http://www.ealmanac.com A whole new association Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:36:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.ealmanac.com/3788/letters/bill-w/ http://www.ealmanac.com/3788/letters/bill-w/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:22:48 +0000 Joel http://www.ealmanac.com/?p=3788 William Griffith Wilson (1895-1971) was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a self-help group for those seeking to overcome their addiction.  As part of the group’s culture of anonymity, “Bill W.” was the name used by Mr. Wilson within in the organization.  Mr. Wilson along with others developed twelve steps for alcoholics seeking to overcome their disease to follow.  These have become the basis of numerous other “twelve-step” self-help programs.

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