Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers [antikvár]

ForewordThe preparation of this book began after the April 1977 A. A. General Service Conference approved the project. Originally, a joint biography of the two co-founders was planned. When this proved impracticable, it became apparent that Dr. Bob's biography should be written first, before Bill W.'s.The end of the last century was the setting for all of Dr. Bob's childhood and youth. Even with the most thorough research, this early period includes months and years of which only the barest account can be given, and that in the memories of but a few men and women. Undramatic as these recollections are, they give glimpses into the innate character that would help to shape the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.For Dr. Bob's adult yearsas an active and then as a recovering alcoholicthe material is far richer. In the course of research, the book naturally expanded from biographical limits into a memoir of early A. A. in the Midwest. Our co-founder was in the same position as any other A.A. member: Without the