They were two men with not much in common except for their being born in Vermont in the late 1800s and the fact that by the time they met in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, neither could stop drinking until they talked about their problem.
On June 10, 1935, Dr. Bob Smith had his last drink, after a series of face-to-face conversations with Bill Wilson, another alcoholic, who himself had repeatedly struggled yet failed to remain sober. That Wilson and Smith ever met is proof, at least to people l ...
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