Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 thanks, was there any reference where pitman himself found the > > Hi Dave & Ken, > The Pittman book is where I found that info. It has a fairly lengthy > section in it (as I recall, about 10 pages) on Silkworth's belladonna > cure and 's " spiritual awakening " under its influence. Other > than that there's not much of interest in the book, which is very > much pro-AA. Why Pittman included that potentially embarrassing > info yet carefully sanitized the info on the Oxford Groups is beyond > me. But, fortunately, he did include it. > > Chaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Dave Marcoot wrote: >> ken, i recall reading in cult or cure that wilosn was undergoing a >> belladonna cure while detoxing, and this is when he had his >> " awakwening " . any idea where chaz got that bit of info? where is >> that documented? >Dave, >The reference I used in " The Real AA " was: >Pittman B, AA: The Way It Began. Seattle: Glen Abbey Books, 1988 >although I'm pretty sure I came across reference to Silkworth's " cure " in old >medical journals. It has been so many years . . . >Sorry I can't be of more help, except to suggest doing a search of the >medical journals from the 30s using " Silkworth, " " Belladona " and " Henbane. " >Ken Hi Dave & Ken, The Pittman book is where I found that info. It has a fairly lengthy section in it (as I recall, about 10 pages) on Silkworth's belladonna cure and 's " spiritual awakening " under its influence. Other than that there's not much of interest in the book, which is very much pro-AA. Why Pittman included that potentially embarrassing info yet carefully sanitized the info on the Oxford Groups is beyond me. But, fortunately, he did include it. Chaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Dave Marcoot wrote: >> ken, i recall reading in cult or cure that wilosn was undergoing a >> belladonna cure while detoxing, and this is when he had his >> " awakwening " . any idea where chaz got that bit of info? where is >> that documented? >Dave, >The reference I used in " The Real AA " was: >Pittman B, AA: The Way It Began. Seattle: Glen Abbey Books, 1988 >although I'm pretty sure I came across reference to Silkworth's " cure " in old >medical journals. It has been so many years . . . >Sorry I can't be of more help, except to suggest doing a search of the >medical journals from the 30s using " Silkworth, " " Belladona " and " Henbane. " >Ken Hi Dave & Ken, The Pittman book is where I found that info. It has a fairly lengthy section in it (as I recall, about 10 pages) on Silkworth's belladonna cure and 's " spiritual awakening " under its influence. Other than that there's not much of interest in the book, which is very much pro-AA. Why Pittman included that potentially embarrassing info yet carefully sanitized the info on the Oxford Groups is beyond me. But, fortunately, he did include it. Chaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Dave Marcoot wrote: >> ken, i recall reading in cult or cure that wilosn was undergoing a >> belladonna cure while detoxing, and this is when he had his >> " awakwening " . any idea where chaz got that bit of info? where is >> that documented? >Dave, >The reference I used in " The Real AA " was: >Pittman B, AA: The Way It Began. Seattle: Glen Abbey Books, 1988 >although I'm pretty sure I came across reference to Silkworth's " cure " in old >medical journals. It has been so many years . . . >Sorry I can't be of more help, except to suggest doing a search of the >medical journals from the 30s using " Silkworth, " " Belladona " and " Henbane. " >Ken Hi Dave & Ken, The Pittman book is where I found that info. It has a fairly lengthy section in it (as I recall, about 10 pages) on Silkworth's belladonna cure and 's " spiritual awakening " under its influence. Other than that there's not much of interest in the book, which is very much pro-AA. Why Pittman included that potentially embarrassing info yet carefully sanitized the info on the Oxford Groups is beyond me. But, fortunately, he did include it. Chaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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