Bob Smith (Robert Holbrook Smith, b. 8 August 1879 d. 16 November 1950) was a medical doctor and surgeon from Akron, Ohio, also known as Dr Bob. He co-founded the self-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson, in 1935.

See also

• Alcoholics Anonymous
• 12 steps
• Twelve Traditions
• Alcoholism
• Addiction

Literature

• Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition, 2001. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. New York, NY, 2001. ISBN 1-893007-16-2, Dewey 362.29 A347 2001

• Alcoholics Anonymous Comes Of Age. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (AAWS), New York, 1957, 1986. Harper, New York, 1957. ISBN 0-91-685602-X, LC HV5278.A78A4, Dewey: 178.1 A1c

• Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., New York, 1980. ISBN 0-916856-07-0, LCCN 80-65962, LC HV5278.D62 1980

• Pass It On; The story of Bill Wilson and how the A.A. message reached the world. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (AAWS), New York, 1984. ISBN 0-916856-12-7, LC HV5032 .W19P37x 1984, LCCN 84-072766, Dewey 362.29/286/O92

• Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, by Ernest Kurtz. Hazelden Educational Foundation, Center City, MN, 1979. ISBN 0-899-486065-8 or ISBN 0-89486-065-8 (pbk.), LC HV5278, LCCN 79-88264, Dewey 362.2/9286 or 362.29286 K87 1979

External links

• Photograph of Dr Robert Holbrook Smith on The Orange Papers website, copyright status unverified
• Text of Dr. Bob's famous last words in public at the First International Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous, July 28 - 30, 1950 at Cleveland, Ohio
• "Dr Bob's Home" website, Akron, Ohio
• Official homepage of Alcoholics Anonymous
• Robert Holbrook Smith's autobiography in AA's 'Big Book', copyright to First Edition expired
• Unofficial Alcoholics Anonymous history site
• Extensive directory of AA pioneers
• The Orange Papers, a critical review of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Oxford Group