*All
statistics included in this survey
were taken from the following sources:
(1ed)
* Alcoholics Anonymous," 1st
Edition, Works Publishing Co., 1939
(PIO)
* "Pass It On," Alcoholics
Anonymous World Services, Inc.,
1984
(BOB)
* "Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers,"
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services,
Inc., 1980
(GT) * Statistical report on "Big
Book" authors, annotated by
George Trotter
(FA)
* "History of the Alcoholics
movement up to the formation of
the Alcoholic Foundation on Aug,
11, 1938," a report to the
Rockefeller Foundation by Frank
Amos, 1938
(NO)
* "Authors of the Stories from
the book, Alcoholics Anonymous,"
biographies by Nancy O., from "Silkworth.net"
website
(SSW)
* From the scrapbook of Jim Burwell,
sobriety verified by Sue Smith Windows
(MK)
* "How It Worked: The Story
of Clarence H. Snyder," by
Mitchell K., AA Big Book Study Group,
1999
"It
was on a November day in that year
(1937) when Dr. Bob and I sat in
his living room, counting the noses
of our recoveries. There had been
failures galore, but now we could
see some startling successes too.
A hard core of very grim, last-gasp
cases had by then been sober a couple
of years, an unheard-of development.
There were twenty or more such people.
All told we figured that upwards
of forty alcoholics were staying
bone dry.
As
we carefully rechecked this score,
it suddenly burst upon us that a
new light was shining into the dark
world of the alcoholic…At last we
were sure. There would be no more
flying totally blind. We actually
wept for joy, and Bob and Anne and
I bowed our heads in silent thanks."
-
Bill Wilson, ‘Alcoholics Anonymous
Comes of Age,’ AAWS, Inc., 1957,
p. 76
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
1934,
12/11 Bill Wilson New York Success
1 Bill’s Story
1935,
06/10 Dr. Bob Smith Akron Success
2 The Doctor’s Nightmare
(MK
– SOB @6/17/35)
1935,
June Eddie Reilly Akron Failure*
*(RJK-Though
originally failed, Eddie became
permanently sober in 1949)
1935,
June Dr. McK Akron Failure
1935,
June Bill Dotson Akron Success 3
Alcoholic Anonymous #3
1935,
August Ernie Galbraith Akron Success
4 The Seven Month Slip
(GT:
SOB 7/35) (NO-Failure)
1935,
August Wes Wymans NY Failure*
**(RJK-Though
originally failed, Wes became permanently
sober in 1949, as did Eddie Reilly)
1935,
Sept. Hank Parkhurst New York Success*
5 The Unbeliever
(NO
– SOB Oct. or Nov. 1935) * (RJK-Returned
to drinking > 1 yr following
the "counting noses")
1935,
Sept. Phil Smith Akron Success
(RJK-One
brief slip in 1937)
1935,
October John Henry "Fitz"
Mayo New York Success 6 Our Southern
Friend
(SSW-
SOB 10/36) (GT: SOB 11/36)
1935
Freddie B. NY Failure
1935
Brooke B. NY Failure
1935
Bill R. NY Failure
1935
Ernest M. NY Failure
1935
Herb D. NY Failure
1935
Alec NY Failure
1935
Russ R. NY Failure
1935
Bill C. NY Failure
1935
"Victor" Akron Failure
1935
"Lil" Akron Failure
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
1936,
Jan. Harold Grisinger Akron Success
(SSW-Died
sober)
1936,
Feb. Walter Bray Akron Success The
Back-Slider
(GT:
SOB 2/36) (NO-Relapsed and Detoxed
Aug. 1939)
1936,
April Joe Doppler Akron Success
8 The European Drinker
1936,
April Myron Williams NY Success
Hindsight
1936,
July Paul Stanley Akron Success
9 Truth Freed Me
1936,
Sept. J. D. Holmes Akron Success
10
(SSW-No
slips)
1936,
Sept. Holland Spencer Akron Success
1936,
Dec. Bob Oviatt Akron Success The
Salesman
(BW-"stayed
dry continuously" (SSW-No slips)
(1stEd: Slip May 1937) (NO-1 Slip
May 1937)
1937,
Feb. Dick Stanley Akron Success
10 The Car Smasher
Don
McLean NY Success
1937,
Feb. Bill Ruddell NY Success) A
Businessman’s Recovery
(NO-Failure)
1937,
Feb. Lloyd Tate Akron Success
(NO-
SOB 2/37) (SSW: SOB 9/37) (GT: SOB
11/37)
1937,
Feb. Bill Van Horn Akron Success
Ward of the Probate Court
(BOB:
SOB 2/37) (GT: SOB 5/37) (SSW-No
slips) (NO-One Slip Later)
1937,
Mar. Harry Zoellers Akron Success
A Close Shave
1937,
March Florence Rankin NY Success*
A Feminine Victory
*(RJK-Florence
returned to drinking following the
Big Book publication and committed
suicide)
1937,
April Earl Treat Akron Success 13
He Sold Himself Short (2nd)
(SSW-No
slips) (NO-One slip July 1937)
1937,
April Bob Evans Akron Success
1937,
May Wally Gillam Akron Success (NO-1
Slip Later) Fired Again
1937,
May Charlie Simonson Akron Success
Riding the Rods
1937,
July Jim Scott Akron Success Traveler,
Editor, Scholar
(GT:
SOB 7/37) (NO- SOB 7/37) (SSW- SOB
9/38)
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
1937,
July Paul Kellogg NY Failure
1937,
Sept. Bill Jones Akron (Cleveland)
Success
(SSW-No
slips) (BOB-Bob Evans says Jones
had a slip)
1937,
Oct. Jack Williams NY Success Hindsight
1937,
Nov. Tom Lucas Akron Success My
Wife and I
(GT:
SOB 11/35) (NO-First SOB Nov. 1935)
1937
Jane S. Akron (Cleveland) Failure
(BOB-Sober
"a few months")
NOTE**
"Successes" and "Failures"
are denoted for individuals who
were either sober or drinking at
the time of Bill’s and Bob’s headcount
in November of 1937. – Richard
K.
***Post-Headcount***
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
1937,
Dec. Ned Poynter NY Unknown
(RJK-Noted
by Frank Amos)
1938,
Jan. Jim Burwell NY Success
1938,
Feb. Clarence Snyder Akron (Cleveland)
Success Home Brewmeister
1938,
Feb. Charlie Jones Akron Success
1938,
Feb. Ray Campbell NY Success An
Artist’s Concept
1938,
Feb. Van Wagner NY Unknown
1938,
Feb. Jack Darrow NY Unknown
1938,
Feb. Norman Hunt NY Success Educated
Agnostic
(GT-SOB
6/38)
1938,
Feb. Harold Sears NY Success Smile
With Me, At Me
(NO-Slips
in June)
1938,
April Capt. Coxe NY Unknown
1938,
May Abby Goldrick Akron Success
He Thought He Could Drink…(2nd)
1938,
May Bert Taylor NY Unknown
1038,
May Bob Taylor NY Unknown
1938,
June George Williams NY Unknown
1938,
June Joseph Taylor NY Unknown
1938,
June Harry Brick NY Success A Different
Slant
(NO-Failure)
1938,
June Ralph Furlong NY Success Another
Prodigal Story
(NO-
SOB 6/6/38)
1938,
July Bud Emerson NY Unknown
1938,
Sept. Archie Trowbridge Akron Success
The Fearful One
(GT:
SOB 11/38)
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
1938,
Sept. Horace Maher NY Success On
His Way
1938,
Oct. John Dolan Akron Success
1938,
Dec. Vaughan Phelps Akron Success
1938,
Dec. Horace Chrystal NY Unknown
1938
Bill H. Akron (Cleveland) Failure*
*(RJK-Clarence’s
first "baby," later permanently
sober)
1939,
Jan. Pat Cooper California Success
Lone Endeavor
(NO-
Slipped, Back in 1944)
Unknown
Sobriety Dates
Date
Name Area Result AA# BB Story /Comments
N/A
Delmar Tyron Akron Success Ace-Full
Seven Eleven
(NO-
Success)
N/A
Doc Moran Akron Unknown
(RJK-Wally
Gillam remembrance)
N/A
Harold Grissom Akron Unknown
(RJK-J.
D. Holmes remembrance)
N/A
Dr. Howard S. Akron Unknown
(RJK-Frank
Amos remembrance)
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of Article Two
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