Bernard B. S. — AA 30th Anniversary Convention (1965)

RS-G033 · PIONEER ERA · AA · 1965

Bernard B. Smith

AA 30th Anniversary Convention · Toronto, Canada
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SpeakerBernard B. Smith
EventAA 30th Anniversary Convention
LocationToronto, Canada
Year1965
EraPioneer Era
FellowshipAA
Duration50:04
RS NumberRS-G033
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This is the second general session of our fourth international convention. Shall we open it by joining in God Save the Queen? God Save the Queen God Save the Queen Give me a seat here please. To officially open this session, we're going to ask a girl who is much beloved in Toronto, I guess in all of Ontario, I wouldn't be surprised in all of Canada, Marg M. Ladies and gentlemen, in the custom of the tradition of the AA World and opening all our meetings, we are going to have a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer. Each of us will have our own thoughts in this moment of silence, but I would ask of you, nay I would beg of you, to include in your own thoughts during that moment a very fervent prayer for the millions who still do not know and are yet to come to the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. May we have that moment now please. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. I should make a very simple announcement that these mics, these head, I mean these head receivers that we're using back here, tune us in, not out, of Maple Leaf Gardens. Last night everyone on the stage was tuned out. By way of introduction, my name is Herb and I'm an alcoholic. Ever since I came into AA, I've tried to keep it simple, and look where I am now. Before AA, I'd assembled around me enough complications to last me a lifetime, and these I shed, or thought I shed, when I joined the club. I do like to keep my AA simple. I like to think of it as just one drunk talking to another, because we know that is the essence of AA, and we've seen that working here for the past two days. We've had meetings which were very big in size, but no one of them was further away from the problems of one alcoholic than the voice of another alcoholic ready to help. I like to keep my AA simple, and I think that so do all those who find themselves involved in the affairs of groups, or central offices, or area committees, or the general service office. But because AA may…

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