From the SENY 
Archives Committee
. . . .
Anonymous®
The
story
of
the
fellowship
of
Alcoholics
in
South
East
New
York,
Area
is
deeply
associated
with
the
49
very
roots
of
our
program
of
recovery.
Do
you
know
where
the
first
institutionally
based
AA
meeting
was
held?
Where
. .
was
the
hospital
Dr.
Silkworth
treated
his
alcoholic
patients
in-
cluding
a
fellow
named
Bill
W.?
These
and
other
pieces
of
AA
history
belong
to
us
in
SENY
and
may
be
found
in
the
. .
. . . .,
following pages.
As
you
read
these
pages,
you
will
walk
through
more
than
sixty
years
of
AA
history.
Perhaps
youll
find
a
name
youve
. .
’
’
heard,
or
even
someone
you
know.
Perhaps
your
group
will
be
mentioned Its all part of our collective history.
. ’
What
we
do
in
AA
today
is
the
foundation
for
the
history
. .
we
will
write
tomorrow.
The
area
Archives
Committee
offers
this
booklet
therefore
as
a
work
in
progress,
and
welcomes
any
comments,
corrections
or
additions.
We
thank
too
the
many
members
of
the
fellowship,
county
archivists
and
histori-
ans,
friends,
and
others
who
have
helped
make
this
current
printing
possible.
They
have
helped
us
once
again
to,
“Pass
It
On”
.
SENY Archivist
S E N Y Archives Committee Chair, 1997-8
. . . .
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