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AKRON   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... Akron City Hospital.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Hence the two men set to work almost frantically upon alcoholics arriving in the ward of the Akron City Hospital.


2.
... Akron continued through the summer of 1935.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
This work at Akron continued through the summer of 1935.

3.
... Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a ...   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.


4.
... Akron, Ohio, in 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.


5.
... Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a ...   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.


6.
... Akron on a business venture which had ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might start drinking again.


7.
... Akron or New York who were trying ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics who had picked up the basic ideas in Akron or New York who were trying to form groups in other cities.


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... Akron physician.   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.


9.
... Akron physician.   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
That alcoholic turned out to be the Akron physician.


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... Akron, the broker had worked hard with ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his journey to Akron, the broker had worked hard with many alcoholics on the theory that only an alcoholic could help an alcoholic, but he had succeeded only in keeping sober himself.

11.
... Akron, the second at New York, and ...   12&12 p.16, Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.


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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