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Dr. William Duncan Silkworth 1873 – 1951 Copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc. from the April 1951 issue       Dr. William Duncan Silkworth died of a heart attack in his home in New York, Thursday morning, March 22. Thus we of A.A. have lost the physical presence of the great doctor who was our first friend. He gave deep understanding and great encouragement to an infant society in the days when a lack of understanding or a word of discouragement might easily have killed it. He freely risked his professional reputation to champion an unprecedented spiritual answer to the medical enigma and the human tragedy of alcoholism. Without his blessing, our faith might well have died in its birth. He was a luminous exception to the rule that only an alcoholic understands an alcoholic. He knew us better than we knew ourselves... .better than we know each other. Many of us felt that his medical skill, great as that was, was not at all the full measure of his stature. Dr. Silkworth was something that it is difficult even to mention in these days. He was a saintly man. He stood in an unusual relationship to truth. He was able to see the truth of a man, when that truth was deeply hidden from the man himself and from everyone else. He was able to save lives that were otherwise beyond help of any kind. Such a man cannot really die. Our friend has only left us....for a while.

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Grapevine, as well as many great recovery related web sites from historical, official, to personal web sites.  GSOwatch [Opens in new window] Mission Statement: In accordance with Concept XII: Warranty V Essay comment from The AA Service Manual (© 2002 AAWS Inc.): "In the long run, though, we shall have to rely mainly upon the pressures of A.A. opinion and public opinion. And to this end we shall need to maintain a continuous education of public communications channels of all kinds concerning the nature and purpose of our Traditions. Whenever and however we can, we shall need to inform the general public also; especially upon misuses of the name Alcoholics Anonymous. This combination of counter forces can be very discouraging to violators or would-be violators. Under these conditions they soon find their deviations to be unprofitable and unwise. Our experience has shown that continuous and general education respecting our Traditions will be a reliable preventive and protection in the years to come."  Zip Files First step work sheet, Fourth Step Worksheet, Fourth Step Inventory, Fourth Step Resenments Chart, Step Four Dos Assistant, 6th & 7th Step Exercise, 12 Step Workbook, Big Book as a windows help file, Big Book for Palm Pilot, Big Book for Macintosh, a program that generates random Big Book quotes that appear on your computer screen plus more zips.... Dr. William Duncan Silkworth's letter "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN" which is in the beginning of "The Doctor's Opinion" in the Big Book; page 1 in 1st edition, page xxiii in 2nd, 3rd edition, and page xxv in 4th edition. Return to main Dr. Silkworth index page.