Who started alcoholics anonymous?

Answer 1

There were approximately one hundred co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson of East Dorset Vt and New York City - and Bob Smith of Akron, Ohio were the first two followed by Bill Dodsen of Akron and Clarence Snyder of Cleveland and on. Bill Wilson was sober for five months in 1934 when he went to Akron, Ohio for business. He was staying at a hotel and had a strong obsession to drink. He decided on having three drinks - no more. Right then and there he thought of what his sponsor, Ebby Thacher had tol dhim about helping others. In that isnstant the desire to drink was removed. he thanked God and commences to begin telephoning local clergymen in the area who might refer his services. He was referred to Henrietta Sieberling who referred him to Anne Smith who was married to an alcoholic doctor named Bob Smith. The following day he met Smith. They immediately began searching for others an subsequently recruited other alcoholics one by one many of whom were admitted in local hospitals. Alcoholics Anonymous grew person by person from then on to what it is today.

Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by two men. There names are Bill Wilson and Sam Shoemaker, and the program was found by these two in 1935 to help people who had drinking problems.

Answer 2

It was started in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio. Wilson and Smith adopted it from the Oxford Group. The Oxford Group was a Christian organization that was founded by Dr. Frank Buchman. Buchman started a group called A First Century Christian Fellowship in 1921, and by 1931, it was known as the Oxford group.

Bill Wilson was suffering from Alcoholism and had received help from the Oxford Group. Then when Dr. Robert Smith got to the point he was becoming too drunk to perform surgery, Bill Wilson reached out to him, and Dr. Smith was the first person that Wilson had helped bring to sobriety. The two worked together to form Alcoholics Anonymous.

Something that Dr. Smith and his wife Lois did was to help create the concept of halfway houses (also known as sober living houses). However, Wilson and Smith soon abandoned that idea after at least 2 serious incidents. One of the recovering alcoholics attacked Lois Smith with a kitchen knife because she had refused his advances. Another recovering alcoholic committed suicide in their house.

Answer 3

Alcoholics Anonymous was an organization that was founded in 1935. Since its founding, its goal has been to "stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety".