Dr. Robert H. Smith
|
"Dr Bob"
|
| |
 Listen to Dr. Bob on "4 Absolutes"
|
Listen to Dr. Bob on "Simplicity"
|
|
|
Listen to Dr. Bob on "Bill's Idea"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivered at the first international conference of Alcoholics Anonymous at Cleveland, Ohio in 1950
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Trust God
|
Clean House
|
Help Others
|
|
Some Significant Dates
|
|
1879 August 8: Robert Holbrook Smith born
|
|
1989 Bob graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy
|
|
1902 Graduated from Dartmouth College
|
|
1910 Won M.D. degree at Rush University
|
|
1912 Dr. Bob started medical practice, in Akron
|
|
1915 January 25: married Anne Ripley
|
|
1933 Dr. Bob began going to Oxford Group meetings to cope with his alcoholism
|
|
1935 May 12: Dr. Bob met Bill Wilson
|
|
June 10: Dr. Bob's last drink;
start of A.A.
|
|
1937 Prospects came to Akron from Cleveland
|
|
November: Dr. Bob and Bill realized "chain reaction" had begun; Akron A.A.'s agreed on need for book
|
|
1939 Alcoholics holding meetings in Detroit;
|
group formed in Youngstown April:
|
|
"Alcoholics Anonymous" (Big Book) published
May 11:
|
|
first meeting of Cleveland A.A. group (no Oxford Group connection)
|
|
August: Dr. Bob and Sister Ignatia began treating alcoholics
at St. Thomas Hospital
|
|
September: group starting in Chicago
|
|
October: articles on A.A. in Cleveland Plain Dealer
|
|
November-December: Akron A.A.'s broke away from Oxford
Group, began meeting at Dr. Bob's house
|
|
1940 January: Akron group found new home at King School
|
September: first meeting of Toledo A.A. group
|
|
1941 March 1 Saturday Evening Post: article on A.A.
|
|
Cleveland A.A.'s celebrated Doc Smith Day
|
|
1942 Dr. Bob and Bill accused of making undue profit on Big Book
|
|
1948 December: Dr. Bob's last major talk, in Detroit
|
|
Summer: Dr. Bob found he had cancer retired from practice
|
|
1949 March: Dr. Bob considered idea of A.A. conference premature
|
|
June 1: Anne Ripley Smith died
|
|
1950 July 28-30: First A.A. International Convention in Cleveland; Dr. Bob made last appearance at large
A.A. gathering, joined other A.A.'s in approving 12 Traditions
|
|
November 16: Dr. Bob died
|
|
December Grapevine: article (prepared earlier) signed
by both Bill and Dr. Bob recommended establishment of A.A. general service conference
|
|
1971 January 24: Bill died
|
|
1988 October 5: Lois Burnham Wilson died
|
