Smith, Bob (1879)
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Birthname | Robert Holbert Smith | ||||
born on | 8 August 1879 | ||||
Place | St.Johnsbury, Vermont, 44n25, 72w01 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m72w01 (is local mean time) | ||||
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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."
Relationships
- associate relationship with Wilson, Bill (born 26 November 1895)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1915 (married high school sweetheart, Anne)
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
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol (drank heavily during college years and again as Prohibition became law, until 1935)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : 12 step group (brought up in a religious home/co-founded AA)
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure