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Article: 'My name is Bill W.'.(Editorials)(Alcoholics Anonymous began 70 years ago)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Seventy years ago today, two "hopeless drunks" in Ohio started a fellowship dedicated to helping others beat the bottle. Since then, Alcoholics Anonymous has saved millions from the devastating disease of alcoholism.
AA has an estimated worldwide membership of 2 million and thousands of meetings in communities everywhere. This massive, life-changing movement had an obscure beginning - a 1935 encounter at a church group between a New York stockbroker named Bill Wilson (henceforth known as Bill W.) and an Ohio surgeon named Bob Smith (Dr. Bob).
After Bill W. began to confront his own addiction, he became convinced that ...