Bill Wilson's Childhood Home
Doctor Bob's Birth Place
Dr. Bob's Last Message Presented at
1st International Conference of A.A. July 28 - 30, 1950
Cleveland, Ohio
Bill W's Last Message Presented at New York
Intergroup Association Annual Dinner, Oct 10, 1970
William G. 'Bill' Wilson -
b. November 26, 1895. d. January 24, 1971 Bill's Obituary News Clipping of his Death and Gravestone
Lois Burnham Wilson - beloved wife of Bill W.
b. March 4, 1891 d. October 5, 1988
Co-founder of The Al-Anon Family Groups
Dr Bob's Story (affectionately "Smitty")
b. August 8, 1879. d. November 16, 1950
Anne Ripley Smith - beloved wife of Dr. Bob
b. March 3, 1881. d. June 1, 1949
(affectionately known as "The Mother of A.A.")
More about Bill W and Lois
Stepping Stones the Historic Home
of Bill and Lois Wilson
Dr Bob's and his beloved wife Anne's Gravestone
More about Dr. Bob's wife Anne
First Male Member of A.A. Bill Dotson (after Bill & Bob)
known as the "The Man On The Bed"
First Female Member of A.A. Sylvia K.
Was A.A. for Men Only - A Woman's View of Early A.A.
First Female Member of A.A. Sybil C.
West of the Mississippi
Big Book - Chapter 5 How It Works, sentence
"Rarely have we seen a person fail ..." was changed
from "Never have we seen a person fail ..." to .........
Preamble of A.A.
Old Version and the New Version
Where did the 12 Steps come from?
Where did the 12 Traditions come from?
Where did the 3rd Tradition come from?
The Origin of the "Twenty-Four Hours a Day Book"
The Origin of "Our Serenity Prayer"
Why the "Singleness of Purpose" in A.A.
Bill Wilson's Talk to the
Manhattan A.A. Group, NYC, 1955
Bill Wilson's Talk to the
National Committee On Alcoholism in 1956
The 1939 Liberty Magazine Article about A.A.
How Al-Anon Was Started
Big Book Changes
that have been made in the program portion of the
(the first 164 pages and the roman numeraled pages)
since it was first published on April 10, 1939
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