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| 1. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BROOKLYN. Well, you know how Brooklyn is. Trees grow there, and so does A.A., but they don't talk so much about it. We think it bears repeating that A.A. started there, right on Clinton St. in Bill's house. There are still plenty of A.A.'s around who attended their first meeting there. Then Bill and Lois moved and for a long time there were no meetings in Brooklyn. | June 1944 | |
| 2. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BROOKLYN. The Brooklyn Group took over the meeting on Sunday, June 11th, at Montclair, New Jersey, and about twenty loyal Brooklyn rooters went along in support of their speakers. The open meetings of the Brooklyn Group continue to be held, at 8:30 p.m., on Friday evenings, at the Hotel St. George and the attendance is rapidly increasing. Members from other groups are cordially invited. | July 1944 | |
| 3. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BROOKLYN BRIEFS. For the summer months, we are holding open meetings on Friday at 8:30 P.M., in the air-cooled Grand Salon of the Hotel St. George, Henry and Clark Streets, Brooklyn. An elevator runs from the Clark Street Station of the 7th Avenue, I.R.T. subway into the lobby of the hotel. Any alcoholic who desires information concerning our closed meetings or other information about our activities can contact us at: G.P.O., Box 91, Brooklyn, N. Y. | August 1944 | |
| 4. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BERGEN COUNTY RATES NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL. . . The County's leading newspaper, Bergen Evening Record, is emphasizing editorially the important work being done by the Bergen Group. Donald Borg, the editor, is an ardent supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous. "To assist discharged veterans," says Mr. Borg, "is a task of major importance." We agree with Mr. Borg that the post-war alcoholic situation will probably be one of serious proportions. Therefore, it was resolved at the 3rd Anniversary meeting that each Bergen County member would expand his individual efforts towards enlarging the membership. | September 1944 | |
| 5. | Time on Your Hands? In our wet past, we were all too busy drinking like fishes to be able to give any thought or study to our finny prototypes. If this were true in your case, we strongly suggest that you rectify the oversight and get yourself a book on tropical fish; any book will do. This suggestion is prompted by a recent personal experience. A small seven-year-old friend of ours had a birthday and we dropped into the nearest pet shop to see what we could see. It being a foul, rainy day, we lingered long and came away with bowl, sand, water plants, net, book, a few large and ugly snails, a pair of lowly Guppys and a firm determination to ... | October 1944 | |
| 6. | Mail Call for All A. A.s in the Armed Forces (by K.) We are indebted to the Philadelphia Group for a letter from a comparative newcomer to A.A. The author of this letter, upon learning of A.A. through her doctor, wanted help so badly that she moved to Philadelphia from her home 125 miles distant and got a job so that she might attend meetings regularly. | November 1944 | |
| 7. | Along the Metropolitan Circuit BERGEN COUNTY STRIDES FORWARD. . . Greatly increased membership has made larger meeting quarters imperative. Donald Borg, Editor of The Bergen Evening Record, again came to our rescue. Meetings will be held in a spacious wing of the Hackensack Civilian Defense Centre, as soon as renovations are completed. Rent free. Borg interceded for us with the Hackensack City Manager. As a result of his intercession we are now proteges not only of the city but of the entire county. This is another indication of the recognition that is being given throughout the country to A.A.--and to the understanding that alcoholism is a public health problem. . . . We owe a debt to the public-spirited men and women who ... | December 1944 | |
| 8. | From the N. Y. Sun: Fifteen hundred people, most of them former drunks, assembled last night at the Hotel Commodore to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, and it was as humbling and as wholesome as a walk in the open fields at twilight. . . | December 1944 | |
| 9. | A.A.s Country-wide News Circuit The husky Braves pitcher, Nate Andrews, while at training camp last spring, went on a terrific tear that involved hidden bottles, nerve pills, and frantic long-distance telephone calls. The whole of it ended in columns of bad publicity. He was rescued by the BOSTON A.A.s, and though there was little confidence that the good-natured, popular Nate would ever fully recover from his ordeal, he did. With a sixth-place team, Nate won 16, lost 15 games. He was the best pitcher on the club. An enthusiastic member of the Boston A.A. group, he spoke often at meetings. The publicity given his dive overboard and subsequent rescue brought into the group one hundred and fifty new men during the summer. Retaining ... | January 1945 | |
| 10. | A. A.s Country-wide News Circuit To sum up the symposium on alcoholism recently conducted in Cleveland by The Research Council on Problems of Alcohol, science seems to be standing on the threshold of the alcohol problem, and the "area of agreement" on what is known is small indeed when compared to the area of agreement on what is not known. Dr. Abraham Myerson observed: "We are not failing to treat the alcoholic as he should be treated because we do not have time, nor because there aren't enough psychiatrists, but because we don't know how." A second doctor remarked that there is still a slight moral stigma attached to drinking and society doesn't want the alcoholic treated as a sick man, it wants him ... | February 1945 | |
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