JIM and ROSA BURWELL of San Diego, CA
Both Speaking at the Same Event
at San Diego,CA August 15,1974
His sobriety date is June 15,1938.
   • The Author of a Big Book Story(THE VICIOUS CYCLE)
   • he is fully qualified to give an oral history of AA and the book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS which is what he does on this CD.
   • As his own story is intertwined with that of early AA in New York with Bill Wilson.
   • Jim Burwell Founded the First AA Groups in Washington DC and Philadelphia,PA.
   • JIM B. is an early New York AA who met Bill Wilson and Hank Parkhurst while Bill still lived at 182 Clinton St.(where the hot flash happened in JIMS words)
   • This is an eyewitness account not a talk by a historian.
   • For example the Rockafeller dinner is not something he read about HE WAS THERE this is JIMS OWN STORY
   • Other recordings I have of Jim he talks primarly about the history of AA and the Big Book.
   • In this recording he talks about his own recovery including the incident of his slip.
   • Jim is the "ED" of the story in tradition three of the 12X12. Page 143-145 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
   • Jim tells this story from his own experience.
   • His own story is very interesting as is his wifes story.
   • They both use a Forties Era vernacular wherein people are refered to as "POWER BOYS" "GLAMOUR JOBS".
   • A very good example of how early AAs "qualified" and shared their recovery stories.
   • Very Enjoyable.