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**September -Gilly Wilson married Emily Griffin, Bill's parents (B 15) (W 137)

**December -Clarence, Fayette Wilson's son died Colorado (B 33)

Original poster of timeline~EasyDoesIt/Recovery Inn~

**Summer -Bill's grandfather says only Australians make boomerang (A 53) (B 30) (L 20)

**Fall -Dr. Bob forced leave University Michigan drinking went Rush University near Chicago (C 2) (D 26) (N 30)

**Spring or early Summer -Bill met closet friend, Mark Whalon (B 43) (W 141)

**February -Bill made boomerang, that night grandfather gave Bill Clarence's violin (A 53) (B 36-37)

**late Spring -Application accepted Bill enroll Burr & Burton (B 52)

**Fall -Bill started secondary education Burr & Burton Academy (C 4) (N 12)

**Summer-early Fall -1 happiest, most ecstatic periods Bill's life (P 35)

**November 18th -Bill's childhood sweetheart Bertha Bamford died (N 12) (P 35)

**November 19th -Bill learned schools chapel from Burr & Burton principal, childhood sweetheart Bertha Bamford died (N 12) (P 35)

**Fall/Winter -Bill attended special courses Arlington High prepare Massachusetts Institute Technology (B 72)

**Summer -Bill & Lois meet (B 82)

**mid Summer -Europe verge war (P 42)

**August -Bill sees father 1st time 8 years, British Columbia (B 72) (P 42)

**September -Bill age 19 enters Norwich University military college, freshman (B 67) (P 43) (W 144)

**Summer -Bill peddling kerosene lamp burners, Lois opened small tea arbor north end Emerald Lake, Bill & Lois Burnham engaged kept secret except Bill's friend Mark Whalon (B 82) (L 14) (P 48-49) (W 145)

**January 25th -Dr. Bob & Annie marry 17 years after meeting (D 16, 29, 348)

**September 11th -Bill & Lois engaged (B 87)

**February -Hazing incident Norwich University, Bill onlooker, Bill & sophomore class suspended (B 96)

**June, early -Bill & sophomore class reinstated from February hazing suspension, sent Fort Ethan Allen part expedition against Mexican Pancho Villa (B 96) (P 49) (W 145)

**Summer -Bill completed training Fort Monroe Virginia, became 2nd lieutenant Army Artillery, 1st assignment Fort Rodman Massachusetts (W 145)

**January -Lois taught aunts Marion's school (L 12)

**April 6th -U.S. entered WWI (W 145)

**early 18' -U.S. fully at war (P 56)

**Summer -Dr. Frank N. D. Buchman saw 1st house party Calling China, became Oxford Group technique (W 117)

**January -Dr. Frank N. D. Buchman Samuel M. Shoemaker meet Peking; Lois left Aunt Marian's school (L 22) (W 118)

**January 24th -Bill & Lois married Swedenborgian Church Brooklyn (B 111) (P 58, 407) (W 146)

**February 1st -Original wedding date Bill & Lois, changed January 24 due war (B 111) (P 58)

**February 15th -Daughter Suzanne Smith Windows born (C 11)

**June 5th -Dr. Bob's son Robert Ripley Smith born (C 2) (P 140)

**July -Thought Lois pregnant, not (B 114)

**July 17th -Last night Bill & Lois together before Bill sailed overseas (B 113)

**July 18th -Bill sailed from Boston on Lancashire with 66th C.A.C. 5 months left WWI

**July 20th -Bill's 1st drink brandy board ship Lancashire (B 113, 115) (W 146)

**November 18th -WWI ended (B 121) (W 146)

**May -Bill discharged Army Camp Devens, Wilson's settle Brooklyn (B 121) (L 27) (P 62, 407) (W 147)

**February -Lois working Red Cross occupational therapy aid Brooklyn Naval Hospital; Bill & Lois move 1 room apartment State Street (L 31)

**February -Lois got another job Bellevue Hospital until September 1922 (L 34)

**July -Lois 2nd ectopic pregnancy (B 142-143) (L 34) (W 147)

**May -Lois's 3rd ectopic pregnancy, Bill often too drunk visit hospital (L 34)

**Christmas -Bill vowed stay sober 1 year, lasted 2 months (B 141) (W 148)

**February -Bill vowed no more drinking (B 141)

**June 17th -Lois's sister Kitty married ( 60) (P 75)

**June -Fortune threw money applause Bill's way (P 75)

**end 27' -Bill very depressed, signed Lois all rights, titles & interest (L 72) (P 82)

**October 20th -Bill wrote promise family Bible quit drinking (P 81)

**early 29' -1st time Bill & Ebby drank together (P 83)

**January -Bill wrote promise family Bible quit drinking (P 81)

**May -Dr. Bob surgeon proctologist (C 105)

**October -Stock market crash, Bill $60,000 debt (B 168) (N 14) (W 148)

**December -Bill & Lois move Canada work friend Dick Johnson (L 81) (P 86)

**early Fall -Firm Greenshields & Company Canada let Bill due drinking (B 170) (L 81)

**May -Bill & Lois moved handsome, expense apartment Cotes des Neiges; Bill started nipping morning (B 169-170)

**September -Bill wrote promise family Bible quit drinking (P 86)

**December 25th -Bill returned Canada, mother-in-law died Bill to drunk attend funeral (B 172) (L 82) (P 87) (W 149)

**May -Lois start work R.H. Macy (B 174) (P 90)

**late 32' -Called Henrietta Seiberling reference Dr. Bob's drinking (N 31)

**April 8th -Bill, Author Wheeler, Frank Winans formed long-term speculative syndicate based on Bill not taking even 1 drink (B 180-181) (P 90-92)

**May, mid -Bound Brook New Jersey small hotel, Bill drank Jersey Lighting applejack, learned never was, would be just 1 drink, blew deal long-term speculative syndicate Arthur Wheeler, Frank Winans, Bill now drank simply escape & block from mind what he did (A 56) (B 182-184) (L 83)

**early 33' -Beer legal, Dr. Bob tried beer experiment (D 42, 53)

**Autumn -Bill enters Towns Hospital 1st time; oblivion drinking (P 93, 100, 407)

**May -Lois's father remarried, Joan Jones (L 84)

**December 5th -Prohibition ended (P 122) (W 150)

**Summer -Dr. Silkworth pronounces Bill hopeless alcoholic (A vii)

**early Fall -Lois working drapery department Loesser's Brooklyn (B 196)

**March -Lois quit job Macy's, didn't want ask another leave absence (L 85) (P 105)

**May -Lois's father remarries (P 98)

**July -Ebby trying complete paint job, told arrested again drunkenness 6 months Windsor Prison (P 113)

**August -Rowland H. & Cebra G. from Oxford Group intervene with judge, sober up Ebby (A vii) (N 9)

**September -Bill back Town's hospital, 3rd time (L 87) (P 108)

**November -Ebby phoned Bill, asked to stop by haven't seen each other 1 year, Ebby sober, 2 nights later Ebby & Bill
sat together Bill's Kitchen 182 Clinton Street, Ebby told about himself & Oxford Group, got Bill meeting Old Calvary Church group
New York; Bill went 1st time Sam Shoemaker Calvary Church Mission (A 58, 62) (B 202-203) (C 4) (H 367) (L 197) (N 18) (P 111) (W 196)

**November 11th -Armistice Day; Bill started drinking after dry spell, beginning Bill's last drunk (A vii, 57) (B 198) (L 87) (P 109)

**November, around 26th -Ebby visited Bill (A 58, 62) (W 151)

**December -Bill investigates Calvary Episcopal Mission 23rd Street, New York Dr. Sam Shoemaker's Calvary Church operated; Howard
Tompkins Beer & Company sent Bill glowing letter encouragement concerning sobriety (L 94) (N 18) (P 116, 133)

**December 11th -Bill's last drink 4 beers, month to day since started, entered Towns Hospital 4th time year, received then-current Towns
treatment [barbiturates sedate & belladonna reducing stomach acids], has spiritual experience 39 years old, released obsession drink (A vii) (H 197)
(L 197) (P 16, 120-121, 123, 407) (W 152, 162)

**December 13th or 14th -Ebby visited Bill hospital, explained Oxford Group principles, brought William James's book, Varieties Religious E
xperience, Ebby didn't read, Oxford Group members recommended (H 197, 279, 298) (N 20) (P 120, 124) (W 152)

**December 18th -Bill discharged 4th last hospitalization Towns Hospital 2:30PM; Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings Calvary
House adjacent Calvary Episcopal Church, Dr. Sam Shoemaker rector; leading Oxford Group figure (P 104, 127, 407) (W 155)

**early 35' -Bill preached Oxford Group message, no 1 sobered up (B 233) (P 131-132)

**Spring -T. Henry Williams lost chief engineer job National Rubber Machine Company (L 104)

**Fall -Bill & Lois began weekly meetings Tuesday nights 182 Clinton Street; 2nd A.A. group formed New York (A 10) (P 162)

**Autumn -Dr. Bob's daughter met Ernie W. Galbraith (C 11)

**near end 35' -Alcoholics living Calvary Mission instructed not attend meetings Clinton Street (P 169)

**end 35' -A.A. had 5 members (A 310)

**April -Dr. Silkworth told Bill quit preaching at drunks religion usually fills them guilt or rebellion & said tell them obsession & allergy;
Bill returned Wall Street April 1935, got involved proxy fight control small machine-tool factory Akron (A 65) (B 233-234) (N 26-27)

**May 10th -Business deal brought Bill Akron, attend annual stockholders meeting small machine-tool factory, lost proxy fight; called
Dr. Walter Tunks Episcopalian minister from Mayflower Hotel get drunk talk with, talked Henrietta Seiberling put him touch Dr. Bob (A 66)
(B 235-236) (C 4, 5) (G 69) (H 355) (L 95, 197) (N 26-27) (W 156-157)

**May 11th -Dr. Tunks gives Bill Henrietta Seiberling phone, she received call from Bill (D 60, 64) (L 95) (N 27)

**May 12th -Bill & Dr. Bob meet (A vii) (C 4-5) (D 348) (L 197) (N 35) (P 407) (S 18)

**June -Bill 1st overnight Smiths A.A. guest (S 114)

**June 1st week -American Medical Association Convention, Dr. Bob not missed one in 20 years (D 72) (N 32)

**June 10th -Dr. Bob's last drink, beer; A.A. born 855 Ardmore Avenue; celebrated Founder's Day Akron (A vii, 10, 71) (B 243) (C 5, 40-41, 124)
(D 348) (E 13) (G 83) (H 199, 357) (L 96, 197) (N 33) (P 149, 407) (W 156-157)

**June 28th -A.A. #3, attorney; his wife & Dr. Bob's wife met; Bill & Dr. Bob meet Bill D. (C 42) (N 37) (S 117)
**June 29th -Lois goes Akron, spends week with Smiths (L 197)

**June late -Dr. Bob calls Akron City Hospital looking drunk him & Bill work on (P 152)

**July -Lois came Akron 2 week visit (B 249)

**July 4th -Bill D., A.A. #3 left hospital (P 154)

**August, end -4 A.A.'s, 5 counting Phil S. Bill returned New York from Akron (B 249) (D 108)

**late August or early September -Phil S., A.A. #5 came in (D 95)

**November 19th -Ebby stays 182 Clinton Street (L 197)

**December -Bill attended 1st Oxford Group house party Richmond Virginia (L 103)

**early 36' -Dr. Bob's wife organized wives group (C 43, 132) (S 118)

**middle 36' -Small & solid A.A. group developing Bill's house (B 252)

**Fall -Bill & Hank form small company Sharing Inc raise money Honor Dealers project (L 101)

**end 36' -A.A. had 15 members (A 310)

**January -Paul S. early Akron A.A. meets Dr. Bob (D 111)

**February 23rd -Bill persuaded Lois quit job Loeser's department store (L 104, 197) (P 175)

**March -A.A. had 10 members (A 302)

**April 26th -Wilson's forced out 182 Clinton Street mortgage company sold it, in Burnham family 1/2 century, went Hank & wife's live;
lived vagabonds next 2 years, 1st 1 A.A. family, then another, around 50 families (P 213-214)

**April 26th, soon after -Sunday meeting held Hank's & Kathleen's (P 216)

**June -Oxford Group height 10,000 people flocked Berkshires, attend Stockbridge Massachusetts meeting, 10 day affair;
Bill & Lois attend Oxford Group house party Stockbridge; Bill's mother 2nd husband died (L 103, 106) (P 170)

**August -New York World Telegram published article Dr. Frank Buchman charging pro-Nazi, vindicated (P 170-171)

**September -J.H.D. joined A.A.; Lois's father Dr. Burnham died (D 111) (P 175)

**October -Bill C. young Canadian alkie, former attorney, compulsive gambler, stayed Bill's house nearly year, committed suicide, gas stove (B 263, 265) (P 165)

**November -Alumni Magazine included short note reference Dr. Bob's making class reunions (D 22)

**November 18th -Ebby came live Wilson's (W 157)

**December -Bill met Charlie Towns & associate Dr. Alexander Lambert, asked work Towns Hospital; Bill & Lois attend Oxford Group
house party Poconos Pennsylvania; 1st group conscience (A 100-101, 115) (L 10, 107, 197) (N 63-64) (W 157-158)

**Fall -Dr. Bob & Bill realize 40 alcoholics sober, wonder how to share message, thought of book (A 144) (H 10)

**Summer -Bill, Hank P., Fitz tried start A.A. Washington & Philadelphia no luck (B 263)

**Fall -Bill's work Quaw & Foley collapsed economic troubles; visited brother-in-law Dr. Leonard Strong Jr. got interview with Willard -- Richardson
connected Rockefeller philanthropies; prospects came Akron from Cleveland (A 148) (D 348) (H 142) (P 177, 181)

**end 37' -A.A. had 40 members (A 310)

**January -Bill & Lois attend Oxford Group house party West Point New York; Bill got job Quaw & Foley stockbrokers (L 103, 107)

**February -Dick S. tried get brother Paul in A.A. (D 111)

**February -12 A.A.'s 1/2 had & would slip, Bob E. joined A.A. (D 101, 108)

**March -Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings (L 197)

**May -Ebby drunk, dry since November 1936 (L 197) (W 157)

**August -Bill others broke away Oxford Group (B 262) (L 103, 197) (W 159)

**September -Bill V. H. joined A.A., Akron (D 119)

**October -Group had 40 members Akron & New York, Dr. Leonard Strong introduces Bill Reverend Willard S. Richardson (L 197) (W 159)

**November -Dr. Bob & Bill realized chain reaction begun; Akron A.A.'s agreed on book; 40 alcoholics sober New York & Ohio, l
east 20 dry longer 1 year, all diagnosed hopeless; special meeting T. Henry Williams house, 18 present voted 10 yes 8 no, raise money
printed material & hospitals (A vii, 76, 145) (B 266, 269-270) (D 348) (E 22-23) (H 142) (SM 9) (P 180)

**December -Bill, Dr. Bob, Hank P., Fitz, Ned P., Dr. Silkworth met John D. Rockefeller's contingent Willard Richardson, Frank Amos,
A. Leroy Chipman, Albert Scott 56th floor R.C.A. Building (A 148) (B 274) (H 142) (L 109) (SM 9)

**Summer -1st 2nd chapters Big Book written Multilithed immediately used scheme raise money (A 153) (E 23) (P 193, 223) (S 121)

**Fall -Bill talked Lois quitting her job (B 288)

**end 38' -Big Book manuscript ready preliminary distribution, 400 copies were Multilithed circulated; Hank's business collapsed;
office moved tiny 1 room 17 William Street Newark; A.A. had 100 members (A 159, 310) (B 292) (L 198) (P 200)

**February -Frank Amos investigated A.A. gave report John D. Rockefeller (D 129) (P 185)

**February 4th -Dick Richardson proposed Alcoholic Foundation be formed (L 197)

**March or April -Bill drafted 1st 2 chapters Big Book (A 153) (E 16) (H 143) (L 110, 197) (SM 10) (P 193)

**April -Alcoholic Foundation formed, Dr. Leonard Strong, A. LeRoy Chipman, Frank Amos on it as trustees; Bill started
dictating Ruth Hock Big Book (B 277-278) (E 18) (H 106, 126) (N 67) (TC 11)

**May -Big Book started; Alcoholic Foundation established trusteeship A.A.; 1st members 1st Board Dick Richardson,
Frank Amos, Dr. Strong, Dr. Bob, New York A.A. who got drunk (A vii, 152) (D 151) (L 111) (W 160)

**June -1st 2 chapters Big Book written (D 151) (H 143)

**July 15th -1st documented use name Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A. archives letter Bill to Willard Richardson (P 202)

**July 18th -From letter Dr. Richards Johns Hopkins, Bill using Alcoholics Anonymous working title Big Book & name fellowship (P 202)

**August 11th -Alcoholic Foundation implemented, set up trust for A.A., board directors 5 members, 3 nonalcoholics Willard Richardson,
Frank Amos, John Wood, 2 alcoholics Bill & Dr. Bob (E 18) (L 197) (N 67) (P 188, 394)

**September -Frank Amos suggested show Big Book friend Gene Exman editor religious books Harper & Brothers (B 279) (H 143) (N 68)

**October -Bill believed name Alcoholics Anonymous appeared discussions this time (A 165) (P 202)

**December -Bill stretched out bed wrote 12 Steps (A vii) (B 282) (L 198)

**early 39' -Bill & Hank P. form Works Publishing Company publish Big Book (A 157) (G 79) (L 198)

**Spring -Ruth T. joined A.A. (D 242)

**Summer -Charles ("C.J.") K. & Eddie B. 12 stepped Duke P. Toledo, both state insane asylum Toledo voluntary commitments, read Big Book manuscript, got out (D 253)

**Fall -Bill tried get money for Dr. Bob Guggenheim Foundation (D 172) (G 80)

**late Fall -Wife early Akron A.A. Ty, took Big Book Los Angeles (D 177)

**end 39' -A.A. had 400 members (A 310)

**January -Alcoholic Foundation board increased, 5 members to 7, nonalcoholics still majority (P 189)

**January, early -Morgan R. Catholic, ex-adman, came A.A. early January 1939 recently released Rockland asylum,
had friend on Catholic Committee Publications New York Archdiocese, commissioned deliver mimeograph copy Big Book committee (A 168) (B 286)

**January, mid -Except few last details Big Book ready printers, sent mimeographed manuscript various doctors & ministers criticism (B 285)

**March 1st -Jonny R. joined A.A. (C 81)

**April -Big book published, run 4,730 copies; Elgie R., John R. joined A.A.; 2 groups, no name A.A.;
Hank P. planned have Morgan R. interviewed by Gabriel Heatter M.C. We the People fantastically popular radio show to sell books;
sent 20,000 cards every physician east Mississippi reference Big Book
(A viii, 159, 175) (B 288) (D 80, 348) (E 25) (G 85) (H 145, 388) (L 104, 115) (SM 11) (P 203, 407) (S 32) (W 160)

**April 17th -Abby G. early Cleveland A.A. entered hospital (D 202)

**May 1st -Bill & Lois had leave 182 Clinton Street, house sold (A 11, 173) (B 288) (L 6, 125)

**May 11th -1st meeting Cleveland A.A. group [no Oxford Group connection] (D 164, 348) (N 78)

**May 16th -A.A. meeting Bert's tailor shop 5th Avenue New York (L 198)

**May, end of -1st alcoholic patient enters Deaconess Hospital Cleveland, bartender (D 201)

**May 18th -Clarence S. started 1st group Cleveland, 1st group called Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland Heights home Abby G., 16 members (G 103) (N 78) (P 203) (S 32)

**June 5th -New York Times good review Big Book (H 145) (L 198) (P 223)

**June 30th -Harry Emerson Fosdick writes good review Big Book (A viii) (L 198)

**July -Warren C. came A.A. Cleveland, caused debate not hospitalized, 12 stepped by Clarence S. (D 102) (N 236)

**July 4th -1st meeting Harold S. Flatbush Brooklyn (L 198)

**August -Dr. Bob wrote & may have signed article Faith magazine; Mag & Bob V. started Sunday meetings their house (D 175) (L 127)

**August 1st -1st meeting Bert's larger tailoring work loft (L 198)

**August 16th -Dr. Bob persuaded Sister Ignatia admit Walter B. notorious alcoholic & regular consumer paregoric [over counter] opiate,
Sister Ignatia labeled problem acute gastritis; some say this occurred August 18; put in Flower Room (D 348) (H 374) (S 14, 16, 79, 122, 146)

**August 18th -Some say 1st alcoholic admitted St. Thomas Hospital, most believe August 16;
special meeting Mag & Bob Montclair New Jersey 6 doctors present 2 Rockland State Hospital 2 Bellevue, Dr. Silkworth, A.A. doctor (L 198) (S 14)

**September -Chicago group starting; Nell Wing learns A.A., Keuka College central New York State; Walter B. joined A.A.;
Morris Markey article Alcoholics & God Liberty magazine brought 800 pieces mail; Cleveland Plain Dealer carried series articles center editorial page,
1 day for week, A.A. membership Cleveland from 12 over 100 in 1 month; Mort J. Denver resident, book convert (A viii, 93, 134, 177-178)
(B 291) (D 348) (G 5) (H 62, 145, 180, 373) (N 83, 90, 102) (S 122)

**September 30th -Article [Alcoholics & God] published Liberty magazine Morris Markey (A 17, 87, 177-178) (D 175) (H 62, 145, 180) (SM 11) (N 90)

**October -1st central committee 7 men 5 women Cleveland; 1st example A.A. rotation: A.A. articles Cleveland Plains Dealer (A 134) (D 202, 348) (H 62) (N 83, 88)

**October 14th -Journal American Medical Association published unsympathetic review Big Book (N 92)

**November -1st all A.A. group formed Cleveland; old Borton Group named after T.E. Borton wealthy Cleveland Heights nonalcoholic (D 169, 209) (SM 11) (S 31, 85)

**November 26th -Reverend Dr. Dilworth Lupton Cleveland preached sermon reprinted pamphlet form (N 85)

**November-December -Akron A.A.'s broke from Oxford Group, began meeting Dr. Bob's house (A viii) (D 348)

**December -Matt Talbot Club 88 members, used wagons collect old furniture to recondition & sell, not A.A., used A.A. program, material, marked 1st A.A.
effort reach alcoholics outside married middle-class category; Dr. Russell Blaisdell head Rockland State Hospital asked Bill speak; 1st A.A. group mental hospital (A viii) (D 210) (G 73)

**December 19th -1st home meeting Los Angeles Kaye M.'s house (A 92)

**early 40' -Wife's A.A. prospects interviewed to this time; A.A. Canada started; Lillian R. popular singer went public (D 109) (G 9, 46)

**mid 40' -Number black alcoholics found sobriety; Aunt Jenny radio soap opera involving alcoholic family member; U.S. groups proliferating rapidly & starting abroad;
radio discovered A.A., call in radio show Ask An Alcoholic; Wilson's traveled among groups U.S. & Canada, movie Lost Weekend out portrayed alcoholic 1st time not Bowery bum
successful middle-class businessperson reduced Bowery bum (G8) (N 120) (P 317)

**late 40' -Bill stumped U.S. & Canada explaining, cajoling need for Fellowship continuity after he & Dr. Bob gone (G 51)

**early 40' -Dick P. 1st Spanish-speaking joined A.A.; no word John D. Rockefeller 3 years (B 294) (D 249)

**late 40' -1st news bulletin Vesey Street headquarters issues groups, 1st pamphlet A.A. published called A.A., John D Rockefeller Jr. A.A. dinner,
1st A.A. clubhouse 24th Street, 1st A.A. oriented drying facility High Watch Farm Kent Connecticut, passing hat custom started,
Father Edward Dowling S.J. & Reverend Harry Emerson Fosdick 1st religious leaders endorse A.A. (G 86) (H 147)

**Winter -Reporter Saturday Evening Post Jack Alexander assigned investigate & perhaps do A.A. story (A 190-191) (B 310) (H 148, 181) (N 100)

**end 40' -A.A. had 2,000 members (A 310) (H 147)

**January -Akron group found new home King School, started take collections rent, custodial expenses; most groups required hospitalization,
being talked to least 5 A.A.'s or passed committee before new person join; Youngstown 2 couples visit prospective A.A. before could attend 1st meeting;
John S. joined A.A.; definite working agreement Sister Ignatia superior Sister Clementine, Dr. Bob, probably Chief Staff St. Thomas Hospital (D 100, 146, 263, 348) (S 85, 87)

**February -Grand Central Station Lois started weeping due not having home, started looking own place; Lorraine Greim Ruth Hock's assistant started work Newark office;
Bill & Lois move Monsey apt small place Greenwich Village; Bert T. & Horace C. discover & guarantee rent building 334 1/2 West 24th Street, old Illustrators Club (B 297, 304) (L 128) (P 216)

**February 8th -John D. Rockefeller Jr. gives A.A. dinner, Manhattan's exclusive Union Club (A 87) (B 295) (E 15) (G 73) (H 145) (L 128, 198) (P 232)

**March -Mort J. early A.A., book convert, came Los Angeles from Denver & helped faltering group; started custom reading Chapter 5 Big Book Cecil group (A 93) (P 266, 288)

**March 16th -Works Publishing moves offices Newark, 30 Vesey Street Room 703 lower Manhattan (A 187) (L 129, 198) (P 235)

**April 21st -1st rehabilitation home for alcoholics Joy Farm near Kent Connecticut (L 122, 199)

**May -1st anonymity break national level Rollie H. catcher Cleveland Indians just caught Bob Feller no-hitter, revealed been sober A.A. year, caused lot publicity (D 251) (N 85, 95) (P 236)

**June -2nd A.A. meeting Baltimore (P 258)

**June 30th -Works Publishing Company incorporated (W 160)

**September -1st meeting Toledo A.A., Duke P., others started; Journal Nervous & Mental Diseases published most unsympathetic review Big Book (D 255) (N 92)

**October 1st -Total A.A. membership 1,433, 30% + Cleveland, 47% Ohio (S 157)

**November 4th -Wilson's moved upstairs bedroom 334 1/2 24th Street 24th Street Clubhouse (H 366) (P 238)

**November 2nd week -3 groups Cleveland, 3rd week Orchard Grove Group started making 4 (D 209-210)

**December -Group started Ashtabula, Ohio due Plain Dealer articles A.A., Cleveland about 30 groups (A 134) (D 207, 211) (H 62)

**early 41' -Began evident co-founders ultimate responsibility & authority services should never be wholly vested Board Trustees (TC 12)

**Spring -Bill & Lois move Stepping Stones New Bedford after 23 years marriage; 2,000 members (A 190) (B 317) (L 133)


**Fall -Doc Smith Day planned Clarence S. other Cleveland A.A.'s (D 265)


**end 41' -Membership from 1,500 to 8,000, 170 groups, inquiries letters Canada, Africa, England, France, Australia; Big Book sales 3,600 for year, Big Book 2nd printing;
Serenity Prayer adopted; groups asked contribute $1 twice year support headquarters; A.A. had 8,000 members (A 192, 196, 310) (G 86-87) (H 1, 150)


**January 4th -Wilson's find home Bedford Hill's New York (P 259)


**February 24th -Jack Alexander Saturday Evening Post article lead story dated March 1 put A.A. on map out
(A viii, 87, 89, 94, 191) (E 16) (H 148, 181) (SM 13) (L 132) (P 244, 247, 407)

**March -Cleveland's A.A.'s celebrated Doc Smith Day (D 348)

**March 1st -Jack Alexander A.A. story Saturday Evening Post opened flood gates to A.A.
(A 87, 89, 94, 134, 191) (B 311-312) (C 7) (G 73, 86) (H 148, 181) (L 132) (SM 13) (N 101) (S 140)

**April -Bill cold in chest, took medicine high % alcohol, Lois away cruise, Bill started thinking about drinking (L 134)

**April 11th -Wilson's move Bedford Hills, 1st home 23 years marriage (P 260)

**April 20th -Lois cruise with Chris's mother (L 134)

**May -Ethel M., Rollo M., Freddie S. & wife joined A.A.; Bill & Lois accept plan buy Stepping Stones (D 223, 245) (L 133)

**June -Jack C. brought Serenity Prayer Vesey Street office (A 196) (P 252)

**September -Dr. Bob's daughter, Ernie G. A.A. #4 married (C 12, 51)

**November -Eve Pearl Harbor; A.A. 200 groups, 6,000 A.A.'s, most never seen Bill (P 266)

**March -Received recommendation Colonel Donovan Washington Supply Service, interviewed brigadier general charge Army's Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot,
offered accept Bill as Captain, Bill failed physical ulcers; Ruth Hock left remarry A.A., moved Ohio (L 138) (P 272)

**November -1902 class reporter wrote Dr. Bob's A.A. involvement (D 22)

**late 43' -Bill spoke more 1,000 A.A's Los Angeles; met Warden Clinton T. Duffy 1st known corrections official in country permit A.A. meeting inside prison (G 74)

**October 24th -Wilson's start 1st major A.A. tour planning return January 19, 1944; start Windsor group Canada (A 84) (P 286-287)

**November 24th -A.A.'s 8th Anniversary Dinner (G 73)

**November 28th -Bill guest speaker San Quentin Penitentiary (E 62)