Column | One Person Can Change the Lives of Thousands

By Larry Moliterno YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Sometimes we underestimate the impact that one person can have on a community. But since September is National Recovery Month, we must recognize two men who made it possible for countless people in our community to receive help for their addictions. Many people don’t realize that the roots of Alcoholics Anonymous began a short distance from the Mahoning Valley. In 1935, Ohio surgeon Robert Smith and Wall Street analyst William Wilson met in Akron f

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