June 29-July 2
1995 – 56,000 attend 60th Anniversary of AA in San Diego. What a party!
July 1-3
1960 – 8700 attend 25th Anniversary of AA in Long Beach, CA
July 2
1960 – Father Ed Dowling dies.
965 –Best of Bill and pocket-sized12 & 12; first sold.
1965 – First La Vigne, the Canadian version of theGrapevine, is published.
1993 – 50 years of AA celebrated in Canada.
July 2-3
1955 – 5000 attend 20th Anniversary at our St Louis Convention; Bill W. turns “the fellowship over to the fellowship” at 4:00 PM
July 2-4
1965 – 10,000 attend 30th Anniversary of AA in Toronto, our Responsibility Declaration is adopted.
July 4
1939 – First AA meeting in Flatbush, NY starts.
July 3-5
1970 – 10,900 attend 35th Anniversary of AA in Miami; Bill W. gives his last talk to AA.
July 3-6
1980 – 22,500 attend 45th Anniversary of AA in New Orleans; first true marathon meeting is held here.
July 4-6
1975 – 19,800 attend 40th Anniversary of AA in Denver; worlds largest coffee server serves 1/2 million cups a day.
July 5
1985 – AA gives Ruth Hock 5,000,000th Big Book during 50th AA Anniversary in Montreal, Canada.
1990 – AA gives Nell Wing 10,000,000th Big Book during 55th AA Anniversary in Seattle, WA
July 3-6
1980 – Gay AA’s have own program at 40th AA Anniversary in New Orleans.
July 5-7
1985 – 45,000 attend 50th Anniversary of AA in Montreal; House of Seagrams flies their flags at half mast for 3 days.
July 7
1940 – Bill attends first summer session at School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University
July 5-8
1990 – 48,000 attend 55th Anniversary of AA in Seattle. 75 countries are represented as the former Soviet Union’s members attend for the first time.
July 8
1940 – First AA group formed in Dayton, Ohio.
July 10
1941 – Texas newspaper publishes anonymous letter from founding member of Texas AA Group.
July 14
1939 – Blythewood Sanitarium; Dr Harry Tiebout gives Big Book to Marty M. who promptly throws it back at him.
1979 – Dr. Ernest Kurtz publishesNot God, a history of AA
July 16
1965 – Frank Amos AA Trustee dies.
July 20
1941 – First AA group forms in Seattle, Washington.
July 22
1877 – Willian Duncan Silkworth born in Brooklyn, NY.
July 22
1980 – Marty M. early AA woman and founder of Nationa Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD) dies.
July 23
1940 – Philly AA’s send 10% of kitty to Alcoholic Foundation, setting precedent.
July 23
1943 – Esther C.’s sobriety date; she died sober Jan 15, 2005.
July 23
1943 – New Haven Register CT reports arrival of AA’s to study with E.M.Jellinek.
July 24
1943 – L.A. press reports formation of all-Mexican AA Group.
July 28-30
1950 – First AA Convention celebrates 15th anniversary of AA in Cleveland.
July 31
1972 – Rollie H., former baseball player, dies sober in Washington DC.

Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

Original Manuscript Form: Humbly, on our knees, asked Him to remove our shortcomings - holding nothing back.

Tradition 7: The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members. We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise. Then too, we view with much concern those A.A. treasuries which continue, beyond prudent reserves, to accumulate funds for no stated A.A. purpose. Experience has often warned us that nothing can so surely destroy our spiritual heritage as futile disputes over property, money, and authority.

* Honestly now, do I do all I can to help AA (my group, my central office, my GSO) remain self-supporting? Could I put a little more into the basket on behalf of the new guy who can’t afford it yet? How generous was I when tanked in a barroom?

* Should the Grapevine sell advertising space to book publishers and drug companies, so it could make a big profit and become a bigger magazine, in full color, at a cheaper price per copy?

* If GSO runs short of funds some year, wouldn’t it be okay to let the government subsidize AA groups in hospitals and prisons?

* Is it more important to get a big AA collection from a few people, or a smaller collection in which more members participate?

* Is a group treasurer’s report unimportant AA business? How does the treasurer feel about it?

* How important in my recovery is the feeling of self-respect, rather than the feeling of being always under obligation for charity received?


Concept VII: The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.

* Do we act responsibly regarding the “power of the purse?”

* Do we realize that the practical and spiritual power of the Conference will nearly always be superior to the legal power of the G.S.B.?

See first of month for Step / Traditions / Concepts of the month.
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