My Name Is Bill
Subtitle: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: February 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780743201544
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; W., Bill; Biography/Autobiography; Alcohol Abuse; Biography / Autobiography; Twelve-Step Programs; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism; General; Specific Groups - Special Needs; Biography & Autobiography / General; Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholics; Biography
First sentence: The evening before Thanksgiving on November 25, 1895, Mrs. Emily Griffith Wilson, twenty-five years old, very confused and very pregnant, might have been found in the Wilson House hotel kitchen as the afternoon cold settled in outside and the steam formed on the windowpanes.
Description: A portrait of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson traces his austere northeast childhood, service in World War II, battle with alcoholism, unconventional long-term marriage, and creation of the Twelve Step Program.