Chapter: Bill's Story

From Alcoholics Anonymous — 1955 Second Edition by Wilson, Bill & Smith, Dr. Bob
Bill Wilson's personal account of his descent into alcoholism, his visit from his friend Ebby Thacher, his hospital spiritual experience at Towns Hospital, and the birth of the ideas that became Alcoholics Anonymous. It is the foundational personal narrative of AA.
Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 1-16

Complete chapter — Bill Wilson's autobiographical account

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 8

Bill's hopelessness and Dr. Silkworth's verdict

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 9-10

Ebby Thacher visits Bill and shares his own recovery through the Oxford Group

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 12

'Why don't you choose your own conception of God?' — the breakthrough moment

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 13-14

Bill's spiritual experience at Towns Hospital — the white light experience

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 14-15

Bill's vision of alcoholics helping alcoholics — a chain reaction

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Big Book, Bill's Story, p. 16

'Faith without works was dead' — Bill's commitment to carry the message

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