Smith, Bob

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Bob Smith
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Name	Smith, Bob Gender: M
Birthname	Smith, Robert Holbert
born on	8 August 1879
Place	St. Johnsbury VT, USA, 44n25, 72w00
Timezone	LMT m72w00 (is local mean time)
Data source	Date w/o time Rodden Rating X
Astrology data	15°43' or

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Biography

American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. This Ohio physician and Bill Wilson laid the foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12-step program when they began to meet in Smith's home. According to Liane Thomas Wade in the International E-Mail Letter vol. 260 (Nov. 30, 2003), they first met on May 12, 1935 at 5:00 PM in Akron, OH, considered the first AA meeting, although, she continues, "when AA;s anniversary is celebrated it is on June 10, and dates back to 1936, Akron, Ohio at 5:00 PM."

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Wilson, Bill (born 26 November 1895)

Events

• Relationship : Marriage 1915 (married high school sweetheart, Anne)

• Death by Disease 16 November 1950
• Mental Health : End Addiction 10 June 1935 (stopped drinking)

• Social : Change of Lifestyle 10 June 1935 (began meetings that became AA)

Source Notes

Phil Brown writes in ISAR International E-Mail Letter vol. 260 (Nov. 30, 2003) that he obtained the date from the "Public Records Div. in Vermont).

Categories

• Notable : Famous : Historic figure

• Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol (drank heavily during college years and again as Prohibition became law, until 1935)

• Vocation : Medical : Physician

• Personal : Religion/Spirituality : 12 step group (brought up in a religious home/co-founded AA)