Bill W.: A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill Wilson
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312283911 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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This approach was built not on white light but on Wilson's bone-deep sense that life without a higher power was unmanageable. At 39, on the edge of death from alcoholism, Wilson was "struck sober" in an incandescent moment when he felt surrounded by divine presence. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Inspired by the Oxford Group, a Christian movement that sought to kindle such experiences, the famous 12 steps that Wilson developed led to gradual spiritual transformation. . Frank about Wilson's experiments with LSD, religion and psychotherapy, this unofficial bio will do much to help a wide readership appreciate how Wilson exemplified t
Drawing on extensive interviews with Lois Wilson and scores of early members of AA, he fully explores Wilson's organizational genius, his devotion to the cause, and almost martyr-like selflessness. When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical depression, was a womanizer, and experimented with LSD.Francis Hartigan, the former secretary and confidant to Wilson's wife, Lois, has exhaustively researched his subject, writing with a complete insider's knowledge. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five ye
Good Background I'm always interested in separating fact from gossip and am reminded of something I read from AS Bill Sees It: "Implicit throughout A.A.'s Traditions is the confession that our Fellowship has its sins. We admit that we have character defects as a society"Bill's laisons and trysts have some interest to me but I find the frank personal details the relationshi. Good biography, using similar sources (including personally-related remembrances from Good biography, using similar sources (including personally-related remembrances from Lois) to E. Kurtz and other biographers.Not a hagiography but not totally without some positive bias. Given the probable audiences for a biography of this type, it is a a fairly even treatment of Bill W. as a flawed man yet someone with great influence in founding AA.. Unsanitized version Mitchell R. Klein Having read all of the "authorized" and "official" biographies of Bill W. I find this one refreshing in its candor and revealing an unsanitized report of the truth. Though Bill was one of the co-founders of AA, most reports of his story left out the human part of him and helped in continuing the myths.Mr. Hartigan did an excellent job in researching through