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Wisdom is Learning from
Success
Sister
Ignatia
said they
were
perfect
together.
What one
lacked the
other had.
William Griffith
Wilson
November 26, 1895 –
January 24, 1971
Robert Holbrook
Smith
August 8, 1879 –
November 16, 1950
Rowland Hazard
Dr. Carl G. Jung
Rowland Hazard
with his wife and their son Peter, around 1943 or 44
REMAKING A MAN
ONE SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF
MENTAL REFITTING
BY
COURTNAY BAYLOR
OF THE EMMANUEL MOVEMENT,
BOSTON, 1919
The instructors aim is to bring
about in a sick mind permanent
relaxation and re-education. To
do this he must develop intuition
and resourcefulness. To teach a
man to relax his body is one
thing; to teach him to relax his
mind is a much more difficult
problem.
Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman
(June 4, 1878 – August 7, 1961)
Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927)
Lois Wilson née Burnham
(4 March 1891 – 6 October 1988)
Bill & Lois Wilson
with the Harley-Davidson
William Duncan Silkworth, M.D.,
(1873-1951)
Ebby Thatcher
Edwin Throckmorton Thacher (29 April 1896–21 March 1966)
William G. Borchert
Charles B. Towns Hospital
Sam Shoemaker, DD, STD (1893–1963)
Dr. Bob Smith
Henrietta Seiberling
Was expecting Bill’s Call
Ann
Smith
“The Mother of AA”
Sylvia K.
One of the 1st Women In AA
Keys to
the
Kingdom
Author:
Hank Parker
To Employers & The Unbeliever
Wanted royalties as co-author
One reason AA owns the Big Book
Big Book
st
1
Edition
“Circus Cover” made it hard to be Anonymous
Morris Markey Sept 1939
Bill thought title would scare off prospects
received 800 urgent pleas for help
Jack Alexander March 1941
He may have been assigned
to find the AA Scam but
instead found the real deal
Sister
Ignatia
(Bridget Della Mary Gavin)
Sister
Ignatia
A trained and
talented musician,
she first taught music
until she suffered a
complete breakdown.
St. Thomas Hospital, Akron, OH
Where Sponsorship and Treatment Centers were Born Sister Ignatia always found beds for
Dr. Bob’s patients
Rosary Hall
Cleveland OH
AA International Atlanta GA
2015