From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Akron City
Hospital.
BB xvii,
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
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)
5.
... Akron, Ohio,
in June 1935, during a ...
BB xv,
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, Ohio,
one of the greatest friends ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship
will ever know.
7.
... Akron on
a business venture which had ...
BB xvi,
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.
8.
... Akron or
New York who were trying ...
BB xvii,
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.
9.
... Akron physician.
BB xv,
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.
10.
... Akron physician.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
11.
... Akron, the
broker had worked hard with ...
BB xvi,
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.
12.
... 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.
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