Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. A Biography with Recollections of Early A.A. in the Midwest. DESCRIPTION READS IN PART: Alcoholics Anonymous, by its very nature, could not have been founded by one person. Its essence is sharing. Therefore, Bill W. and Dr. Bob are always referred to within the Fellowship as the co-founders. So far, among the majority of A.A. members, the Ohio surgeon has been less well known than his partner. He died in 1950, when A.A. was only 15 years old. But his influence on the whole A.A. program is permanent and profound.
This book attempts to give a portrait of Dr. Gog as full-scale and balanced as possible -- for the most part, in the words of those who knew him personally. The youngster who grew up in Vermont of the late 19th century became a hard-drinking college boy, then a medical student fihting the onset of his own alcoholism, a respected physician, a loving but increasingly unreliable family man, and at last a desperately ill drunk, without hope until he met a stockbroker from New York -- Bill W., who urgently needed a fellow alcoholic to help him maintain his own sobriety....
No author named. Illustrated with B/W photographs. Copyright 1980. . Published by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Hardcover with dustjacket, approx. 5-3/4 x 8, 373 pages.