By Deirdre Donahue and Lindsay Deutsch, USA TODAY To kick off its new exhibition, “Books That Shaped America,” the Library of Congress asked curators and experts to compile a list of books that have influenced us as a nation. The selections come from different centuries and different experiences. They range from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense,…
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Every Day Is Christmas
AA Grapevine, December 1952, Vol. 9 No. 7 THE seventeenth Christmas for Alcoholics Anonymous is here. Considering all that has happened since AA’s first Christmas in 1935, no words can portray the meaning of Christmas 1952. The only thing of which we’re really sure is that we have given of ourselves, and have received gifts…
The Passing of a Giant — Mark Houston
Mark David Houston, died suddenly on February 19, 2010. He was 63. Mark was born in Iowa on October 14, 1946. One of four boys, Mark spent his childhood years working on his family’s farm in Corydon, Iowa. Mark’s accomplishments include: U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, BA – University of South Dakota, Director of Admissions –…
Alcoholics and Faces
In a recent Globe and Mail article, (August 20, 2009, Globe Life – Facts and Arguments) it said… “Of the many things that long-term alcohol addiction can steal – careers, lives, health, memory – one of its most heartbreaking tolls is on relationships,” Melissa Healey reports in The Los Angeles Times. “Alcoholics, researchers have long…