That Others May Find the Freedom of Recovery We Have Found: The 45th Anniversary of the 6th World Literature Conference

At 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, 1980, at the 10^th World Convention of Narcotics Anonymous (WCNA) in Wichita, KS, bidding for WCNA-11 commenced. Milwaukee, WI, made a “token bid,” but Miami, FL, ended up winning the selection for 1981’s WCNA.¹

When it became evident at the 4^th World Literature Conference (WLC) in Santa Monica that another conference would be needed, Fort Lauderdale was considered as a possible location to be held in conjunction with WCNA-11.² Pretty quickly, plans shifted and the next WLC was planned for the end of June in Warren, OH. Important strides were made in Warren. The lost Santa Monica chapters were retyped and by the end of the WLC, four of the ten chapters were closed. In concluding the 5^th WLC, chapter 4 (“How it Works”) was the first chapter “slated for group conscience” in Miami. Chapters 5 (“What Can I Do?”), 7 (“Recovery and Relapse”), and 9 (“Just for Today – Living the Program”) “needed more work.”³ Completion of the text seemed within reach.

WCNA 11: Together – More than Ever

After featuring A.A. Young People’s circuit speakers in Houston (WCNA-8) and Atlanta (WCNA-9), speakers in Wichita (WCNA-10) and Miami (WCNA-11) relied entirely on NA members.⁴ That Miami repeated what Wichita accomplished signaled that NA was growing and evolving into a culture that was separate and distinct from A.A. In addition to a slate of NA speakers, another indication of NA’s growth was an increase in convention registrations. Nearly 320 people registered for WCNA-10, with Saturday night’s attendance reaching close to 400. WCNA-11 saw the number of registrants swell to 625⁵ just one year later.⁶

Two other noteworthy developments appear in the WCNA-11 program. First, “clean time” was used for recognizing lengths of recovery during the main speaker meeting on Saturday night. While prior WCNA programs don’t consistently list recovery recognition during the Saturday night speaker meeting, it was a significant forward step from the “Sobriety Call” listed at in the WCNA-7 program.⁷

Second, this truly became a World Convention. Interestingly, it was only when with the first WCNA held outside of California (WCNA-8 in Houston in 1978), that programs could no longer get by with just listing the city or town of the speaker. Now, WCNA-11 was to feature the first speaker from outside of North America, Olivia F. from Dublin, Ireland.⁸

The Friday night main speaker meeting was to include a welcome from a representative of the City of Miami. Apparently, the best representative of the city (and the original choice by the host committee) was Miami Dolphins’ head football coach, Don Shula. Citing a scheduling conflict, the beloved coach sent a letter of regret.⁹ George H., in charge of Public Relations for the host committee, was disappointed that their second choice, the Mayor for the City of Miami, was a no show.¹⁰

WCNA-11 was the 4^th consecutive convention held outside of California, radically changing the composition of those listed in the program. In 1977, the last WCNA held in California, 94 of the 95 names listed in the program were from California (99%). By WCNA 11, California represented 11% of the names (8 of 73). As representation diversified geographically, literature movement participants began to be featured more prominently. They were heavily represented in the WCNA-11 convention program (chairperson, entertainment, panelists, and speakers). Excluding readers, nearly half of the NA members listed in the program had attended one or more WLCs (20 of 41).¹¹ Additionally, 7 of the 10 selected readers had also attended one or more WLCs.¹² As a result there was growing diversification of NA experience featured.

Members of the Literature Movement in the WCNA-11 Program
Name	City, State	Program Role
Bo S.	Marietta, GA	Step Speaker (Steps 10, 11, 12)
Bob B.	Los Angeles, CA	N.A. History Workshop Chairperson
Bob D.	St. Louis, MO	Saturday Afternoon Speaker
Chuck S.	Whittier, CA	Service Structure Workshop Chair
Cindy P.	Topeka, KS	Convention/Conference Planning Panelist
Donna N.	Lincoln, NE	Friday Night Hospitality Room Chairperson (“Our Book”)
Gina H.	Nashville, TN	Entertainment (N.A. Song Performer)
Hank F.	Marietta, GA	Beginner’s Workshop Chairperson
Henry S.	Beverly Hills, CA	Hospitals/Institutions Workshop Speaker
Jim M.	Leetonia, OH	Starting New N.A. Groups Workshop Chairperson
Jim N.	Lincoln, NE	Men’s Meeting Chairperson
Joseph P.	Memphis, TN	N.A. Panelist (Cooperation Not Affiliation)
Larry N.	Winchester, VA	Step Speaker (Steps 6, 7, 8, 9)
Linda M.	Auburn, KS	Eleventh Step Workshop Chairperson
Nona B.	Salinas, CA	Sunday Morning Spiritual Meeting Speaker
Page C.	Smyrna, GA	Friday Night Meeting Speaker
Roger T.	Warren, OH	Literature Workshop Speaker
Sally E.	Buena Park, CA	Saturday Night Main Speaker
Steve M.	Nashville, TN	Entertainment (N.A. Song Performer)
Tom M.	Marietta, GA	Friday Night Hospitality Room Chairperson (“Our Book”)

Members of the Literature Movement Selected as Readers
Name	Town/City, State	Role(s)
Bill Z.	Potomac, MD	Reader (How It Works — Friday Night)
Charles D.	Prairieville, LA	Reader (Twelve Traditions — Friday Night)
Charles K.	Baton Rouge, LA	Reader (Twelve Traditions — Saturday Night)
Dean G.	Orange County, CA	Reader (How It Works — Saturday Afternoon)
Mindy M.	Sioux City, IA	Reader (How It Works — Saturday Morning)
Nickie C.	Canoga Park, CA	Reader (Twelve Traditions — Thursday Night)
Pam K.	Warren, OH	Reader (Twelve Traditions — Saturday Afternoon)

Tension and Conflict

It was common for service meetings to be scheduled during WCNAs. At WCNA-11, the Board of Trustees met on Saturday, September 12^th at 8:00 am. They elected two new Trustees; Michael Bohan, a non-addict physician with the U.S. Navy from Norfolk, VA, and James D., who helped found NA in Victoria, British Columbia in 1967.¹³

More importantly, for purposes of this blog, the Trustees addressed a letter of complaint that Chuck had received from the World Service Office (WSO) “about literature being published with the office address on it, but without office knowledge.” It was determined that this was the WSC-LC sending out copies of their drafts of the book material. The trustees supported the office view that this was not appropriate, but it is unclear what if any action they took.¹⁴ This was symptomatic of larger conflict that had developed between the WSO and WSC-LC. After meeting with Jimmy K. earlier in 1981, Chuck S. stated, “it was futile to act as a mediator between the two groups,” concluding, “It is in God’s hands.”¹⁵

Conflict was not reserved for those involved with the literature movement and the WSO. The conflict between the past and current WSC-LC Chairs, Bo and Roger, came to a head in Miami. In My Years with Narcotics Anonymous, Bob Stone writes that “apparently Roger felt overshadowed by Bo and his continued participation in his usual manner. In retrospect, it seems odd that Roger would have thought Bo would suddenly and completely step out of the proceedings” after stepping down as WSC-LC Chair.¹⁶ Now at the Marco Polo Hotel, Roger apologized to Bo for things he said and did that he felt were “out of line.” Their talk was interrupted by “two young women” who came up and hugged Bo. This was enough for Roger to walk away. When Bo sought to resume the conversation with him, Roger stated, “If I had a gun in Ohio, I would have shot you.”¹⁷

Travelers

An unofficial subtitle for the presentation “A History of the Basic Text” has been “Blood, Sweat, and Tears.” The “sweat” of the “Blood, Sweat, and Tears” was evident in more than one way at the 6^th WLC. Charles K. recounts how he and Tom McT. hitchhiked from the 4^th WLC in Santa Monica to the 5^th WLC in Warren, OH. After Warren, Miami was the next obvious destination. Charles shared, “that’s where the World Convention is going to be and then the Lit Conference is after that, so, we gotta be there.”¹⁸

Doug W., another WLC veteran, put a lot of sweat in when he decided to ride his bicycle from Lincoln, NE to Miami, FL. He approached the ride as “truly a Just For Today kind of process” that involved getting on his bike and riding “100 miles or so and keep going the next day.” While he wanted to attend WCNA-11, it was his past experiences with participating in WLCs (2^nd – 5^th) that propelled him the nearly 2,000 miles. He recalled, “at that point I had experienced so much with the different Lit Conferences I knew I was going to be able to find people along the way and find people once I got down there that I’d be able to, to survive and I guess I wanted more of that Fellowship, at that point.”¹⁹

Others traveled to WCNA-11 not knowing that they would end up at the 6^th WLC. Mary B. traveled with Ray C. from Dallas, TX to WCNA-11. Mary attended the History of NA workshop conducted by Bob B. (Los Angeles). Bob asked if she was new and then what she was doing after the convention. With 10 months clean, Mary didn’t consider herself really “that new.” More importantly, Bob asked if she could type. The long answer Mary provided was that she “grew up believing that you either got married out of high school or you went to secretarial school or you went to college to find your husband.” The short answer was “I can type.” Bob asked if she would be interested in giving back to NA and helping with some work to get the NA message out. This was Mary’s introduction to the effort to write the Basic Text. She is also one of the first people we discovered who chose not to have their name listed in the minutes. This has served as a reminder that any history is just “a” history, and specifically with this history that there may be more people who attended WLCs than the minutes reflect.²⁰

The 6^th World Literature Conference

Charles K. got clean October 5, 1978. He was working in Dallas, TX when his company’s employee assistance program referred him to a detox in Baton Rouge, LA. From detox, he was sent to a halfway house in Omaha, NE where he was first introduced to Narcotics Anonymous. After 3 months at the halfway house, Charles decided to return to Louisiana where he thought he had better chances of staying in recovery.²¹

He first learned of the effort to write a book when Bo came through Louisiana. They reconnected at WCNA-10 in Wichita where Charles recalls attending a literature planning meeting. His first WLC was in Santa Monica and as mentioned previously, he hitchhiked from there to Warren and from Warren to Miami.²² He made Florida home after he arrived.²³

Once in Florida, Charles became the chairperson of the host committee for the 6^th WLC and began preparing for the upcoming conference. Father Jim Jones, an Episcopal priest and recovering alcoholic, was the director of Concept House, a therapeutic community in Miami. Father Jones arranged for the use of Firestone Hall at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church.²⁴

The 6^th WLC opened on the afternoon of Monday, September 14^th, and the temperature contributed more “sweat” to the “blood, sweat, and tears” of the writing of the Basic Text. Al R. recalled “it was just hot, hot, hot, hot as all get out. Like, you know, you take a shower 15 minutes later, you need a shower.”²⁵ The use of an air conditioner was $10.00 per hour and cost prohibitive to the WLC. The minutes directed members to not turn on the air conditioners as Florida has the highest rates for electricity. The 6^th World Literature Conference Report indicates that they spent $230²⁶ on air conditioning, which would cover 23 of the 144 hours the conference was at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church. For the remaining hours, attendees had to settle for a rented fan.²⁷

Charles K. welcomed the officers of the conference. Bob G. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) was Co-Chairperson, Terica W. (Bristol, PA) was Secretary, Beth N. (Dania, FL) was Co-Secretary, Bob McG. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) was Treasurer, Linda M. (Kansas) was Librarian, Leah G. (Miami, FL) and Lori H. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) were responsible for housing, and Ralph D. (Fort Lauderdale, FL) was responsible for sound and recording.²⁸ Charles turned things over to Roger T., Chair of the WSC-LC who spoke to the intensity of work for the next week. The expectation was the conference would “run round the clock” with group conscience meetings occurring at 11 am and 11 pm each day. New WLC participants were oriented to how workshops operated by Mary L. and Jim.²⁹

New pamphlets, The Triangle of Self-Obsession and For the Newcomer, were distributed as review material. Discussion was held around the process for putting out review material with approved literature. Californians and service veterans Sally E. and Chuck S. weighed in, acknowledging that greater clarity was needed. This new procedural question was a welcome indication of the potential for new literature beyond the Basic Text that could emerge from the literature movement. The discussion evolved into the need to update the Handbook for Narcotics Anonymous Literature Committees. Chuck S. and Hank F. were blunt in their assessment that this was a distraction from the main priority of the conference. “Work on the book, and not worry about this other shit,” said Chuck. Even more directly, the minutes reflect Hank F.’s sentiment. “WE WANT OUR BOOK! FUCK THIS OTHER BULLSHIT!”³⁰

A status report on the chapters was provided during the second group conscience meeting at 7 pm on day 1. Chapter 4 (“How It Works”) and Chapter 9 (“Just for Today – Living the Program”)³¹ were the chapters that required the most attention. For discussion was whether there was a need for chapter 9 since it had been turned into an Informational Pamphlet (I.P.) combining the last half of Chapter 4 “Living the Program.”³²

The status of the other chapters on day 1 are as follows:

• To be put into final form with no further work required:
  • Chapter 1 (“Who is An Addict?”)
  • Chapter 2 (“What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?”)
  • Chapter 3 (“Why Are We Here?”)
  • Chapter 8 (“We Do Recover”)
    
• Ready for editing/editing workshops:
  • Chapter 5 (“What Can I Do?”)
  • Chapter 7 (“Recovery and Relapse”)
  • Chapter 10 (“More Will Be Revealed”)
    
• Needs to be typed:
  • Chapter 6 (“The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous”)³³
    

After a break for dinner, the second group conscience meeting opened later that night at 9 pm. The group decided to do a flow reading and note taking of Chapter 4 from the Warren draft, instead of the Memphis Review Form. A “flow reading” was a technique that involved an out loud reading of the chapter, during which time the group listened without interruption, while jotting down notes. A 10-minute break occurred between the reading and discussion of the chapter.

Following discussion, a motion was passed forming a team to deal with Chapter 4 input. The team required 3 members with past literature conference experience and 2 newcomers. By the end of the discussion, Bo, Jim M., and Sally were the experienced members of the team and Leah and Toby were the newcomers.³⁴

On September 15^th at 11:15 am, the 3^rd group conscience meeting opened with a moment of silence and the “Book Prayer” (also referred to as the “Literature Prayer”). Sally shared that the Chapter 4 team had “factored in all new input almost through Step Two.” Roger then reminded the group of the steps for completing a chapter.

1. “Factoring in new input.
2. Edit for flow. Make transition.
3. Proofing. Polishing. No major changes made here. If there are any major changes, it returns to the editing workshop.
4. Review by Group Conscience.
5. Distribution to the Fellowship.”³⁵
   

To address remaining chapters, members were assigned to a committee.

The 5^th group conscience opened at 11:25 am on September 16^th. Steve reported that they were editing the “Warren Draft” of Chapter 10 (“More Will Be Revealed”) and it was “beginning to get direction” but was facing some of the same problems as in Warren. The committee received feedback to begin with a good outline of the chapter and to avoid editing while doing cut and paste. Mary V. and Terica volunteered to assist with the cut and paste on Chapter 10.³⁹

The 6^th group conscience opened at 11:00 pm on September 16^th with discussion of having a printer from Memphis print the Approval Form.⁴⁰ A motion was passed that copies should be sent to committee members, the Board of Trustees, the WSO, and seated regions. While not yet referring to this as what would become the Mid-South Regional Service Conference, the minutes state that everyone was invited to Memphis for Thanksgiving after the printed form is mailed out.⁴¹

On September 17^th at 1:25 pm, the 7^th group conscience meeting was called to order. Roger stated that they had to vacate the church by Saturday at noon, emphasizing not “dope fiend noon; 3:00.” Chapters 5 (“What Can I Do?”) and 7 (“Recovery and Relapse”) were read aloud and passed with few changes. A motion passed that Chapter 4 (“How It Works”) would be read in group conscience at 7:00 pm.⁴² The chapter was now 51 pages long and “improved.” The 8^th group conscience resumed that evening. They completed a group edit of Steps 1 – 6 and a flow read of Steps 7 – 12. The group conscience end at 6:00 am the following morning as “everybody started nodding.”⁴³

Group conscience number 10, opened at 10:45 pm on September 18^th. Charles read Chapter 10 (“More Will Be Revealed”). There was much improvement to the chapter and members responded with “incredible improvement” and “thrills and chills.” The review of the progress made lasted approximately 2 hours.⁴⁴

Continuing to work around the clock, Bob G. called a group conscience (#11) at 4:40 am to review Chapter 9 (“Just For Today – Living the Program”). A little more than 3 hours later, the chapter was passed and recommended for a larger group conscience with more people in attendance.⁴⁵

At noon, on September 19^th, the 6^th WLC vacated Firestone Hall at Holy Cross Episcopal Church and relocated to the Day by Day Clubhouse in Fort Lauderdale. As had become tradition, a banquet was held that night. Jamie, having served as the cook in Warren, prepared a wonderful meal, including roast beef, a vegetarian salad, mashed potatoes, two different vegetables, rolls, salad, and lemonade. Dessert consisted of white, yellow, and chocolate cake. A small program followed the dinner. Linda M. was presented with a thank you card for her work as the librarian. Joseph P. read the final form of Chapter 7 (“Recovery and Relapse”), and Charles K. read the final form of Chapter 10 (“More Will Be Revealed”). The banquet concluded with a lead from Valen of Florida.⁴⁶

The 12^th group conscience was called to order at 11:40 pm on September 19^th. Chapter 9 was actually untitled. Mary reported that the provisional title was “Living the Program Just for Today.” She wasn’t satisfied with it, reporting that “it is still choppy.” Interestingly, she shares that she “has trouble understanding how northerners speak, and that contributed to her problems.” Mary then requested that a southerner read the chapter aloud. Three hours later they recessed until 3:00 am and then turned their attention to Chapter 4 (“How It Works”). The chapter went through group conscience review and at 9:35 a.m. the following morning the chapter was finished. The minutes state “The book is finished.”⁴⁷ To simply say the book is finished is to ignore the unique, painstaking, and dedicated style in which this book was written. This was not a single author working with an editor. This was a mosaic of addicts, writing in committee, actively seeking input, while funding the work as they went. For context, Charles K. summarized what occurred in Miami. Charles shared, “We read each line and voted on every single line. Not whole chapters, not pages or paragraphs, but every line. And as I read each line I would check yes or no. If it was a no, it went back and got worked on. And that’s where the White Approval Form came from, was that conference there; after every line had been approved, and that was made up and sent out as something that, here’s our book. Here’s what we’re offering to you as a finished product.”⁴⁸

At 6:00 pm on Sunday, September 20^th, the 13^th group conscience meeting was called to order. The agenda for this group conscience meeting was:

1. “Title for Chapter Nine and placement.
2. Address specific input and proposal for Chapter Ten.
3. Everything that comes before Chapter One and after Chapter Ten – what and when do we do about it?
4. Next Literature Conference.
5. What to do about proofreading.”⁴⁹

Proposed titles for Chapter 9 included “Today We Live,” “Living the Program,” “The N.A. Way of Life,” “Just for Today: Living the Program,” and “Ongoing Recovery.”⁵⁰

A motion was made to add the 3^rd Step prayer to Chapter 4 which read slightly differently from what ended up in the printed book. “Take my will and guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live.” By the time the Approval Form was printed, it read “Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live.”⁵¹

Attendance taken at 10:00 pm shows 16 members remaining (out of 70 names that appear in the minutes over the course of the conference). These members made the final motions of the 6^th WLC, finding agreement for what was to come next. The following motions were passed. “It” refers to the completed work, chapters 1 through 10.

More Lost Work

Unfortunately, an experience like that in Santa Monica was about to happen again. The final Miami draft would have to be recreated from memory and notes. A blog about this chapter in NA’s history was published November 9, 2024, at Preserving the Message, 1981 Mid-South Regional Service Conference.

For More Information

To commemorate the 45^th anniversary of the 6^th WLC, Francis, Mason, and Chris have recorded a more in-depth presentation examining the literature conference. The presentation can be viewed here, on the Preserving The Message YouTube channel.

As with previous topics, The Living Clean Podcast has recorded a very special episode to complement this presentation. We hope that you will check them both out.

Artificial Intelligence Statement

The authors used Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash for analysis of changes to Chapter 4 “How It Works” across different drafts (Memphis Review Form, Miami draft, and the Approval Form). The authors also used it for feedback on the first draft of this blog related to grammar/syntax/punctuation, structure, and clarity.

The authors used Google Pinpoint to analyze interviews, minutes, letters, newsletters, chapters, and documents.

1. Stone, B. (1997). My years with Narcotics Anonymous. Joplin, Missouri: Hulon Pendleton Publishing. ↩︎
2. World Service Conference Literature Conference (1981). Minutes from Day 6 of the 4^th World Literature Conference, May 1, 1981. ↩︎
3. WSC-LC (1981). 5^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. July 5, 1981, Seventh Day, Evening Meeting. ↩︎
4. Stone, B. (1997). My years with Narcotics Anonymous. Joplin, Missouri: Hulon Pendleton Publishing; Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL. ↩︎
5. Bob Stone writes “Some would later claim between five hundred and eight hundred had attended.” Southern Exposure states “An urban legend had the attendance figure ranging far higher due to unofficial participation from local hospitals and institutions.” ↩︎
6. Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL. ↩︎
7. The authors reviewed the programs for WCNA-1, WCNA-2, and WCNA-4 to WCNA-11. ↩︎
8. World Convention of Narcotics Anonymous (1981). WCNA-11 Program, Miami, FL. September 10 – 13, 1981. ↩︎
9. Southern Exposure states the reason for Shula’s conflict was due to “a previous engagement in New York the following day with the rival Jets.” Southern Exposure does not include a citation for this. Notably, the Dolphins had defeated the Steelers at home on Thursday, September 10^th (source). The Jets hosted the Bengals on September 13^th (source). It is unclear what commitment Shula would have had in New York with the Jets that weekend. ↩︎
10. Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL. ↩︎
11. Note, two people listed in the program were A.A. panelists, and one was Alma B., Bob B.’s wife who founded Nar-Anon. ↩︎
12. The authors used Gemini AI to analyze the convention program against a list of World Literature Conference participants. ↩︎
13. Stone, B. (1997). My years with Narcotics Anonymous. Joplin, Missouri: Hulon Pendleton Publishing; Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL. ↩︎
14. Stone, B. (1997). My years with Narcotics Anonymous. Joplin, Missouri: Hulon Pendleton Publishing. ↩︎
15. Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL. ↩︎
16. Stone, B. (1997). My years with Narcotics Anonymous. Joplin, Missouri: Hulon Pendleton Publishing. ↩︎
17. S. Bo (1990). The Story of the Basic Text. ↩︎
18. Charles K. (2013). Transcript of Charles sharing after A History of the Basic Text presentation at the 32^nd Georgia Regional Convention of NA in Jekyll Island, GA on March 22, 2013. Courtesy of Chris Budnick. ↩︎
19. Doug W. (2018). Interview of Doug W. by Chris Budnick and Boyd Pickard, April 12, 2018. ↩︎
20. Mary B. (2021). Interview of Mary B. by Chris Budnick, Francis C., Mat S., and Peter H., April 2, 2021. ↩︎
21. Charles K. (2021). Interview of Charles K. by Chris Budnick, Boyd Pickard, and Francis C., February 11, 2021. ↩︎
22. Charles K. (2021). Interview of Charles K. by Chris Budnick, Boyd Pickard, and Francis C., February 11, 2021. ↩︎
23. Charles K. (2013). Transcript of Charles sharing after A History of the Basic Text presentation at the 32^nd Georgia Regional Convention of NA in Jekyll Island, GA on March 22, 2013. Courtesy of Chris Budnick. ↩︎
24. Florida Regional Service Office, Inc. (2004). Southern Exposure: Recovery Under the Sun. Tallahassee, FL; WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. Summary of expenses. ↩︎
25. Al R. (2021). Interview of Al R. by Chris Budnick, Boyd Pickard, and Francis C., February 6, 2021. ↩︎
26. A September 18, 1981, report lists the air conditioning expense at $450.00. The authors went with a more reconciled financial report that lists total conference revenue and expenses at $4,353.72, of which $230.00 was listed for air conditioning. ↩︎
27. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, Opening Meeting and September 15, 1981, third group conscience meeting; Undated document titled, “The 6^th World Literature Conference Report.” Includes a handwritten note to Charles K. from Linda dated March 29, 1982. ↩︎
28. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, Opening Meeting and The 6^th World Literature Conference Report, dated September 18, 1981 and included in the minutes. ↩︎
29. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, Opening Meeting. ↩︎
30. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, Opening Meeting. ↩︎
31. Note, the title for Chapter 9 was not decided upon until the last group conscience meeting of the 6^th WLC. ↩︎
32. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, 2^nd group conscience meeting at 7 pm. ↩︎
33. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, 2^nd group conscience meeting. ↩︎
34. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 14, 1981, 2^nd group conscience meeting. ↩︎
35. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 15, 1981, 3^rd group conscience meeting. ↩︎
36. The authors cannot say with complete certainty which “Bobs” were part of the Chapter Six committee but suspect that it was Bob B. of Los Angeles and Bob B. of San Francisco. While Bob B. of Los Angeles is not listed in the minutes for the 3^rd group conscience meeting, he was a member of the Board Trustees and had been clean since 1962. Bob B. from San Francisco and Bobby B. from Philadelphia are listed in the minutes for the 3^rd group conscience meeting, but Bobby B. appears to always be listed as Bobby and not Bob. Additionally, he was listed as assigned to the committee on Chapter 7. ↩︎
37. Roy stated that members of this committee should have experience with “being in and out of the Program.” ↩︎
38. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 15, 1981, 3^rd group conscience meeting. ↩︎
39. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 16, 1981, 5^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
40. This is the author’s terminology. The minutes refer to it as the “printed form” and sending it out for “approval.” It would eventually become widely known as the Approval Form of the Basic Text. ↩︎
41. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 16, 1981, 6^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
42. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 17, 1981, 7^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
43. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 17, 1981, 8^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
44. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 18, 1981, 10^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
45. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 19, 1981, 11^th group conscience meeting ↩︎
46. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 19, 1981, Banquet. ↩︎
47. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 19, 1981, 12^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
48. Charles K. (2013). Transcript of Charles sharing after A History of the Basic Text presentation at the 32^nd Georgia Regional Convention of NA in Jekyll Island, GA on March 22, 2013. Courtesy of Chris Budnick. ↑ ↩︎
49. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 20, 1981, 13^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
50. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 20, 1981, 13^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎
51. WSC-LC (1981). Approval Form. ↩︎
52. WSC-LC (1981). 6^th World Literature Conference Minutes. World Service Conference Literature Committee. September 20, 1981, 13^th group conscience meeting. ↩︎