Dr. Bob and the good oldtimers
Subtitle: a biography, with recollections of early A.A. in the Midwest.
Contributors: Alcoholics Anonymous.
Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Smith, Robert Holbrook, 1879-1950; Alcoholics Anonymous -- History; Physicians -- United States -- Biography; Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: From the inside jacket cover...

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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Forward
pagenum: 6; label: I.
pagenum: 9
title: Childhood and college years; label: II.
pagenum: 24
title: Postgraduate work: M.D. and alcoholic; label: III.
pagenum: 35
title: Husband, father,and drunk; label: IV.
pagenum: 45
title: The physician as co-workers see him; label: V.
pagenum: 53
title: The alcoholic in the Oxford Group; label: VI.
pagenum: 63
title: Two alcoholics meet; label: VII.
pagenum: 76
title: A. A. number three arrives; label: VIII.
pagenum: 90
title: The first group forms, in Akron; label: IX.
pagenum: 108
title: Twelfth Step approaches evolve; label: X.
pagenum: 122
title: The co-founders face money problems; label: XI.
pagenum: 137
title: Early meetings and Big Book controversies; label: XII.
pagenum: 156
title: Cleveland A.A.'s leave the Oxford Group; label: XIII.
pagenum: 171
title: The movement spreads in the Midwest; label: XIV.
pagenum: 185
title: A. A. and St. Thomas Hospital; label: XV.
pagenum: 200
title: Sudden growth in Cleveland; label: XVI.
pagenum: 212
title: Split between Akron A.A. and the Oxford Group; label: XVII.
pagenum: 220
title: "As Dr. Bob said .  . ."; label: XVIII.
pagenum: 231
title: The wives' role in early A.A.; label: XIX.
pagenum: 239
title: Minorities within A. A. gain acceptance; label: XX.
pagenum: 251
title: Toledo A.A.'s find division is not disaster; label: XXI.
pagenum: 261
title: Group concerns and angry rumors; label: XXII.
pagenum: 270
title: Oldtimers' impressions of Dr. Bob; label: XXIII.
pagenum: 279
title: His prescriptions for sobriety; label: XXIV.
pagenum: 286
title: Dr. Bob's influence on Ohio A. A.; label: XXXV.
pagenum: 292
title: Personal sidelights on his sober years; label: XXVI.
pagenum: 306
title: His spiritual quest; label: XXVII.
pagenum: 316
title: Shadows—illness and dissension; label: XXVIII.
pagenum: 327
title: Without Anne, but with loving friends; label: XXIX.
pagenum: 336
title: The last year; title: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
pagenum: 346; title: The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous
pagenum: 347; title: Some Significant Dates
pagenum: 348; title: Sources
pagenum: 349; title: Index
pagenum: 361