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My name is Bill W

"Bill Wilson appeared to have it all--a promising Wall Street career; a beautiful, loving wife; and good friends to share a few drinks with after work. Then came the Depression and a dizzying downward spiral into a state of almost perpetual drunkenness. In 1935, Bill met Dr. Bob Smith and they became "buddies on the stormy sea of booze" and their "shaky little fellowship" developed into Alcoholics Anonymous.

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  • ""Bill Wilson appeared to have it all--a promising Wall Street career; a beautiful, loving wife; and good friends to share a few drinks with after work. Then came the Depression and a dizzying downward spiral into a state of almost perpetual drunkenness. In 1935, Bill met Dr. Bob Smith and they became "buddies on the stormy sea of booze" and their "shaky little fellowship" developed into Alcoholics Anonymous."@en
  • "The story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill Wilson, a good-time Charlie who returns home from World War I with a drinking problem, embarks on a Wall Street career, but jeopardizes his success with binges that become more and more frequent. When the stock market crashes in 1929, Wilson plunges into an alcoholic abyss that sorely tests his marriage and leaves him consumed with guilt and depression. Bill is powerless in his battle with the bottle until a spiritual experience in a detox ward and a friendship struck with a boozing surgeon instill in him new hope and purpose (TV guide (Los Angeles Metropolitan edition), April 29-May 5, 1989). "Based on personal interviews and various publications about the life of Bill Wilson and the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous.""@en
  • "World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become the world's."@en
  • "World War I vetern William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career - and a "drinking problem". Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a "stormy sea of booze", then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem". Together they discover a way to stay sober ... one day at a time. And their mutual triumph would soon become the world's. James Woods' performance of the non-holds-barred portrayal of Wilson in "My name is Bill W.". This is the powerful true story of how two lives intersected at a crucial time - and how the resulting friendship led to the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous. With over 75,000 AA chapters worldwide, the work started by Wilson and Smith (played by James Garner, Woods' co-star from "Promise" the year before) goes on everywhere, heroically ... one day at a time."

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  • "Hallmark hall of fame (Television program). My name is Bill W"@en

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