6 / HOLIDAY ISSUE 2003, 6-7

http://www.aa.org/en_pdfs/en_box459_holiday03.pdf; accessed 2/28/13.