This sequence of events illustrates how AA was connected around the country in those early days of 1939-1940.

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Fall of 1939: Doherty Sheerin, from Indianapolis, ?gets AA information from reading “Alcoholics and God,” by Morris Markey, from the then-popular Liberty Magazine.?

April 1940: He connects with Ruth Hock at the AA Central Office in New York.

1940: ?Ruth Hock reports Doherty Sheerin’s request for help to Clarence Snyder, from Cleveland, Ohio (Clarence was in charge of 12-step work in several states, including in Indiana.)

September 1940: Clarence sends his sponsee, a traveling salesman named Irwin Myerson, to visit Doherty.

October ?28, 1940: ?First AA meeting started in Indianapolis, by Doherty Sheerin and four others . . . . at 2048 E 106^th ?Street, Indianapolis.

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This link opens with a 48-page PDF file of ?“EARLY INDIANAPOLIS AA. a Pictorial view:” ????????????????

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Bob S

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