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Detroit>Downtown>Central Group #0001 We were at first confused by the many names of groups that we were “digging” up, but finally come to realize they were names of the same…

The Articles from the “Plain Dealer” Considered the 1st Pamphlet These articles appeared in the main Cleveland newspaper, the Plain Dealer, just five months after the first A.A. group was…

CAP’T TOM CROCKER>BIRTH OF HARBOR LIGHT There are many myths and urban legends about Harbor Light in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views. Tom Crocker was…

“Alcoholics And God” by Morris Markey Charles Towns, owner of Towns’ Hospital where Bill Wilson had sobered up, tried to get publicity for A.A. and finally succeeded. He had known…

H.R. “Mike” Eshleman-“AN INDUSTRIALIST” There are many myths and urban legends about the “second” sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views.…

THE SERENITY PRAYER …its origin is traced… At long last the mystery of the Serenity Prayer has been solved! We have learned who wrote it, when it was written and…

The process for creating our book, Alcoholics Anonymous The title of the book Bill Wilson wrote is Alcoholics Anonymous, but it is referred to by AA members as the “Big…

There are many myths and urban legends about the first sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous in the metro-Detroit area. We hope this clears up many views. In the late-1930s there…

Skid Row in Detroit Skid row or skid road is a shabby urban area with cheap taverns, dive bars, dilapidated hotels frequented by lowlifes, alcoholics, and itinerants. The term skid…