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Grateful to Have Been There : My Forty Years With Bill and Lois, and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous
author
:
Wing, Nell.
publisher
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Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin
:
156838064X
print isbn13
:
9781568380643
ebook isbn13
:
9780585311845
language
:
English
subject
W., Bill, Lois,--1894- , Alcoholics Anonymous--History, Alcoholics--United States--Biography.
publication date
:
1998
lcc
:
BF637.F67.W65 1998eb
ddc
:
362.292/86
subject
:
W., Bill, Lois,--1894- , Alcoholics Anonymous--History, Alcoholics--United States--Biography.
Page i
Grateful to Have Been There
Page ii
Bill W. and Nell Wing, New York City, during AA Conference Week, 1960s.
Page iii
Grateful to Have Been There
My Forty-Two Years with Bill and Lois, and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous
Second Edition (Expanded and Revised)
Nell Wing
Page iv
Hazelden Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176 1-800-328-9000 1-651-257-1331 (FAX) www.hazelden.org
1992, 1998 by Hazelden Foundation All rights reserved. First published by Parkside Publishing Corporation, 1992 Second edition published by Hazelden 1998 Printed in the United States of America No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher.
ISBN 1-56838-064-X
Book design by Will H. Powers Typesetting by Stanton Publication Services, Inc. Cover design by David Spohn All photos courtesy of the Hazelden-Pittman Archives
Page v
In memory of Bill and Lois W., with love and gratitude for their long and cherished friendship
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
1. Miami, January 1971
3
2. How I Came to Work for AA
11
3. Getting to Know You
19
4. "The People! Oh, the People!"
41
5. Bill W. at Work: His Contributions
53
6. Bill and Lois at Leisure
65
7. What Bill Was Like: His Mind and Heart
71
8. Bill and Dr. Bob
89
9. Bill and Dr. Bob: Postscript
101
10. Bill's "Shortcomings and Character Defects"
103
11. Influences on Bill
109
Page viii
12. Bill's Outside Friends
119
13. Archivist for AA
127
14. Epilogue: What AA Means to Me
143
Appendix A: Anonymity
151
Appendix B: Stalking the Wild Serenity Prayer
167
About the Author
189
Page ix
Acknowledgments
I wish to express grateful thanks to the following for their help and support and for allowing me access to materials pertaining to AA history with permission to reprint from them:
In particular, I am grateful for the help of the AA archives at the General Service Office (G.S.O.), the archivist, and AA World Services, Inc., for allowing me access to books, pamphlets, letters, and magazines. I also value deeply the sharing of personal memories by my friends who were employees of AA.
I am grateful to the AA Grapevine, Inc. for sharing source information and permission to reprint.
I extend special thanks to Al-Anon Family Group Head-quarters, Inc., for their cooperation in reviewing material pertaining to Lois W. and for permission to use portions of it.
I wish to express special thanks to Mrs. Lucille Kahn for sharing her memories of meetings among Bill W., Gerald Heard, and Aldous Huxley, at her and her husband's apartment in New York City.
I am grateful for the help and guidance of Bob P. in collating and preparing the original materials.
Thanks to so many of my long-time AA friends, who so graciously shared their memories of Bill and Lois with me.
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