Table of Contents

Preface……………………………………………………………..............................…………5

Introduction…………….……………..……………………….............................……..….7

Part 1 – Colonial America – 1618 – 1784…….................................……..……..10

1618-Jamestown………………………………………………................................……..10

1621-The Plymouth Colony………………………..............................……..……...13

1633-Drunkenness as a punishable crime……...............................…….…..16

 1774- Anthony Benezet……………………………...............................………………20

 Part 2 – The Growing problem 1784-1872………..……..22

 1784 – Dr. Benjamin Rush…………………………........................................……23

 1826 – American Temperance emerges…......................................……..…27

 1840 – The Washingtonian Movement…..……........................................…31

 1838 – The emergence of New Thought…….….......................................…38

 1872 – The influence of Religion on AA……..…….......................................55

 Part 3 – The Emmanuel Movement and AA……….....60

 1906 – Dr. Elwood Worcester…………………….........................................…..61

1913 – Courtney Baylor……………………………..........................................…..64

 1921 – Richard Peabody…………………………...…........................................…67

 Part 4 – The Oxford Group and A A…………….……….70

 Dr. Carl Jung’s /Rowland Hazard……………............................................….72

 Ebby visits Bill Wilson……………………...........................................…………..78

 Emerging events set the stage for Akron…...........................................…80

 The Oxford Group………………………………..........................................….……83

 The earliest glimpses of AA come into view...........................................84

 Events lead to an OG meeting in Akron…….............................................85

 The OG, Bill W. and Dr. Bob find sobriety….............................................95

 Part 5 - The Founding of AA & origin of the12 steps…..97
  
Conclusion…………………………………………..............................................…….…117

Part 6-Dates of Events of significance to AA History…121

Part 7- Endnotes……………………………………………………..133

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