Welcome to ODAATW!
ODAATW (One Day At A Time World) is an online resource site that outlines what the fellowship of Alcoholic Anonymous represents, and as well offers quick and convenient accessibility to common A.A. ideology, literature, service, information, integration, and common practice(s).
A.A. Preamble
“Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.”
—© A.A. Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission.
Around five years ago I took it upon myself to visit the A.A. General Service Office headquarters located behind Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, Manhattan NY (they neighborhood I grew up in), to take a stroll through their archive department.
In the G.S.O. Archives are volumes of pictures, objects, and texts from the very early days of A.A., images of young Bill and Lois W., of Dr. Bob, and of the Stepping Stones residence Bill and Lois lived in, as well as the typewriter with which Bill W.’s secretary, Ruth Hock, typed the original manuscript of the A.A. “Big Book”, some snapshots of the fellow A.A. “roundtable” pioneers of the A.A., some important early articles written about our beloved organization and fellowship, and much more.
Since this is ODAATW, where the “w” stands for “world,” I share here, with those all over the world who may never make it to this shrine-like yet modest office space, these visual and thought-provoking, gratitude-inspiring, treasures.
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