The Use of the Word "Cured" by Early AAs
By Dick B. and Ken B.
© 2013, 2014 by
Anonymous. All rights reserved
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 **
Offset reproduction of newspaper
clippings about A.A. 18 ½” x 16 ½” [$75.00]
** This item is not in the
2011-2012 catalog; it may now be out of print. [original publication date: 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
Offset reproduction of newspaper
clippings about A.A. 18 ½” x 16 ½” [$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 “2013
Conference-Approved Literature & Other A.A. Material” literature
catalog. http://aa.org/lang/en/en_pdfs/aacatalog.pdf;
accessed 2/1/2014.
“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.
For more information on the use of the word “cured” by
early AAs, see also:
Richard K., So You Think Drunks Can’t
Be Cured? Press Releases by Witnesses to the Cure (Haverhill, MA:
Golden Text Publishing Company, 2003)
Gloria
Deo
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