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  2. Bill W. - Wikipedia

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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.. AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million members worldwide belonging to AA groups, associations, organizations, cooperatives, and fellowships of alcoholics helping other alcoholics achieve and ...

  3. History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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    1939 AA co-founder Bill Wilson and Marty Mann founded High Watch Farm in Kent, Connecticut, the world's first 12-Step-based rehab center. 1941 2,000 members in 50 cities and towns. After the March 1941 Saturday Evening Post article on AA, membership tripled over the next year. [73]

  4. Bob Smith (doctor) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Holbrook Smith (August 8, 1879 – November 16, 1950), also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson (more commonly known as Bill W.).

  5. Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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    When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story – a 2010 film about the wife of founder Bill Wilson, and the beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon. [195] [196] Bill W. – a 2011 biographical documentary film that tells the story of Bill Wilson using interviews, recreations, and rare archival material. [197] [198]

  6. 'Friends of Bill W' at 80: Alcoholics Anonymous eight decades on

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    The international mutual aid fellowship, commonly referred to as AA, was unofficially founded on June 10th 1935 when self-described alcoholic Dr. 'Friends of Bill W' at 80: Alcoholics Anonymous ...

  7. Stepping Stones (house) - Wikipedia

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    The Wilsons bought the house on 1.7 acres in 1941 more than five years after Bill W. took his last drink in December 1934. Lois Wilson later co-founded Al-Anon there.. The desk on which Bill wrote much of the book Alcoholics Anonymous ("The Big Book", the principal text of A.A.) resides at "Wit's End," the office retreat he built out of cinder block with a friend on the property.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Given the options available to Peterson and other addicts mid-century, it’s easy to see why Narcotics Anonymous — founded in 1953 as an offshoot of Alcoholics Anonymous — became such a success. The philosophy of AA co-founder Bill Wilson, also known as Bill W., a former Wall Street analyst and a recovering alcoholic, offered empathy and ...

  9. The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) - Wikipedia

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    Wilson started writing the book in 1938 [6] with the financial support of Charles B. Towns (1862–1947), an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction who was a supporter and creditor of Alcoholics Anonymous and lent Wilson $2500 ($41,870 in 2014 dollar values).