Aug 1
1943 – Washington Times-Herald (DC) reports on AA clubhouse, to protect anonymity withholds address.
Aug 3
1954 – Brinkley S. gets sober at Towns Hospital after 50th detox.
Aug 8
1879 – Dr. Bob born in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Aug 9
1943 – LA groups announce 1000 members in 11 groups.
Aug 11
1938 – Akron & NY members begin writing stories for Big Book.
Aug 15
1890 – E. M. Jellinek is born, author of “The Disease Concept of Alcoholism” and the “Jellinek Curve”.
Aug 16
1939 – Dr Bob and Sister Ignatia admit first alcoholic to St. Thomas Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
Aug 18
1988 – 1st Canadian National AA Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Aug 19
1941 – 1st AA Meeting in Colorado is held in Denver.
Aug 25
1943 – AA group donates Big Book to public library in Quincy, MA.
Aug 26
1941 – Bill writes Dr Bob to tell him Works Publishing has been incorporated.
Aug 28
1954 –24 Hours a Day is published by Richmond W.

Other significant events in August for which we do not have a specific date:
1934: Rowland H and Cebra persuade court to parole Ebby T. to them.
1939: Dr. Bob wrote & may have signed article for Faith magazine.
1941: 1st meeting in Orange County, California held in Anaheim.
1981: Sales of the Big Book passes 3 million.

Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Original Manuscript Form: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make complete amends to them all. 

Tradition 8 (Long Form): Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional. We define professionalism as the occupation of counseling alcoholics for fees or hire. But we may employ alcoholics where they are going to perform those services for which we may otherwise have to engage nonalcoholics. Such special services may be well recompensed. But our usual A.A. "12 Step" work is never to be paid for.

* Is my own behavior accurately described by the Traditions? If not, what needs changing?

* When I chafe about any particular Tradition, do I realize how it affects others?

* Do I sometimes try to get some reward – even if not money – for my personal AA efforts?

* Do I try to sound in AA like an expert on alcoholism? On recovery? On medicine? On sociology? On AA itself? On psychology? On spiritual matters? Or, heaven help me, even on humility?

* Do I make an effort to understand what AA employees do? What workers in other alcoholism agencies do? Can I distinguish clearly among them?

* In my own AA life, have I any experiences which illustrate the wisdom of this Tradition.

* Have I paid enough attention to the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions? To the pamphlet AA Tradition – How It Developed?

Concept VIII: The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of these entities.

* Do we understand the relationship between the two corporate service entities (A.A. World Services, Inc., the A.A. Grapevine) and the General Service Board?

* How can the business term “custodial oversight” apply to the trustees’ relationship to the two corporate service entities?

* Does my home group subscribe to G.S.O.’s bimonthly newsletter Box 4-5-9? The A.A.Grapevine? Do I?