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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... 1935.   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
That was in June, 1935.


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... 1935.   BB p.156, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
This resulted in A.A.'s first group, at Akron, Ohio, in 1935.


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... 1935.   BB p.171, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 171 in the Big Book
The birth of our Society dates from his first day of permanent sobriety, June 10, 1935.


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... 1935.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
This work at Akron continued through the summer of 1935.


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... 1935, and that was my last drink.   BB p.180, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 180 in the Big Book
That was June 10, 1935, and that was my last drink.

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... 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome ...   12&12 p.16, Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.


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... 1935, during a talk between a New ...   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
The spark that was to flare into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.


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... 1935, one of our number made a ...   BB p.153, A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
Years ago, in 1935, one of our number made a journey to a certain western city.


9.
... 1935, the first A.A. group had actually ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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