Nov 1
1947 – 1st AA Group in Anchorage, Alaska.
1963 – Reverend Sam Shoemaker dies.
Nov 3
2001 – J. P. Miller who wrote screenplay for “The Days of Wine and Roses” died.
Nov 9
1966 – President Johnson appoints Marty M to the 1st National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism.
Nov 10
1940 – First AA group formed in Minneapolis.
2001 – First of 400,000 4th Edition Big Books arrives in the mail.
Nov 11
1934 – Armistice Day; Bill started drinking after dry spell, beginning of Bill’s last drunk.
Nov 12
1940 – 1st AA meeting is held in Boston.
Nov 13
1939 – Bill wants to go to work at Towns Hsp, NY drunks want him to stay on as head of the movement.
Nov 14
1940 – Alcoholic Foundation publishes first AA Bulletin.
Nov 15
1949 – Bill W suggests that groups devote Thanksgiving week to dicussions of the 12 Traditions.
Nov 16
1950 – Dr. Bob died.
Nov 18
1946 – First Dublin Ireland group met.
Nov 21
1939 – AAs in San Francisco hold first California AA meeting in the Clift Hotel.
1952 – Willard Richardson, past Treasurer/Chairman of Alcoholic Foundation, dies.
Nov 26
1895 – Bill W. born in East Dorsett, VT.
1939 – Dilworth Lupton gave sermon “Mr. X and Alcoholics Anonymous”. Became one of first pamphlets on AA.
Nov 28
1939 – Hank P. writes Bill advocating autonomy for all AA groups.
Nov 28
1943 – Bill guest speaker San Quentin Penitentiary (sometimes dated Dec 2, 1943).

Other significant events in November for which we do not have a specific date:
Nov 1934 – Ebby T. carries message to Bill.
Nov 1936 – Fitz M leaves Towns Hospital to become ‘AA #3 in NY’, with Bill W and Hank P.
Nov 1937 – Bill and Dr. Bob compare notes in Akron. Count forty cases staying sober. Meeting of the Akron Group to consider Bill’s ideas for how to expand the movement … a book, AA hospitals, paid missionaries. Passed by a majority of 2.
Nov/Dec 1939 – Akron group withdrawals from association with Oxford Group. Meetings moved from T. Henry & Clarence Williams to Dr Bob’s and other members’ homes.
Nov 1941 – “First Mass AA Meeting” in Oklahoma City, 8 present, 1 was drunk.
Nov 1945 – Bill’s article called ‘Those Goof Balls’ published inGrapevine.
Nov 1986 – Big Book published in paperback.

Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Original Manuscript Form: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

Tradition 11 (Long Form): Our relations with the general public should be characterized by personal anonymity. We think A.A. ought to avoid sensational advertising. Our names and pictures as A.A. members ought not be broadcast, filmed, or publicly printed. Our public relations should be guided by the principle of attraction rather than promotion. There is never need to praise ourselves. We feel it better to let our friends recommend us.

* Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I make it seem unattractive?

* Am I always careful to keep the confidences reposed in me as an AA member?

* Am I careful about throwing AA names around – even within the Fellowship?

* Am I ashamed of being a recovered, or recovering, alcoholic?

* What would AA be like if we were not guided by the ideas in Tradition Eleven? Where would I be?

* Is my sobriety attractive enough that a sick drunk would want such a quality for himself?

Concept XI: The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures, and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.

* Do we understand how the roles of nontrustee directors and nontrustee appointed committee members help serve and strengthen the committee system?

* How do we encourage our special paid workers to exercise their traditional “Right of Participation?”

* Do we practice rotation in all our service positions?

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