Bill W Film #7...

Hi Folks...I'm now back from Ely MN now and working on the blog.

Here's another clip from the Bill W. film. Each time I see this I marvel at the fact that here we have, in his own words and images, the founder of the most successful alcoholism recovery method in the world talking about the first few days he got clean and sober. To me it's remarkable. It's like watching and hearing Jesus, Buddha, Yahweh, or Mohammed on film describing the religious foundations of their beliefs. Yes, it is THAT important to those of us in recovery to see and hear Bill W. talk about the creation of the AA program.

In this five minute clip, Bill speaks about the foundations of the AA program that lies with Dr. Carl Jung and his experiences with an alcoholic named Rowland - whose alcoholism therapy pointed the way toward the need for a spiritual transformation according to Jung. He also talks about his friend Ebby who came to visit him one day and how it changed his life, Dr. Silkworth who first wrote about the disease of addiction, and his wife Lois who talks about her own expriences with Bill and her recovery from co-dependency on his disease.

So, kick back and watch another segment of the facinating story about the founding of AA.

All the best, Roger W.