Sobriety​ ​List

According​ ​to​ ​the​ ​AA​ ​sobriety​ ​list​ ​of​ ​the​ ​first​ ​100​ ​as​ ​provided​ ​by​ ​John​ ​Barton​ ​here​ ​some​ ​years ago,​ ​as​ ​of​ ​February​ ​1,​ ​1938,​ ​there​ ​were​ ​55​ ​total​ ​people​ ​sober​ ​in​ ​what​ ​was​ ​not​ ​yet​ ​called Alcoholics​ ​Anonymous.​ ​44​ ​of​ ​them,​ ​or​ ​80%,​ ​were​ ​from​ ​Ohio.​ ​Three​ ​were​ ​from​ ​New​ ​York, Six​ ​from​ ​New​ ​Jersey,​ ​one​ ​from​ ​Connecticut,​ ​and​ ​one​ ​from​ ​Maryland.​ ​It​ ​was​ ​the​ ​purpose​ ​of Frank​ ​Amos​ ​to​ ​travel​ ​to​ ​a​ ​place​ ​where​ ​recovery​ ​from​ ​alcohol​ ​was​ ​obviously​ ​working.​ ​The Amos​ ​list​ ​contains​ ​42​ ​of​ ​the​ ​44​ ​names​ ​that​ ​John​ ​Barton​ ​has​ ​on​ ​AAHistorylovers​ ​message 8061​ ​from​ ​the​ ​list​ ​of​ ​the​ ​first​ ​100.​ ​Amos​ ​was​ ​to​ ​report​ ​what​ ​he​ ​had​ ​witnessed​ ​himself​ ​and that’s​ ​what​ ​he​ ​reported.​ ​That​ ​other​ ​people​ ​were​ ​sober​ ​elsewhere​ ​was​ ​not​ ​the​ ​subject​ ​of​ ​his visit.​ ​At​ ​that​ ​time​ ​Akron​ ​was​ ​where​ ​the​ ​action​ ​was​ ​along​ ​with​ ​the​ ​members​ ​doing​ ​the​ ​round trip​ ​from​ ​Cleveland.

Gary​ ​Neidhardt Lilburn,​ ​Georgia