Places And Things In AA History Page 1
1st psychiatrists recognize A.A.'s effectiveness Dr. Harry Tiebout (A 2) (E 19) (G 66) (H 369)
1st Trustees Frank Amos (G 92)
1st 3 Steps culled Bill's reading James, teaching Dr. Sam Shoemaker & Oxford Group; 1st Step dealt calamity & disaster, 2nd admission defeat 1 could not live strength own resources, 3rd appeal Higher Power help (P 199)
1st 13th step Lil involved 13th step Victor former Akron mayor (D 97)
1st A.A. archivist Nell Wing (E 78)
1st A.A. Cleveland group meeting May 12, 1939 home Abby G. Cleveland Heights Cleveland, 16 members (A 21) (N 78) (S 32)
1st A.A. clubhouse 334 1/2 24th Street, 1940, old Illustrators Club (A viii,12,180) (B 304) (G 86) (H 47,147) (L 127,172)
1st A.A. Cleveland Meeting no Oxford Group connection May 11, 1939 (D 164,348) (N 78)
1st A.A. effort reach outside married middle-class December 1939 (D 210)
1st A.A. employed alcoholic specialist by industry Warren T., Kaiser shipyard (A 89)
1st A.A. French members Montreal Canada (A 85)
1st A.A. General Service Office overseas Great Britain & Ireland 1957 (A ix)
1st A.A. German member Max (E 52)
1st A.A. Grapevine editor wrote preamble based foreword 1st edition Big Book 1946 (MS 134) (N 254)
1st A.A. group St. Louis started by Father Ed Dowling (H 365)
1st A.A. historian Bill W. (S 118)
1st A.A. home meeting Los Angeles house Kaye M. December 19 1939 (A 92)
1st A.A group Hungary Ametiszt Group 1988 (E 57)
1st A.A. International Convention July 1950 Cleveland, 12 Traditions accepted; 96,475 members, 3,527 groups (A viii,43,212)(E 9,17)(H 113,125)(MS 15)(S 141)
1st A.A. Ireland Richard P. started (A 83) (E 43)
1st A.A. meeting England 1947 (A 83) (E 41)
1st A.A. meeting Japan January 1948 English speaking (E 56)
1st A.A. meeting mental hospital December 1939 Rockland State Hospital New York (A viii)
1st A.A. meeting New Jersey October 1939 South Orange Community House (L 127)
1st A.A. meeting Philadelphia Jimmy B. started George S.'s (A 17) (L 198)
1st A.A. meeting San Francisco in Gordon Oram's flat late 1939 (A 88)
1st A.A. Mexican group American woman started September 1946 (D 249) (E 48)
1st A.A. national secretary Ruth Hock (A 16) (H 106)
1st A.A. news bulletin issued groups 1940, Vesey Street headquarters (G 86)
1st A.A. open speaker meeting Moscow April 14 1986 (E 54)
1st A.A. organized local service center Chicago, forerunner Intergroup Associations (A 23)
1st A.A. oriented drying facility High Watch Farm Kent Connecticut 1940 (A 181) (G 86)
1st A.A. pamphlet A.A., published 1940 (G 86)
1st A.A. prison group 1942 San Quentin California (A viii,89)
1st A.A. Romania 1985, American couple started (E 50)
1st A.A. secretary Australia Rex (A 86)
1st A.A. use radio carry message Bruce H., Jacksonville (A 25)
1st airplane land Manchester Airport December 1929, Bill, Ebby, Ted Burke, drunk, Mrs. Orvis, town band & committee met them (G 58) (L 77)
1st Akron women maintain few months sobriety Jane S. (D 122)
1st Alcoholic Foundation conference held New York April 1951; decided rename Alcoholic Foundation to General Service Board; Foundation stood charity, paternalism; proved group conscience should be sole authority (A 218) (B 350-351) (H 164-165) (MS 19)
1st alcoholic patient Deaconess Hospital end May 1939, bartender 1st alcoholic patient Rosary Hall Don L. December 15 1952, St Vincent Charity Hospital (S 175)
1st alcoholic Sister Ignatia & Dr. Bob admitted Walter B., August 16 1939, put in Flower Room (H 374) (S 14,16,122,146)
1st alcoholism ward utilizing Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy St. Thomas Hospital pioneered Akron 1939 (S 12)
1st alcoholics Alcoholic Foundation Dr. Bob & a New York member later drank (E 18)
1st anniversary convention outside U.S. 30th Anniversary Convention Toronto Canada 1965 (G 103)