Jim Burwell and Wife Rosa 1974 Their Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Talks at a San Diego Speaker Meeting [CD-ROM] History of Recovery

Description

   •  The Author of a Big Book Story(THE VICIOUS CYCLE)
   •  he is fully qualified to give an oral history of AA and the book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS which is what he does on this CD.
   • As his own story is intertwined with that of early AA in New York with Bill Wilson.
   • Jim Burwell Founded the First AA Groups in Washington DC and Philadelphia,PA.
   •  JIM B. is an early New York AA who met Bill Wilson and Hank Parkhurst while Bill still lived at 182 Clinton St.(where the hot flash happened in JIMS words)
   •  This is an eyewitness account not a talk by a historian.
   •  For example the Rockafeller dinner is not something he read about HE WAS THERE this is JIMS OWN STORY
   •  Other recordings I have of Jim he talks primarly about the history of AA and the Big Book.
   •  In this recording he talks about his own recovery including the incident of his slip.
   •  Jim is the “ED” of the story in tradition three of the 12X12. Page 143-145 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
   •  Jim tells this story from his own experience.
   •  His own story is very interesting as is his wifes story.
   •  They both use a Forties Era vernacular wherein people are refered to as “POWER BOYS” “GLAMOUR JOBS”.
   •  A very good example of how early AAs “qualified” and shared their recovery stories.
   • Very Enjoyable.