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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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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