"Thus A.A. rolled along until the spring of 1941, when we could count 2,000 members, a gain of 1,200 in a single year. We thought this was good going, but actually we had not seen anything yet. We were on the threshold of the event that made Alcoholics Anonymous a national institution overnight.
"Dr. A. Wiese
Hammer, already champion of A.A. in Philadelphia, had drawn our fellowship to
the attention of Curtis Bok, one of the owners of the Saturday Evening Post
[an extremely popular magazine of the time]. At first the editorial board of
the Post was dubious. But Mr. Bok had seen some of our Philadelphia
members and had heard about their recovery at first hand; he knew whereof he
spoke. And the next thing we knew Mr. Jack Alexander, a star feature writer for
the Post, appeared at our Vesey Street office [in New York
City]."
2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg.
190
*~*^Daily
Reflections^*~*
AN INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURE
Meditation is something which can always be
further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height.
Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an
individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 101
My spiritual growth is
with God as I understand Him. With Him I find my true inner self.
Daily meditation and prayer strengthen and renew my source of well-being.
I receive then the openness to accept all that He has to offer. With God I
have the reassurance that my journey will be as He wants for me, and for that I
am grateful to have God in my life.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.