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Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers : a biography, with recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest
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- English
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- New York, N.Y : Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1980
- Physical Details
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- 373 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0916856070, 9780916856076
- OCLC
- ocm07025702, ocm07025702
- Includes index.
- Childhood and college years -- Postgraduate work: M.D. and alcoholic -- Husband, father and drunk -- Physician as co-workers see him -- Alcoholic in the Oxford Group -- Two alcoholics meet -- A.A. number three arrives -- The first group forms in Akron -- Twelfth step approaches evolve -- The co-founders face money problems -- Early meetings and big book controversies -- Cleveland A.A.'s leave the Oxford Group -- The movement spreads in the Midwest -- A.A. and St. Thomas hospital -- Sudden growth in Cleveland -- Split between Akron A.A. and the Oxford Group -- As Dr. Bob said -- The wives role in early A.A. -- Minorities within A.A. gain acceptance -- Toledo A.A.'s find division in not disaster -- Group concerns and angry rumors -- Oldtimers' impressions of Dr. bob -- His prescriptions for sobriety -- Dr. Bob's influence on Ohio A.A. -- Personal sidelights on his sober years -- His spiritual quest -- Shadows - illness and dissension -- Without Anne, but with loving friends -- The last year -- Appendix A. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous -- Appendix B. The Twelve traditions of alchoholics Anonymous