An edition of Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers (1980)

Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers

a biography, with recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest.

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An edition of Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers (1980)

Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers

a biography, with recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest.

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From the inside jacket cover...

This book attempts to give a portrait of Dr. Bob as full-scale and balanced as possible--for the most part, in the words of those who knew him personally. The youngster who grew up in Vermont of the late 19th century became a hard-drinking college boy, then a medical student fighting the onset of of his own alcoholism, a respected physician, a loving but increasingly unreliable family man, and at last a desperately ill drunk, without hope until he met a stockbroker from New York--Bill W., who urgently needed a fellow alcoholic to help him maintain his own sobriety.

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Pages
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Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers: a biography, with recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest.
1980, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
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Table of Contents

Forward Page 6 I. Childhood and college years Page 9 II. Postgraduate work: M.D. and alcoholic Page 24 III. Husband, father,and drunk Page 35 IV. The physician as co-workers see him Page 45 V. The alcoholic in the Oxford Group Page 53 VI. Two alcoholics meet Page 63 VII. A. A. number three arrives Page 76 VIII. The first group forms, in Akron Page 90 IX. Twelfth Step approaches evolve Page 108 X. The co-founders face money problems Page 122 XI. Early meetings and Big Book controversies Page 137 XII. Cleveland A.A.'s leave the Oxford Group Page 156 XIII. The movement spreads in the Midwest Page 171 XIV. A. A. and St. Thomas Hospital Page 185 XV. Sudden growth in Cleveland Page 200 XVI. Split between Akron A.A. and the Oxford Group Page 212 XVII. "As Dr. Bob said . . ." Page 220 XVIII. The wives' role in early A.A. Page 231 XIX. Minorities within A. A. gain acceptance Page 239 XX. Toledo A.A.'s find division is not disaster Page 251 XXI. Group concerns and angry rumors Page 261 XXII. Oldtimers' impressions of Dr. Bob Page 270 XXIII. His prescriptions for sobriety Page 279 XXIV. Dr. Bob's influence on Ohio A. A. Page 286 XXXV. Personal sidelights on his sober years Page 292 XXVI. His spiritual quest Page 306 XXVII. Shadows—illness and dissension Page 316 XXVIII. Without Anne, but with loving friends Page 327 XXIX. The last year Page 336 The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Page 346 The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous Page 347 Some Significant Dates Page 348 Sources Page 349 Index Page 361

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Includes index.

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New York, N.Y
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.2/9286/0924, B
Library of Congress
HV5278 .D62

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
373 p. :
Number of pages
373
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches

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OL4120572M
Internet Archive
drbobgoodoldtime00alco
ISBN 10
0916856070
LCCN
80065962
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1459207
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6716592

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