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Re: Are users submitting books? The day widely known as the date of Dr. Bob's last drink, June 10, , is celebrated as the founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bob and Bill spend hours working out the best approach to alcoholics, a group known to be averse to taking directions. Realizing that thinking of sobriety for a day at a time makes it seem more achievable than facing a lifetime of struggle, they hit on the twenty-four hour concept.

Bill returns home to New York to seek a job, but his need to help other alcoholics is no less urgent. He begins to look for prospects at Towns Hospital, where he finds Hank P. Another success is Fitz M. Eager to carry the message, Bill and Dr.

Bob search for another person to help. During the visits of Bill and Dr. Bob, Bill D. Bob and his wife Anne have pioneered in Akron. Charles B. At the Clinton Street meeting that very evening, Bill tells his group of the offer — but the members object, insisting that spreading the message for money would violate its integrity.

The office secretary is a young woman named Ruth Hock. In late , Bill pays another visit to Dr. Bob in Akron. This discovery leads to exciting possibilities: Bill and Bob discuss developing a chain of hospitals dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; employing salaried workers who would spread the word; and literature — especially a book, meant to carry the message far and wide. Oxford Group meetings for alcoholics continue at the large home of T. Henry and Clarace Williams right , with Dr.

Bob sometimes joining Mr. Williams to lead meetings. In , his brother-in-law, Dr. Leonard Strong, Jr. Rockefeller, Jr. At a December meeting attended by Bill, Dr. Bob, Dr. However, after it is pointed out that money could spoil the movement's purpose, the meeting reaps welcome enthusiasm and moral support, but no funds.

Frank Amos right , who attended the December meeting and is a close friend of John D. In February he spends several days in the city. Impressed by the recovery rate of Akron group members, he proposes a recuperative facility to be run by Dr. Frank Amos and others who had attended the December meeting offer to confer with Bill, Leonard Strong, and various members of the New York group to consider how the movement can be given an organizational framework. As a result, the Alcoholic Foundation is formally established on August 11, , with Dr.

Bob as a trustee and Bill on the advisory committee. As he begins to write the A. Book, Bill comes to the point where he must outline an actual program for the recovering alcoholic to follow. Bob as they carry the message. The steps grow to 12, and the A. Twelve Step program is born. Bill writes a book meant to aid the alcoholic who is unable to attend meetings or find fellow alcoholics with whom to talk. At the Newark office, he dictates his handwritten notes to Ruth Hock right as she types, reviewing and revising drafts all the while.

But the astute businessman, Hank P. Four hundred mimeographed copies of the Big Book manuscript are sent out for comments and evaluation by members, friends, and other allies. Among those making valuable contributions are a Baltimore doctor who suggests having a physician write the introduction a job taken on by Dr. Silkworth and Dr. Clarence S.

After an anticipated Reader's Digest article fails to materialize and a radio broadcast results in no orders, sales are few and far between. This disappointment foreshadows a bleak summer for the New York fellowship.

As the Great Depression eases and property values rise, the company that owns the mortgage on Clinton Street right sells the building, forcing Bill and Lois to move out.

In the spring of , Dr. Thomas hospital since , that they start treating alcoholics. She agrees, and over the years Sister Ignatia and Dr. Bob will bring comfort and aid to almost 5, hospitalized patients. She will become the first woman in Alcoholics Anonymous to achieve lasting sobriety. Seeking publicity for A. In the fall, tensions grow in the Akron Oxford Group, with the alcoholic members wanting more independence. The alcoholics decide to meet at Dr.

Henry and Clarace Williams. As this fledgling group grows, it shifts its meetings to King School, an elementary school in Akron. John D. Because Rockefeller believes that A. Nevertheless, Rockefeller sees to it that the event receives favorable and widespread publicity. Within a month, small donations trickle in from members, slightly easing the financial difficulty faced by A. With the house at Clinton Street no longer available for meetings, New York members meet wherever they can.

Two of them, Bert T. The clubhouse right soon bustles with activity, and Bill and Lois, still homeless, move into one of the two upstairs bedrooms later in the year. Though something of a financial gamble, the move means that for the first time the Fellowship has a headquarters of its own.

His name and face are splashed over sports pages nationwide. On a rainy winter night in late , a kindly clergyman from St. Louis appears at the 24th Street Clubhouse. Leaning on his cane, Fr. Edward Dowling, SJ, right introduces himself to Bill, states that he has been reading Alcoholics Anonymous , and then points out the parallels between the Twelve Steps and his own Jesuit order.

Thus begins a spiritual sponsorship between Fr. Dowling and Bill that will last for the next 20 years. George Little, a Toronto United Church minister who is also active in the temperance movement, learns of the Big Book in , orders a few copies, and gives two to a small group of alcoholics who have been gathering for mutual support. Led by Tom E. Ruth and many A. Soon, the prayer is printed on cards and is being passed out to A. The prayer has since become a central part of A.

The prayer's authorship is generally attributed to well-known Protestant theologian Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr. The resulting 7,word article is published in the magazine on March 1, , putting Alcoholics Anonymous on the map of public consciousness and spurring a dramatic increase in Big Book sales and membership alike.

The first known all-women group is founded in Cleveland in , making it A. Friends in Westchester County, a half-hour north of New York City, help Bill and Lois work out a financial plan that enables them finally to acquire a house in Bedford Hills.

On April 11, , the couple spends their first night there. The comfortable shingled, hip-roofed house right , which they will name Stepping Stones, affords them a measure of privacy for the first time since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded. Membership reaches some 2, by Spring , and by the end of the year jumps to approximately 8, members in groups across the country. Bill begins what will be three years of traveling to visit groups, getting to know many members individually.

A campaign for prison reform by Clinton T. Duffy, warden of San Quentin Prison in San Francisco, calls for addressing the special needs of inmates who had been drinking when committing a crime.

Duffy seeks aid and advice from California A. The inmates hold their first meeting in Sylvester Minogue right , the medical superintendent of Rydalmere Hospital in Sydney, writes a letter to the AJP with a request that his letter be forwarded to the Alcoholic Foundation. His request for information leads to his getting a copy of the Big Book and continuing correspondence with secretary Bobbie B. As group after group sprouts up, Bill continues traveling around the country, often accompanied by Lois.

His arrival in towns large and small is cause for great excitement as A. The announcement shown at right invites people to hear Bill speak at an open meeting in Connecticut. In October , a second Canadian group gets off the ground when alcoholics begin to meet in Windsor, Ontario. The article states that the A. An eight-page bulletin intended to bring A. It comes to be called A. Box , Grand Central Station. In its early days A.

Inspired largely by the efforts of Marty M. Dave B. He contacts A. At New York's Knickerbocker Hospital, a pioneering experiment accepting alcoholic patients for treatment begins. The A. William Silkworth. Bob and to celebrate ten years of Alcoholics Anonymous. According to a Grapevine reporter, the speeches of Bill and Dr.

Bob trace the development of A. As a result, alcoholics from around the globe write to the Alcoholic Foundation seeking to learn more about the Fellowship. Sylvester Minogue and Fr. Tom Dunlea, the founder of Boystown in Australia. Early in , five African-American residents of St. Louis form a group that quickly expands. In Washington D. In a country of great diversity, A.

After seeking advice from the Alcoholic Foundation, Steve V. Georges, Bermuda. It jumps from two to six members within a month and grows quickly thereafter. In the wake of the success of The Lost Weekend — the Oscar-winning film about a struggling alcoholic — three Hollywood studios offer A. The Alcoholic Foundation, fearing such films would amount to a violation of privacy, refuses the offers on behalf of A. The decision of a Philadelphia A.

Connor and his wife visit a Dublin sanitarium, where a doctor introduces them to patient Richard P. After reading the Big Book presented to him by Connor, Richard writes to a number of contacts who had learned of A.

Tom Dunlea. One by one, A. The medium for their distribution is The Grapevine. The rapid growth of A. The Kings Feature Syndicate article shown at right appeared in newspapers nationwide in the spring of It focused on women alcoholics, who were joining A.

Americans Lester F. Meanwhile, a Mexican resident of Cleveland, Ricardo P. The importation of Spanish-language alcoholism-related publications and the creation of Spanish-speaking A. In , the A. The founders, unknown to one another, are: Arthur S.

In an effort to halt attempts by various charities to ride the coattails of A. Ian McE. His letter launches a long-term correspondence with and sponsorship by Bobbie that will lead to the formation of the first New Zealand group. Though the first official A. The eight attendees include two A. Meetings will continue in restaurants and residences, among them the home of Canadian Bob. In the summer of , a group in Guam grows from four members to 24 in one month.

In Okinawa, the Pioneer Group begins meeting in the fall of George F. When he learns that his brother, a typesetter for an Oslo newspaper, is an alcoholic one step from ruin, George and his wife sell their shop and move to Norway. Through placing small ads in his paper George's brother eventually forms a group of A. Contributions were entirely voluntary, and equal service was provided to all groups regardless of their contribution record—a policy still in effect today. In the June edition of the A.

Grapevine, a statement defining the Fellowship and its mission appears for the first time. The statement, known as the A. Preamble, is quickly adopted by A. The Fellowship is now country-wide, with groups having been founded in Ontario in , Quebec in , Alberta and Manitoba in , British Columbia in , and Saskatchewan in The photo at right shows a meeting place in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia.

After two years of sporadic correspondence between the Alcoholic Foundation and a few American residents of Brazil, the Foundation lists Herb D. In September , Herb requests and receives a batch of A. The two men seek members and the first group in Brazil takes shape. Frank B. The group is in fact affiliated with the Links Society. In later years, more Swedish groups will shift their affiliation from the Links Society to A.

A few alcoholics join weekly meetings at the home of a couple employed by the Helsinki Welfare Office. The group soon begins to adhere to the principles of both A. In years hence, Finnish groups will become connected to A. In early , a nonalcoholic priest named Father Mosley starts a group in Seoul after he receives A. Two other groups meet sporadically over the next three years, but the first group to be listed with the Alcoholic Foundation will not be formed until Yong Dong Po, named after the town in which it first meets.

Some 4, A. The meeting, attended by both Bill W. Bob, opens with a prayer from Rev. Walter F. Tunks, the Episcopal rector who had referred Bill to Henrietta Seiberling in After an article on A.

The Foundation forwards their names to Harry G. Harry had written the Foundation in December , suggesting that Japan was fertile ground for A. He and an A. In the summer of , Dr. Bob learns he has terminal cancer, leading him to shut down his office and retire from medical practice.

In December Dr. Bob will give his last major talk before a crowd of A. In , Sir Philip D. Scheduling Master Calendar. Archived Seasons. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Baseline Concussion Testing Should your player sustain a head injury, a baseline test is used as a resource to return the concussed brain back to the baseline state. Share :: Top. Orders ship individually business days after they are placed.

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