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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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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
373

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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

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
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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Open Library
OL4120572M
Internet Archive
drbobgoodoldtime00alco
ISBN 10
0916856070
LCCN
80065962
Library Thing
1459207
Goodreads
6716592

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