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Timelines
in AA History
1931
to 1934
1931 -Bill enters helpless drinking phase;
wife job Macy's Department Store; Rowland H. joins Oxford
Group (P
128)
•
May
-Lois start work R.H. Macy (B
174) (P 90)
1932 -Anne Smith began attending Oxford Group
meetings with friend Henrietta Seiberling; received guidance
have special Oxford Group meeting Dr. Bob's drinking (C
2-3) (E 10)
•
late
32'
-Called Henrietta Seiberling reference Dr. Bob's drinking
(N
31)
•
April
8th
-Bill, Author Wheeler, Frank Winans formed long-term speculative
syndicate based on Bill not taking even 1 drink (B
180-181) (P 90-92)
•
May,
mid -Bound Brook New Jersey small hotel, Bill
drank Jersey Lighting applejack, learned never was, would
be just 1 drink, blew deal long-term speculative syndicate
Arthur Wheeler, Frank Winans, Bill now drank simply escape
& block from mind what he did (A
56) (B 182-184) (L
83)
1933 -Bill & Joe Hirshhorn break due Bill's
drinking; Bill's last chance Wall Street; Lois takes 3 month
leave absence Macy's; Dr. Bob started attending Oxford Group;
President Roosevelt declared mortgage moratorium, allowed
people stay houses even couldn't make payments; Dr. Bob
began going Oxford Group meetings cope with alcoholism;
Bill renewed childhood past time reading (C
29, 114) (D 348) (P
98) (W 150)
•
early
33'
-Beer legal, Dr. Bob tried beer experiment (D
42, 53)
•
Autumn
-Bill enters Towns Hospital 1st time; oblivion drinking
(P
93, 100, 407)
•
May
-Lois's father remarried, Joan Jones (L
84)
•
December
5th
-Prohibition ended (P
122) (W 150)
1933-1934 -Bill admitted Charles B. Towns
Hospital 4 times, Bill's memories totally disordered (B
191-193) (C 4) (N
14) (W 150)
1934 -Dr. Bob appointed courtesy staff St.
Thomas Hospital Akron; Dr. Thomas Scuderi young intern medical
director Ignatia Hall, alcoholic ward St. Thomas Hospital;
Sister Ignatia & Dr. Scuderi secretly treated A.A. #3
lawyer (D
45, 51) (N 79) (S
8, 11)
•
Summer
-Dr. Silkworth pronounces Bill hopeless alcoholic (A
vii)
•
early
Fall
-Lois working drapery department Loesser's Brooklyn (B
196)
•
March
-Lois quit job Macy's, didn't want ask another leave absence
(L
85) (P 105)
•
May
-Lois's father remarries (P
98)
•
July
-Ebby trying complete paint job, told arrested again drunkenness
6 months Windsor Prison (P
113)
•
August
-Rowland H. & Cebra G. from Oxford Group intervene
with judge, sober up Ebby (A
vii) (N 9)
•
September
-Bill back Town's hospital, 3rd time (L
87) (P 108)
•
November
-Ebby phoned Bill, asked to stop by haven't seen each
other 1 year, Ebby sober, 2 nights later Ebby & Bill
sat together Bill's Kitchen 182 Clinton Street, Ebby told
about himself & Oxford Group, got Bill meeting Old
Calvary Church group New York; Bill went 1st time Sam
Shoemaker Calvary Church Mission (A
58, 62) (B 202-203) (C
4) (H 367) (L
197) (N 18) (P
111) (W 196)
•
November
11th -Armistice Day; Bill started drinking
after dry spell, beginning Bill's last drunk (A
vii, 57) (B 198) (L
87) (P 109)
•
November,
around 26th
-Ebby visited Bill (A
58, 62) (W 151)
•
December
-Bill investigates Calvary Episcopal Mission 23rd Street,
New York Dr. Sam Shoemaker's Calvary Church operated;
Howard Tompkins Beer & Company sent Bill glowing letter
encouragement concerning sobriety (L
94) (N 18) (P
116, 133)
•
December
11th -Bill's last drink 4 beers, month to day
since started, entered Towns Hospital 4th time year, received
then-current Towns treatment [barbiturates sedate &
belladonna reducing stomach acids], has spiritual experience
39 years old, released obsession drink (A
vii) (H 197) (L
197) (P 16, 120-121, 123,
407) (W 152, 162)
•
December
13th or 14th
-Ebby visited Bill hospital, explained Oxford Group principles,
brought William James's book, Varieties Religious Experience,
Ebby didn't read, Oxford Group members recommended (H
197, 279, 298) (N 20) (P
120, 124) (W 152)
•
December
18th
-Bill discharged 4th last hospitalization Towns Hospital
2:30PM; Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings
Calvary House adjacent Calvary Episcopal Church, Dr. Sam
Shoemaker rector; leading Oxford Group figure (P
104, 127, 407) (W 155)
1934, December-1935, May -Bill works alcoholics
fails sober any up (A
vii)
1934, late-1937 -Wilson's attended Oxford
Group meetings Calvary church, attended house parties (P
168)
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