Tag: Dr. Bob

With more and more people are starting to talk about a post-alcohol world, a lot of their friends are wondering what’s taken ’em so long.

When the friends and founders of AA were looking to spread the good word about the organization, they struck gold with Alcoholics and God.

Even physicians say that the addicted doctor is the worst kind of doctor. Fortunately they’re also the most likely to succeed in treatment.

Everybody who knows about A.A. knows about Bill W. Most everybody also knows about Dr. Bob. But not everybody knows about Sister Mary Ignatia — and they should. Why? Because she was nothing less than the Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous. No foolin.’ Sister Mary Ignatia Sister Ignatia was a woman of deep and unwavering faith, but she wasn’t a nun….
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This weekend legions of addicts and alcoholics will be descending upon Akron, Ohio for AA Founders Day. It’ll be the 84th of such occasions. And yet another glorious way to celebrate the miracle of sobriety. The Founding of AA Alcoholics Anonymous traces its origins to an early 20th century religious movement called the Oxford Group. Members of the Oxford Group…
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