Something that doesnt get mentioned much is Eddie Reilly was with bill and bob when they met with Bill Dotson. ?He was there all Summer. ?The 3 of them, then 4 of them spent the summer trying to get more people sober. ?
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On May 30, 2020, at 1:49 PM, Jim <jimincancun@...> wrote:
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Fitz Mayo?...although the story details dont fit exactly...like the details of Ed the atheist details dont match the true story.
Henry Fitzhugh Mayo
Then, in the fall of 1935, Fitz heard that Towns Hospital in New York was having some success in treating alcoholism, and he went there for treatment.
This was just a few months after Bill Wilson's historic meeting with Dr. Bob in Akron. While he was probably Bill's second successful case, judging from his story in the Big Book there must have been others then in the hospital who had tried AA. (See page 502-3 of the Big Book, about the four alcoholics playing bridge in a smoke-filled room.) Nancy O
Jim
Question, in what year did Bill Wilson meet the tough Irishman in Towns Hospital in the Tradition 5 story in the 12 & 12?
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