"individual alcoholic, and disagreements, infighting, and controversies over prohibition eventually destroyed the group. The Washingtonians became so thoroughly extinct that, some 50 years later in 1935 when William Griffith Wilson (""Bill"") and Dr. Robert Smith (""Dr. Bob"") joined together in forming Alcoholics Anonymous, neither of them had ever heard of the Washingtonians. Although comparisons are made between the Washingtonians and Alcoholics Anonymous, in some respects they have more in common with modern secular addiction recovery groups. The Washingtonians were so non-religious and non-spiritual that religious critics accused them of humanism and placing themselves before the power of God. Washingtonian movement"
"group of recovering alcoholics founded by Wilson and Smith would later break away from the Oxford Group to become Alcoholics Anonymous by 1939. The Oxford Group renamed itself Moral Re-Armament in 1938, and largely faded from the prominence it had enjoyed in the 1930s. Moral Re-Armament would eventually become a non-religious humanitarian organization, changing its name to Initiatives of Change in 2001. This version of Rowland's story is commonly accepted within AA, confirmed in substance if not in detailed fact by evidence such as an exchange of letters between Bill Wilson and Carl Jung in 1961, in which Jung acknowledged"
"together a medical practice in order to support his family and his drinking. In January 1933, Anne Smith attended a lecture by Frank Buchman, the founder of the Oxford Group. For the next two years she and Dr. Smith attended local meetings of the group in an effort to solve his alcoholism, but recovery eluded him until he met Bill Wilson on May 13, 1935. Wilson, an alcoholic who had learned how to stay sober by helping other alcoholics through the Oxford Group in New York, was in Akron on business that had proven unsuccessful and he was in fear"
"group. Wilson spent a month working with Smith, and Smith became the first alcoholic Wilson brought to sobriety. Smith's last drink was on June 10, 1935 (a beer to steady his hand for surgery), and this is considered by members to be the founding date of AA. Wilson and Smith sought to develop a simple program to help even the worst alcoholics, along with a more successful approach that empathized with alcoholics yet convinced them of their hopelessness and powerlessness. They believed active alcoholics were in a state of insanity rather than a state of sin, an idea they developed"
"other alcoholics to the Group. Wilson's early efforts to help others become sober were ineffective, prompting Silkworth to suggest that Wilson place less stress on religion and more on ""the science"" of treating alcoholism. Wilson's first success came during a business trip to Akron, Ohio, where he was introduced to Robert Smith, a surgeon and Oxford Group member who was unable to stay sober. After thirty days of working with Wilson, Smith drank his last drink on 10 June 1935, the date marked by AA for its anniversaries. While Wilson and Smith credited their sobriety to working with alcoholics under"
"Assistant Secretary at the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1941. He served as a member of the Colonial Office delegation investigating blindness in Africa during 1946-1947. Wilson was involved in founding several organisations, most notably the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (now known as Sightsavers International) - of which he became the first director in 1950 - but also Disability Awareness in Action, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and IMPACT. At his instigation, the World Health Organization established the first International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, of which he served as president from"
"William Robert Smith (physician) Sir William Robert Smith FRSE DL JP (1850–1932) was a 19th/20th century British forensic scientist, public health expert and also a local politician. He was founder of the Public Health Medical Society which was later renamed the Royal Institute of Public Health. He was born in Plumstead in Kent on 28 May 1850 the son of Captain R. T. Smith. He was initially apprenticed to a chemist. He studied Medicine at Edinburgh and Aberdeen University graduating MB ChB in 1876. He then did further studies at University College, London also undergoing practical training at St. Bartholomew's"
"founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, William ""Bill W."" Wilson and Robert ""Dr. Bob"" Smith were both active members in the Oxford Group and believed that the principles of the Oxford Group were the key to overcoming alcoholism. Psychologist Howard Clinebell called Buchman “one of the foremost pioneers of the modern mutual-assistance philosophy.” Swiss psychologist and author Paul Tournier said: ""The whole development of group therapy in medicine cannot all be traced back to Frank [Buchman], but he historically personified that new beginning, ending a chapter of the purely rational and opening a new era when the emotional and irrational also were"
"digest before they can converse intelligently about the 21st Century."" Robert Anton Wilson and his wife Arlen Riley Wilson founded the ""Institute for the Study of the Human Future"" in 1975. From 1982 until his death, Wilson had a business relationship with the Association for Consciousness Exploration, which hosted his first on-stage dialogue with his long-time friend Timothy Leary entitled ""The Inner Frontier"". Wilson dedicated his book ""The New Inquisition"" to A.C.E.'s co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joseph Rothenberg. Wilson also joined the Church of the SubGenius, who referred to him as Pope Bob. He contributed to their literature, including the"
"Welfare (UFAW) history can be traced to the founding in 1926 of the University of London Animal Welfare Society (ULAWS) by Major Charles Hume. The name was changed to the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare in 1938, reflecting the increasingly wide range of people and institutions involved. More recent organisations involved in animal welfare science include the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) and university departments specialising in this branch of science including the Animal Welfare and Anthrozoology Center at Cambridge University, the Animal Welfare Science Centre at The University of Melbourne in Australia and the Animal Welfare Science and"
"Anne Ripley Smith Anne Ripley Smith (March 3, 1881 – June 1, 1949) was a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, along with her husband, Dr. Bob Smith, and Bill Wilson. Anne Smith's influence in AA became widely known through her publication, ""Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939"". She compiled and shared with early AAs and their families the materials comprising early AA's spiritual program—the Bible, Quiet Time, the teachings of Sam Shoemaker, the principles of the Oxford Group, and Christian literature of the day. Anne became one of the first members of Al-Anon when the founder and wife of Bill W. Lois Wilson"
"answer to these necessities. Winston Smith Project The Winston Smith Project (, or PWS) is an informational and operational project for the defence of human rights on the Internet and in the digital era. It was started in 1999 as an anonymous association and it is characterised by the absence of a physical reference identity. It is named after the main character in George Orwell's novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"". The reference to Orwell's dystopia is embodied in the motto of PWS: ""Unplug the Big Brother"" which is aligned with its more generalist motto ""Paranoia is a virtue"". PWS aims to make"
"afterward apply the Oxford Practices. The idea that alcoholism was a disease not a moral failing was different from the Oxford concept that drinking was a sin. This is what he brought to Bob Smith on their first meeting. Smith was the first alcoholic Wilson helped to sobriety. Dr. Bob and Bill W., as they were later called, went on to found Alcoholics Anonymous. Wilson later acknowledged in ""Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age"": ""The early AA got its ideas of self-examination, acknowledgement of character defects, restitution for harm done, and working with others straight from the Oxford Group and directly"
"Mitty, who began working at the Oxfam shop on Broad Street, Oxford on 9 November 1949. Engaged to manage the accounts and distribute donated clothing, he originated the policy of selling anything which people were willing to donate, and developed the shop into a national chain. By 1960, it was a major international non-governmental aid organization. The first overseas committee was founded in Canada in 1963, and in 1965 the organization changed its name to its telegraphic address, OXFAM. The Oxford committee became known as Oxfam Great Britain or Oxfam GB. In 1995 Oxfam International was formed by a group"
"Winston Smith Project The Winston Smith Project (, or PWS) is an informational and operational project for the defence of human rights on the Internet and in the digital era. It was started in 1999 as an anonymous association and it is characterised by the absence of a physical reference identity. It is named after the main character in George Orwell's novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"". The reference to Orwell's dystopia is embodied in the motto of PWS: ""Unplug the Big Brother"" which is aligned with its more generalist motto ""Paranoia is a virtue"". PWS aims to make users aware of the"
"Bill W. William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about 2 million members worldwide belonging to approximately 10,000 groups, associations, organizations, cooperatives, and fellowships of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and maintain sobriety. Following AA's Twelfth Tradition of anonymity, Wilson is commonly known as ""Bill W."" or ""Bill."" In order to communicate among one another, members of ""AA"" will often ask those who appear to be suffering or having a relapse from alcoholism if"
"Society (ULAWS) was founded by Major Charles Hume. As its support base amongst academic institutions grew and as more institutions and people came to know about and champion the scientific approach to animal problems that ULAWS stood for, the name of the society was changed, in 1938, to the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW). UFAW's aims were: Since its foundation, UFAW has initiated many advances in animal welfare including the first handbook aimed at improving the care and management of laboratory animals (now on its 7th edition), the first programme of research on environmental enrichment (in zoo animals) and"
"the Oxford Group, a spiritual movement based on the “Four Absolutes” of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. Bill W. met Dr. Bob in May 1935, and the men shared their stories with one another. The two began to work on how to best approach alcoholics and began trying to help men recover from alcoholism. The idea for the book developed at least as early as 1937, when Bill W. and Dr. Bob realized their system had helped over 40 men stay sober for more than 2 years. The book was meant to carry their message far and wide. Wilson started"
"was that in the case of terminal illnesses the law should be changed ""to substitute for the slow and painful death a quick and painless one"". The organisation was set up in December 1935 under the name of The Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society (VELS). The initial meeting that set the society up was held at the headquarters of the British Medical Association free of charge, despite the BMA not supporting the aims of the society. During the debate, the meeting was disrupted by 40 members of a Catholic youth association. The foundation of the society followed an offer of £10,000"
"of information on worldwide developments, current thinking and best practice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. In 1987, the Council Members became also the Trustees of the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA). The HSA and UFAW are financially independent but have worked closely together for many years to advance farm animal welfare. The HSA works to improve farm animal welfare 'beyond the farm gate' – during transport, at markets and at slaughter. UFAW originated and supports the principle of the 'Three R's' in the use of animals in scientific procedures. In 1954 UFAW's founder, Charles Hume, together with"
"Willow Foundation The Willow Foundation is a national charity established in 1999 by Arsenal footballer and BBC sports commentator Bob Wilson and his wife Megs as a lasting memorial to their daughter, Anna, who died of cancer aged 31. It is the only national charity to provide psychological and emotional support for seriously ill 16- to 40-year-olds through the provision of special day experiences. Every special day aims to provide beneficiaries and their loved ones with a break from the realities of their diagnosis and treatment and the inspiration to make the most out of life. At a time of"
"Goodwill, The Amity Group Goodwill, The Amity Group (founded as the Amity Association of Hamilton in 1935 by G. Vert Rayner, Jean Taggart, and T.H.L. Gallagher) is a non-profit social enterprise operating in the Hamilton and Halton regions of Ontario, Canada that helps people to overcome employment barriers and obtain employment. As a member agency of Goodwill Industries International it operates a number of thrift stores selling donated clothing, housewares and other items to finance its social charity services. Amity chose to make its first appearance in the fourth and worst year of the Great Depression, 1933. Despite the regular"
"1826. Thomas was the first chairman of the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (now known as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, RNLI), from 1824 to 1849. He supported Sir William Hillary's appeal for a national institution and lobbied his political friends for further support. Thomas Wilson was elected chairman at the first meeting, held in the London Tavern in Bishopsgate. Thomas Wilson (c.1767–1852) Thomas Wilson (c.1767–1852) was an English West India merchant and politician. He was the son of Robert Wilson of Wood House, East Ham, in Essex. By 1794 he was in partnership with the"
"established in 1959 by a ‘group of academics and practitioners’ with the aim of ‘seeking to pursue mutual interests in world affairs through the organization of a professional association’. The establishment of the association reflected the increasing interest in global issues and reflected the need for international academic dialogue. In 2008, the third OCIS conference (Oceanic Conference on International Studies) was held at the University of Queensland’. The conference brought together over 200 academics, with the keynote speaker Andrew Linklater (the Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales) noting ‘how vibrant and intellectually stimulating"
"on March 15, 1921. The organization was established independently of former President Woodrow Wilson but named in his honor by organizers, who pointed to Wilson having ""further the cause of human freedom"" and for having been ""instrumental in pointing out effective methods for the cooperation of the liberal forces of mankind throughout the world."" Organizers planned on raising funds in order to make cash awards to help support the world of individuals and groups that had rendered ""meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought, or peace through justice."" It was hoped to raise $1 million to endow the foundation."
"distributed treatment to protect more than 295 million people against river blindness (onchocerciasis), carried out 6.1 million sight-restoring cataract operations and treated 43 million people with antibiotics to combat the potentially blinding infection trachoma. In 1950 Sir John Wilson, himself blind, set up an international organisation to help people in the world’s poorest countries see again. In its first year, the organisation (then known as the British Empire Society for the Blind) formed national organisations for blind people in six countries, initially concentrating on education, rehabilitation and welfare. In 1953, a number of surveys were conducted in West Africa to"
"became associated with the Oxford Group and shortly after that met Dr. Bob Smith (doctor) (Robert Holbrook Smith, M.D, 1879–1950) who too was a member of the Oxford Group. Together they formed the organization known as Alcoholics Anonymous with its concepts set on the Spiritual matters and on scripture with basic program design from the Oxford Group. This program was designed to help the individual ""admit"" and ""act"" to their drinking problem. With group support and selection of an individual ""Recovery Sponsor"" one might come to sobriety. The two designed the A.A. Big Book to provide ""standards"" for recovery. Through"
"contributed to their Oral History project. He is a Member of KickingBack, a not-for-profit charity events and private functions dance band based in Hertfordshire. Robert Wilson (music entrepreneur) Robert Allan David Wilson, MBE, born in 1951 in the Scottish Borders, is an entrepreneur, musician and philanthropist who lives in Knebworth, Hertfordshire. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 2016 for services to the music industry and charity. Until May 2018, Wilson was the Chair of Sound Technology Ltd which he founded in February 1978. It is currently one of the largest independent distributors of musical instruments and"
"founder member of The Hague Club, and of the Association of Medical Research Charities. . He was president of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from 1991 to 1993. Williams died on 25 July 2014, aged 89, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Peter Williams (physician) Peter Orchard Williams (1925-2014) was a British physician, who served as Director of the Wellcome Trust, and of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. The son of Agnes (nee Birkinshaw) and Robert Williams, he was born on 23 September 1925 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where his father, a botanist, was curator of"
"Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship whose stated purpose is to enable its members to ""stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety."" It was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio. With other early members, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith developed AA's Twelve Step program of spiritual and character development. AA's initial Twelve Traditions were introduced in 1946 to help the fellowship be stable and unified while disengaged from ""outside issues"" and influences. The Traditions recommend that members remain anonymous in public media, altruistically help other alcoholics, and that"
"Hospital in Madurai. He held these posts for 20 years. In 1965, at a conference on rehabilitation for the blind, Venkataswamy met Sir John Wilson, founder of the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (later known as Sightsavers International). The latter had been blinded in childhood by an accident in his school chemistry lab. The two established a lifelong friendship. Venkataswamy. credits Sir John Wilson's mentorship for helping him develop a global view on blindness prevention. The two men met with then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, to help launch India's National Program for the Control of Blindness. Venkataswamy then led"
"visited her in Akron, Ohio during his stay at their house. Al-Anon officially began in 1951, after Anne’s death. Anne Ripley Smith Anne Ripley Smith (March 3, 1881 – June 1, 1949) was a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, along with her husband, Dr. Bob Smith, and Bill Wilson. Anne Smith's influence in AA became widely known through her publication, ""Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939"". She compiled and shared with early AAs and their families the materials comprising early AA's spiritual program—the Bible, Quiet Time, the teachings of Sam Shoemaker, the principles of the Oxford Group, and Christian literature of the day."
"capacity. All programs were based on an Adaptive Leadership approach developed by Professor Ron Heifetz at Harvard University (Source: https://www.toolshero.com/leadership/adaptive-leadership). The Benevolent Society made the difficult decision to close SLA in 2017 as a result of the evolution of the market and the proliferation of leadership programs available. On 8 May 1813, Edward Smith Hall and several other 'like-minded gentlemen' formed what was initially known as ‘The New South Wales Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Benevolence’ – the first charitable organisation dedicated to doing universal good in Australia, and the humble beginnings of the organisation today known as The"