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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) with Bob Smith.
Jun 15, 2017 · William G. Wilson is co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill...
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Brief biographical sketches of Bill W. and Dr. Bob, together with their last major talks. General Service Conference-approved.
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Bill was a lifelong smoker, and towards the end of his life, he suffered from emphysema. In the last years of his life, he needed an oxygen tank to help breathing. He avoided alcohol until his very last days when he began to request whiskey. On 24 January 1971, he died from complications resulting from emphysema and pneumonia whilst travelling to M...
There are an estimated 100,000 A.A. groups in 150 countries, with more than two million members. The Big Book, the program’s bible, has sold nearly 25 million copies. The principles of AA have been adapted for numerous other self-help and addiction programmes. In 1999, Time Magazine listed him as one of the Time 100: The Most Important People of th...
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Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.A.A. began in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between Bill W., a New York stockbroker, and Dr. Bob S., an Akron surgeon. Both had been hopeless alcoholics. Before their meeting, Bill and Dr. Bob had each been in contact with the Oxford Group.
The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous tells the story of William G. Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path...
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Bill W.: Directed by Dan Carracino, Kevin Hanlon. With Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob, Blake J. Evans, Chris Gates. A documentary about Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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