By Bill W.
¿I was once born, to be designated, in a inn then referred to as Wilson condominium ¿ i used to be born, possibly rightly, in a room simply again of the previous bar.¿
It used to be the start of a existence that might swap the lives of hundreds of thousands. advised right here for the 1st time in his personal phrases is the tale of the guy who may grow to be often called invoice W.¿a guy who, for his half in founding the fellowship of Alcoholics nameless, will be celebrated as one of many very important figures of the 20th century.
¿The terrifying darkness had develop into whole. In affliction of spirit, I back considered the melanoma of alcoholism which had now ate up me in brain and spirit, and shortly the physique. yet what of the nice health practitioner? For a short second, i assume, the final hint of my obstinacy was once overwhelmed out because the abyss yawned.
¿I keep in mind announcing to myself, ¿I¿ll do something, something in any respect. If there be an excellent health professional, I¿ll name on him.¿ Then, with neither religion nor wish I cried out, ¿If there be a God, allow him convey himself.¿¿
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Dr. Bob also was raised in Vermont, and perhaps future researchers will glean some meaning from AA's cofounders being Vermonters. If there were to be a dedication to this book, perhaps a phrase from Bill Wilson's last talk to AA members would be appropriate: "I salute you. " Page 1 This is September the first, in the year of our Lord 1954. Ed Bierstadt and I are over at the Hotel Bedford, where we propose to begin the dictation of the story of myself and the story of AA from true recollection only.
Cm. Transcribed from an audiotape made by Bill W. Alcoholics Anonymous. Title. 292'86'092dc21 [B] 99-087571 Editor's note Minor editing has been done in accordance with Hazelden editorial style and grammatical usage. , Bill Wilson, William Griffith Wilson, was born on November 26, 1895, in the small Vermont town of East Dorset. East Dorset, from its beginning, had a different flavor from the town of Dorset. It was a gritty, blue-collar town. The marble quarry owners lived in Dorset, the workers in East Dorset.
Mother marveled that I hadn't had the thing reduced at school, but she of course got the job done. At the same time, I think I raked out some adenoids and tried to straighten the elbow. At any rate it was a harmless set of jobs and I remember starting for the train, how terribly reluctant I was to face that discipline and that idea of being no good and second-rate. As I got on the train going from Boston back to Northfield, [Vermont,] I began to have terrible sensations in the solar plexus. I felt like the world was coming to an end.
