JUL 30, 24 .. WALKING TO THE MOON ..

To put it mildly, Patti and I have quite a collection of AA Grapevine Magazines.

We have subscribed to the Grapevine continuously since 1988 and our stack of past issues dates back to 1988. No we don't have each and every issue but we do have a lot of them.

Almost daily we try to read stories and discuss them.

A few weeks ago, I asked Patti to "reach into our collection and just pull out one issue at random."

She did just that and handed me a February issue from the year 2000. Think of that! We have had this issue over twenty four (24) years!

Then absolutely 100% totally at random I casually opened the February 2000 issue to page 30. 

Some of you may have a subscription to the Grapevine Archives that date back to 1946.

What an absolute treasure the above story is! 

Neither of us had any even dim, vague recollection of having read the story! 

If you would like to read it, but you are not able to find the article, contact us and we will help you out.

Let's not pick up a drink today!

One way to keep on the road to sobriety is prayer. This being July, the 7th month of the year, we hope you all know, and use not only the 7th Step Prayer, but the 3rd Step Prayer as well as others of your choosing.

JUN 28, 24 .. FOUNDER'S DAY IN AKRON, OHIO..

Assumptions are so dangerous but I have to assume that everyone who visits this site knows full well what Founder's Day in early June, at Doctor Bob's Home, in Akron, Ohio, is all about.

Patti and I have attended Founder's Day. It truly was a "once in a lifetime" event for us. I want to emphasize the word once.

The crowds are simply stunning. Lines and more lines to view all of the absolute myriad of "don't miss seeing" A.A. attractions in Akron that truly are "beyond the beyond". 

In the below photo, Doctor Bob's Home is on the right and some A.A. Archives are in the home on the left.

So yes! Go to Akron. Return to Akron. Do this again and again and again. But one Founder's Day, and this includes the previous week, was quite enough for both of us. Almost any other day of the year, there are either no lines, or very minimal ones.

Doctor Bob's Home as you will see it "most of the year".

Three of our close friends, Tim, John and Martha, contributed many of the photos in this Post to us. 

Since I am "discussing the crowds", here are two more photos of crowds at a Founder's Day event at a local athletic field.

John and Martha in front of Doctor Bob's Home.

The Akron Intergroup Office MUST be visited. Their archives are amazing. 

Sister Ignatia's work at St. Thomas Hospital was so important during the early days of A.A.

Sad to say, the section of the former St. Thomas Hospital that honored the nation's first hospital-based unit dedicated to the treatment of alcoholism and its strong ties to Alcoholics Anonymous has closed. The items that were inside have new homes in Akron. 

The Mayflower Hotel, which no longer exists and is now an apartment complex, was another famous place in the development of A.A.

In the lobby of the present building are some A.A. related historical artifacts.

It was from a pay phone in the lobby that Bill Wilson made the call that led him to meeting Doctor Bob.

Tim at the pay phone.

Thanks again Tim, Martha and John for your photos.