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The Spiritual Awakening of a World-Class Drunk
"In 1940, Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man who knew sin
and failure like he knew the back of his hand, was living with his wife, Lois,
in a tiny room at the Alcoholics Anonymous "clubhouse" in downtown Manhattan.
Wilson was in despair, unsure of the state of his soul, of his role in life, and
of the future of A.A. Just then, at his nadir, a Jesuit priest from S. Louis,
Father Edward Dowling, who knew of Bill's work, came calling."
