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My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 ABC Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. William G. Borchert, who wrote the film script for television, based it on the true story of William Griffith Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith (the men respectively called "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob"), the co-founders of Alcoholics ...
Anne Ripley Smith (March 3, 1881 – June 1, 1949) was a co-founder of AA, 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.
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.).
He insisted that he wasn’t unfaithful, despite rumors to the contrary. “That’s not the purpose [of the divorce],” Mathis explained. “That’s not the reason for this.”
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Robert Louis Wilken was born in New Orleans. [1] [2] He was raised in a Lutheran family and took his religion very seriously, having wanted to become a pastor since childhood. [3] Wilken attended Concordia College, Concordia Seminary and the University of Chicago (M.A. and Ph.D.).
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In 1935, after years of struggling to cover for Bill and trying desperately to manage his disease by herself, Lois finally sees him get and stay sober – not through her help, but from the support of a fellow alcoholic, Dr. Bob Smith. As Bill and Bob attain lasting sobriety and co-found Alcoholics Anonymous, Lois begins to feel neglected. Bill ...