He conveyed the miracle, but he did not attempt to write history. began and how it spread until, in 1955, it had grown to 7,000 groups. message and how they had carried it to others.īill reminisced about how A.A. And he obviously relished spinning the stories of how they had received the A.A. He probably knew most of them personally through his travels, through the two previous Conventions held in Cleveland, and through the first four General Service Conferences where some of them served as delegates. Louis Convention, he was moved by the presence there of the great nonalcoholic friends who had made possible the Alcoholic Foundation and the Big Book, but he enjoyed even more the gathering of so many of the pioneers of Alcoholics Anonymous from many parts of the United States. recounted his own experiences and feelings at the St.
Groups in the U.S.: How They Began and How They Grew,Īs Bill W.
