Authors of Big Book Stories
| Title |
First
Name |
Nickname |
Last |
Editions |
Sober |
Deceased |
Notes |
| A Business Man's Recovery | William J | Bill | R | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
1962 |
NY: 1st Board Chairman 11/38 - 2/39 |
| A Close Shave | Harry J | Z | OM,
1 |
3/37 |
1967 |
OH: Trustee 1/52 - 4/56 | |
| A Different Slant | Harry | B | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
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NY: 2nd Board Chairman 2/39 - 12/39 | |
| A Drunk Like You | Unknown | 4 |
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| A Feminine Victory | Florence D | R | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
1943 |
NY: committed suicide in Washington DC | |
| A Five-Time Loser Wins | Morris | B | 3 |
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NC | |
| A Flower of the South | Esther | E | 2,
3 |
5/16/41 |
6/3/1960 |
TX | |
| A Late Start | Unknown | 4 |
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| A Teen-Ager's Decision | Lisa | 3 |
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WA | ||
| A Vision of Recovery | Unknown | 4 |
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| A Ward of the Probate Court | William | Bill | Van H | OM,
1 |
9/37 |
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OH |
| AA Taught Him To Handle Sobriety | Bob | P | 3,
4 |
1961 |
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CT:
Trustee 7/68 - 10/71 Gen. Mgr. GSO 9/74 - 1988 |
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| Acceptance
Was The Answer nee Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict original title was Bronze Moccasins |
Paul | Dr Paul | O, MD | 3,
4 |
7/67 |
5/19/2000 |
CA:
story was retitled to Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict by a Grapevine Editor |
| Ace Full-Seven-Eleven | Unknown | OM |
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OH:
reputed to have withdrawn story Didn't like changes made to Big Book |
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| Alcoholics Anonymous Number Three | William I | Bill | D | 2-4 |
6/26/35 |
9/17/1954 |
OH: Delegate to 1951 GSC, Panel 1 |
| An Alcoholic's Wife | Marie | B | 1 |
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OH: non-alcoholic | |
| An Artist's Concept | Ray | C | 1 |
2/38 |
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NY:
designed Big Book dust jacket First cited the Herbert Spencer quote |
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| Annie The Cop Fighter | Annie | C | 2 |
4/47 |
1974 |
NY | |
| Another Chance | Bertha | V | 3,
4 |
3/72 |
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KY | |
| Another Prodigal Story | Ralph | F | 1 |
6/6/38 |
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MA | |
| Any Day Was Washday | Unknown | 3 |
1973 |
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| Because I'm And Alcoholic | Unknown | 4 |
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| Belle
Of The Bar |
Unknown | 3 |
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| Bill’s Story | William Griffith | Bill | Wilson | OM,
1-3 |
12/11/34 |
1/24/1971 |
NY co-founder. Trustee 4/49-1/51 |
| Building A New Life | Unknown | 4 |
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| Calculating The Costs | Unknown | 3 |
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| Crossing The River Of Denial | Unknown | 4 |
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| Desperation Drinking | Pat | M | 2,
3 |
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NY | |
| Dr
Bob's Nightmare nee The Doctor's Nightmare |
Robert Holbrook | Dr Bob | Smith, MD | OM,
1-4 |
6/10/35 |
11/16/1950 |
OH: co-founder. Trustee 11/38- 10/49 |
| Educated Agnostic | Norman | H | OM,
1 |
2/38 |
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CT | |
| Empty On The Inside | Unknown | 4 |
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| Fear Of Fear | Ceil | M | 2-4 |
7/49 |
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NY | |
| Fired Again | Wallace | Wally | G | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
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OH |
| Flooded With Feeling | Unknown | 4 |
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| Freedom From Bondage | Wynn Corum | L | 2-4 |
1947 |
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CA | |
| From Farm To City | Ethel | M | 2,
3 |
5/8/41 |
4/9/1963 |
OH: first woman to get sober in Akron | |
| Gratitude In Action | Dave | B | 4 |
1944 |
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Quebec | |
| Grounded | Unknown | 4 |
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| Growing Up All Over Again | Harris | K | 3 |
1960 |
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| Gutter Bravado | Unknown | 4 |
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| He
Had To Be Shown (rewritten) nee The Car Smasher |
Dick | S | 1-3 |
2/37 |
11/1957 |
OH:
brother of Paul S Trustee 4/46 - 1/53 |
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| He Lived Only To Drink | Unknown | 4 |
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| He Sold Himself Short | Earl | Treat | 2-4 |
7/37 |
10/1962 |
Chicago: Board Trustee 1/51 - 1/55 | |
| He Thought He Could Drink Like A Gentleman | Albert R | Abby | G | 2,
3 |
4/39 |
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Cleveland: started principle of rotation |
| He Who Loses His Life | E B | Bob | R | 2,
3 |
1/47 |
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NY |
| Hindsight | Myron | W | 1 |
4/36 |
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NY | |
| His Conscience | Unknown | 2 |
1938 |
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Canada | ||
| Home Brewmeister | Clarence H | S | OM,
1-3 |
2/11/38 |
3/22/1984 |
Cleveland: claimed himself “founder of AA” | |
| It Might Have Been Worse | Chet | R | 2-4 |
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| Jim's Story | Jim | Dr Jim | S, MD | 2-4 |
1943 |
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DC |
| Joe's Woes | Joe | M | 2 |
2/40 |
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NY | |
| Join The Tribe! | Maynard | B | 3 |
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Canada | |
| Lifesaving Words | Unknown | 3 |
1/73 |
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Lucknow, India | ||
| Listening To The Wind | Unknown | 4 |
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| Lone Endeavor | Pat | C | 1 |
Slipped |
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CA: ghost written by Ruth Hock | |
| Me An Alcoholic? | Unknown | 2-4 |
11/47 |
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| My Bottle, My Resentments, and Me | Unknown | 4 |
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| My Chance To Live | Unknown | 4 |
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| My Wife And I | Jim & Maybell | L | OM,
1 |
1937 |
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NY | |
| New Vision For A Sculptor | Fred | 2 |
5/47 |
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NY | ||
| On His Way | Horace R | Popsy | M | 1 |
1937 |
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NY |
| On the Move | Unknown | 4 |
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NY | ||
| Our Southern Friend | John Henry Fitzhugh | Fitz | M | 1-4 |
10/35 |
10/4/1943 |
NY, Washington DC, Baltimore |
| Physician Heal Thyself | Earl | Dr Earl | M, MD | 2-4 |
6/15/53 |
1/13/2003 |
CA |
| Promoted To Chronic | Helen | B | 2,
3 |
1945 |
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NY: GSO senior staff member | |
| Riding The Rods | Charles | Charley | S | OM,
1 |
1937 |
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OH |
| Rum, Radio And Rebellion | Pete | W | 2,
3 |
1945 |
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PA | |
| Safe Haven | Unknown | 4 |
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| Smile With Me, At Me | Harold | S | OM,
1 |
6/38 |
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NY | |
| Stars Don't Fall | Countess Felicia | G | 2,
3 |
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NY | |
| Student Of Life | Unknown | 4 |
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| The Back-Slider | Walter | B | OM,
1 |
1938 |
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OH | |
| The Career Officer | Sackville | M | 2,
3 |
3/28/47 |
1979 |
Dublin, Ireland | |
| The European Drinker | Joe | D | OM,
1-3 |
3/36 |
|
OH | |
| The Housewife Who Drank At Home | Unknown | 2-4 |
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| The Independent Blonde | Nancy | F | 2 |
6/45 |
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NY | |
| The Keys Of The Kingdom | Sylvia | K | 2-4 |
9/13/39 |
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Chicago | |
| The
Man Who Mastered Fear nee The Fearful One |
Archie | T | OM,
1-4 |
11/38 |
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Detroit | |
| The Missing Link | Unknown | 4 |
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| The
News Hawk nee Traveler, Editor, Scholar |
Jim | S | OM,
1-3 |
7/37 |
|
OH: helped edit 1st Ed. Big Book stories | |
| The Perpetual Quest | Unknown | 4 |
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| The Prisoner Freed | Unknown | 2,
3 |
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NY | ||
| The Professor And The Paradox | John | P | 2 |
2/49 |
|
AL | |
| The Rolling Stone | Lloyd | T | 1 |
1937 |
|
OH | |
| The Salesman | Bob | O | OM,
1 |
5/37 |
|
OH | |
| The Seven Month Slip | Ernie W | G | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
6/11/1971 |
OH: Dr Bob's son-in-law | |
| The Unbeliever | Henry G | Hank | P | OM,
1 |
Slipped |
1/18/1954 |
NY: also wrote chapter To Employers |
| The Vicious Cycle | Jim | B | 1-4 |
6/16/38 |
9/8/1974 |
NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore | |
| There's Nothing The Matter With Me! | William | Bill | G | 2 |
1945 |
|
NJ |
| Those Golden Years | Cecil | Teet | C | 3 |
12/70 |
6/26/1992 |
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| Tightrope | Unknown | 4 |
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| Too Young? | Unknown | 3 |
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| Truth Freed Me! | Paul J | S | OM,
1 |
7/2/36 |
9/19/1953 |
OH: brother of Dick S | |
| Twice Gifted | Unknown | 4 |
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| Unto The Second Generation | Unknown | 2,
3 |
2/50 |
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Chicago | ||
| Window Of Opportunity | Unknown | 4 |
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| Winner Takes All | Unknown | 4 |
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| Women Suffer Too | Margaret | Marty | Mann | 2-4 |
Slipped |
7/22/1980 |
NY: started NCEA (NCA & NCADD) |