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Category: Literature

  • Consensus in Memphis: The 45th anniversary of the 3rd World Literature Conference

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    Chris Budnick

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    Boyd Pickard

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    Francis C.

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    Lucy O.

    in ,

    January 31 – February 8, 1981.  Four and a half months after the conclusion of the 2nd World Literature Conference (WLC), addicts gathered in Memphis, TN with two explicit goals: The 3rd WLC would produce the review form for the book Narcotics Anonymous (Basic Text).  The review form was a culmination of the first two…

  • Come Help Us Write the Big Book: The 45th anniversary of the 2nd World Literature Conference

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    by

    Chris Budnick

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    Boyd Pickard

    ,

    Francis C.

    and

    Tim S.

    in ,

    Eleven months after the 1st World Literature Conference (WLC), addicts gathered in Lincoln, Nebraska, to work on a book for Narcotics Anonymous.  Many of the attendees first attended the 10th World Convention of NA (WCNA 10) in Wichita, KS, before traveling the 240 miles to Lincoln.  Two of these travelers, attending their first WLC, brought…

  • Chronology of Narcotics Anonymous Literature (Public Version) – Volume 1 (1953-1993)

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    Chris Budnick

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    Introduction:  Literature is important to the growth and sustainability of many movements.  This is especially true for modern addiction recovery mutual aid fellowships.  Alcoholics Anonymous (the Big Book), first published in 1939, has sold over 37 million copies and has been translated into over 70 languages1.  It served two important functions.  First, it codified how…