In “Doctor Bob’s Nightmare” (2002) the first of the Personal Stories found in Part I “Pioneers of A.A.” we have the personal story of A.A.’s cofounder Dr. Robert Smith. In this account we have a description of Dr. Bob’s meeting with Bill Wilson. Dr, Bob notes that as a physician and an educated man he had, “…read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of alcoholism. (2002, p. 180)” and he writes this pregnant statement, italicized in...
