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Throwback Thursday AA history post - from StoriesOfRecovery.org , a short bio of Fitz Mayo,, author of Big Book story Our Southern Friend: Fitz Mayo - a.k.a. John Henry Fitzhugh Mayo (1898-1943) Fitz was one of the AA founding members of AA in New York with Bill Wilson. Bill and Lois visited him and his wife Libby at his house in Cumberstone MD in connection with their attendance (and his) at Oxford Group open houses in 1936. The marriage was in trouble by that time and ended shortly after their meeting. The son of an Episcopalian clergyman, he attended a church school, where he became rebellious at what he thought an overdose of religious education and became an atheist. Fitz was a failed bookkeeper and school teacher due to his drinking. Once his marriage to Libby ended he checked himself into Town's Hospital in NYC. Fitz most likely was the second...
Thoughts on Tradition Ten from the Shropshire (UK) Intergroup): Short form Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Long form No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues— particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion. The Alcoholics Anonymous groups oppose no one. Concerning such matters they can express no views whatsoever. Tradition Ten Discussion Questions Do I ever give the impression that there really is an “AA opinion” on Antabuse? Tranquilisers? Doctors? Psychiatrists? Churches? Hospitals? Jails? Alcohol? The Government? Drug and alcohol legislation? Vitamins? Al-Anon? Alateen? Can I honestly share my own personal experience concerning any of those without giving the impression I am stating the “AA opinion”? What in AA history gave rise to our Tenth Tradition? When offering...
