Welcome to Silkworth.net -Alcoholics Anonymous . . . experience the history . . . lest we forget! Carl Jung on alcoholism. Version G 11/15/96 USE BY COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS OR SALE ARE PROHIBITED © All rights reserved by the Big Book Bunch, webmaster@sober.org Editor’s note: The origins of Alcoholics Anonymous transcend the meeting of Bill W. and Dr.

Bob S. in Akron, Ohio. There is also much more to our beginnings than the Oxford Groups. A seminal influence came from Dr. The first copy of the correspondence which came to our attention spelled Hazard's first name as Roland. The tale that follows is that of Dr. Behind his desk stood a file cabinet, containing the outlines, "Main Events," "High Points," all the constant reminders of his desire to get the record straight, and it may have been his consciousness of them that prompted his letter to Dr. He began by introducing himself and apologized for his long overdue expression of gratitude for the critical role Jung had played in the founding of AA. Within a week, Bill had a reply from Jung: Dr. Harry Tiebout Papers. Thought for the Day. You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) Thought for the Day Terrible things could have happened to any one of us.

We never will know what might have happened to us when we were drunk. We usually thought: "That couldn't happen to me. " But any one of us could have killed somebody or have been killed ourselves, if we were drunk enough. Meditation for the Day I must keep calm and unmoved in the vicissitudes of life. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may not argue nor contend, but merely state calmly what I believe to be true. From Twenty-Four Hours a Day © 1975 by Hazelden Foundation. Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours) is available for purchase in our online bookstore. Make Twenty-Four Hours a Day my default Thought for the Day Category.

Register for our free motivational emails SIGN UP for our Today's Gift email service. The Gifts of Imperfection, Rated #1 by The New York Times Recovery Support App Learn more Saving updates... Welcome to Al-Anon Family Groups. Alcoholics Anonymous : IS A.A. FOR YOU? Dr. Carl Jung's Letter To Bill Wilson, Jan 30, 1961. Dr.

Carl Jung's Letter To Bill Wilson, Jan 30, 1961 I found a similar phrase about 15 years ago in the latin writings of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 A.D.) -- a great general, philosopher, and Caesar of Rome (161-180 A.D.) -- Espiritum vinci espiritus -- Higher Power overcomes alcoholism. It has been a long known fact ... and something we each now know, as we witness our Higher Power that we have found "deep down within" working in our lives as Sober Alcoholics. -- Page 55, Bigbook.. It was this message, Higher Power Overcomes Alcoholism, that Rowland Hazard, who had been Jung's patient in 1930, gave to Ebby Thatcher, who carried it to Bill Wilson in November, 1934, about the 26th. That was the start of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill, on January 23, 1961, sent a letter of appreciation to Dr. It Is No Secret What God Can Do Index of AA History Pages on Barefoot's Domain As in so many things, especially with we alcoholics, our History is our Greatest Asset!..

ABC Page 60 from the Big Book. A.A./Carl Jung/Rowland Hazard/Ebby Thacher. A.A.

/Carl Jung/Rowland Hazard/Ebby Thacher Myths or subjects of Hindsight Quarterbacking Dick B. ©2005 The Core of Early A.A. One of A.A.’s core New York underpinnings, as embodied in the Big Book and Twelve Steps, is the “solution”—a conversion experience—said to have been prescribed in the 1930’s for Rhode Island businessman Rowland Hazard by Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung. The Challengers. EMMET FOX HOME PAGE: Biography, book excerpts and book listing.