{"id":2810,"date":"2025-12-29T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/?page_id=2810"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:17:24","slug":"ic2024ru03","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/page\/ic2024ru03\/","title":{"rendered":"ic2024ru03"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-084ee9c\" data-block-id=\"084ee9c\"><style>.stk-084ee9c {min-height:var(--stk--preset--block-height--none, 0px) !important;}.stk-084ee9c .stk-block-text__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--large, 36px) !important;font-weight:900 !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-084ee9c .stk-block-text__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--large, 36px) !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-align-center\">Painting \"Man on the Bed\"<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-var-stk-preset-font-size-small-13-px-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This painting depicts Dr. Bob and Bill W<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-c2ab63e\" data-block-id=\"c2ab63e\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-align-justify\">This painting depicts Dr. Bob and Bill W. giving a Twelfth Step to Bill D., an Akron lawyer and city councilman, who in the summer of 1935 had once again been admitted to Akron City Hospital for alcohol detox. Bill D. went on to become AA number 3 and didn\u2019t drink again until his death 19 years later.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Man-on-the-Bed.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-ad71f2c\" data-block-id=\"ad71f2c\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-align-justify\">The full-color painting first appeared as a Grapevine center spread in the December 155 issue. It proved so popular that four-color prints were made available separetely.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-53fc8f5\" data-block-id=\"53fc8f5\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-align-justify\">The artist, Robert M., was a volunteer ilustrator for the Grapevine, and in 1956 he presented the painting to A.A. co-founder Bill W. In his thank you letter Bill wrote: \u201c Your representation of \u2018The Man in the bed\u2019 hangs in my studio at Bedford Hills... The whole heart and essence of A.A. can be seen just by looking at it.\u201d.&nbsp;<em>A&nbsp;sua representa\u00e7\u00e3o de \u2018O Homem na cama\u2019 est\u00e1 pendurada no meu est\u00fadio em Bedford&nbsp;Hills&#8230; Todo o cora\u00e7\u00e3o e ess\u00eancia de AA podem ser vistos s\u00f3 de olhar para ele\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c1udio Portugu\u00eas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-23fcd45\" data-block-id=\"23fcd45\"><style>.stk-23fcd45 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>O Homem na Cama<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Roll-up-3_The-man-in-the-bed_PT.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">English Audio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-1c55fc7\" data-block-id=\"1c55fc7\"><style>.stk-1c55fc7 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>The Man on the Bed<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Roll-up-3_THE-MAN-IN-THE-BED.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pintura &#8220;Man on the Bed&#8221; Esta pintura representa Dr. Bob e Bill W Esta pintura representa Dr. Bob e Bill W. a fazerem um D\u00e9cimo Segundo Passo a Bill D., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":2839,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3453,"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2810\/revisions\/3453"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}