From Pioneering Fellowship to National Movement: Jack Alexander’s A.A. Articles
On March 1, 1941, The Saturday Evening Post published Jack Alexander’s landmark article on Alcoholics Anonymous. An event that helped take A.A. from a small, pioneering fellowship into a national movement. This post tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Post owner Judge Curtis Bok commissioned the piece, how Bill W. worked closely with Alexander, and how the resulting flood of inquiries transformed A.A.’s early public visibility almost overnight.