Alcoholics Anonymous : IS A.A. FOR YOU? Dr. Harry Tiebout Papers. EMMET FOX HOME PAGE: Biography, book excerpts and book listing. 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 But I seriously suspect the validity of the evidence presented by those who would answer “no” to most of those questions. The Real Rowland Hazard/Carl Jung Facts First, the most compelling piece of evidence as to the accuracy of the story Bill Wilson wrote about Rowland Hazard and Carl Jung can be found in the extant correspondence between Bill Wilson and Dr. The Defective Challenges What has been demonstrated There is ample evidence today that as many alcoholics get sober and stay sober outside the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous as do so within.
No profit in ignorance. 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. 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: Bill kept the Jung letter as a talisman.