DOCTOR BOB'S NIGHTMARE
A co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. The 
birth of our Society dates from his first day of
permanent sobriety, June 10, 1935.

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1 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NUMBER THREE
Pioneer member of Akron's Group No. 1, the first
A.A. group in the world. He kept the faith; there-
fore, he and countless others found a new life.
2 HE HAD TO BE SHOWN
"Who is convinced against his will is of the same
opinion still." But not this man.
3 HE THOUGHT HE COULD DRINK LIKE A GENTLE-
MAN
But he discovered that there are some gentlemen
who can't drink.
4 WOMEN SUFFER TOO
Despite great opportunities, alcohol nearly ended
her life. Early member, she spread the word among
women in our pioneering period.
5 THE EUROPEAN DRINKER
Beer and wine were not the answer.
6 THE VICIOUS CYCLE
How it finally broke a Southerner's obstinacy and
destined this salesman to start A.A. in Philadelphia.
7 THE NEWS HAWK
This newsman covered life from top to bottom;
but he ended up, safely enough, in the middle.
8 FROM FARM TO CITY
She tells how A.A. works when the going is
rough. A pioneer women member of A.A.'s first
group.
9 THE MAN WHO MASTERED FEAR
He spent eighteen years in running away; and
then found he didn't have to run. So he started
A.A. in Detroit.

1 RUM, RADIO AND REBELLION
This man faced the last ditch when his wife's
voice from 1300 miles away sent him to A.A.
2 FEAR OF FEAR 
This lady was cautious. She decided she wouldn't
let herself go in her drinking. And she would never,
never take that morning drink!
3 THE PROFESSOR AND THE PARADOX 
Says he, "We A.A.'s surrender to win; we give
away to keep; we suffer to get well, and we die to
live"
4 A FLOWER OF THE SOUTH 
Somewhat faded, she nevertheless bloomed
afresh. She still had her husband, her home and a
chance to help start A.A. in Texas.
5 UNTO THE SECOND GENERATION 
A young veteran tells how a few rough experi-ences
pushed him into A.A.—and how he was there-fore
spared years of suffering.

1 JOE'S WOES 
These were only beginning when he hit Bellevue
for the thirty-fifth time. He still had the state hos-
pital ahead of him; and even after A.A., a heart-
breaking test of his new-found faith.

2 OUR SOUTHERN FRIEND 
Pioneer A.A., minister's son, and Southern farmer,
he asked, "Who am I to say there is no God?"
3 JIM'S STORY 
This physician, the originator of A.A.'s first col-
ored group, but badly caught in the toils, tells of
his release and of how freedom came as he worked
among his own people.
4 PROMOTED TO CHRONIC 
This career girl preferred solitary drinking, the
blackout kind, often hoping she'd stay that way for
keeps. But Providence had other ideas.
5 THE PRISONER FREED 
After twenty years in prison for murder, he knew
A.A. was the spot for him . . . if he wanted to stay
on the outside.
6 THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH ME! 
That's what the man said as he hocked his shoes
for the price of two bottles of Sneaky Pete. He
drank bayxo, canned heat, and shoe polish. He did
a phony routine in A.A. for a while. And then he
got hold of the real thing.
7 DESPERATION DRINKING 
He was drinking to hold on to his job, to hold on
to his wife, to hold on to his sanity. Finally he was
drinking to keep away those little men, and those
strange voices, and the organ music that came out
of the walls.
8 ANNIE THE COP FIGHTER 
For thirty-five years she fought God, man, and the
police force to keep on being what she wanted to
be—a drunk. But a telephone call from a gin mill
 

1. The A.A. Tradition
2. Spiritual Experience
3. The Medical View on A.A.
4. The Lasker Award
5. The Religious View on A.A.
6. How to Get in Touch With A.A.