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My Name is Bill: Bill Wilson - His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous (Paperback)

by Susan Cheever (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.; 1st Washington Square Press Trade Pbk. Ed edition (15 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743405919
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743405911
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,805 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Susan Cheever...decants the ups and downs of a remarkable man [and] does so in her distinctive style: succinct chapters, pithy profiles and telling detail...even more important are the insights and empathy so credibly her own as a reformed drinker who attended meetings of AA with her father, novelist John Cheever."

-- "The New York Times Book Review"

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Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide organisation, which, since 1935, has helped millions of people to break free of their addiction. Now, acclaimed author Susan Cheever paints a remarkably human portrait of Bill Wilson, the man who created the famous Twelve-Step Programme and, with his friend, Dr Bob Smith, founded AA. Using extensive research, Cheever traces Wilson's life from his birth in small-town Vermont, to his battle with alcoholism and the eventual creation of AA. Wilson's life had many struggles and controversies and Cheever does credit to his legacy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the perfect man, but the perfect man for the job, 4 April 2005
By A. J. Kirke "alexis kirke" (Plymouth, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Name is Bill: Bill Wilson - His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous (Hardcover)
Bill Wilson wanted to be a rich and famous stock broker, another Thomas Edison, a great leader of men of industry. Instead he failed utterly at that, but somehow ended up becoming one of Time Magazine's greatest people of the 20th century! How this all happened was because he found a way to stop his alcoholic drinking - drinking that had destroyed all past chances of conventional fame and fortune. His way of remaining sober was so successful for him and others, and his dedication and fascination with it so intense, that he ended up becoming world famous anyway - but in the last way he expected. However it was no doubt a fame and fortune that was far more satisfying and lasting than any fame stock broking or business leadership could have given him.

This biography of Bill Wilson, by Susan Cheever, is written skillfully and lovingly, carrying the reader through the subject pretty effortlessly. Cheever repeats herself slightly at the beginning of each chapter, creating an almost poetic, rythmic effect. But as well as the pleasure of reading a well written book, the other main element of fascination was how Bill's humanity comes through here. At the end of reading this biography, I was left in no doubt that Bill Wilson had many imperfections and was nowhere near a saint. But I was also left in no doubt that he had achieved absolutely extraodinary things, and had tried throughout his life to become a better man as well. The story is an inspiration to all imperfect people who strive to become better. And perhaps is also a lesson to us: our greateness and genius is not always found in the things that boost the bank and ego.

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3.0 out of 5 stars to much, 9 May 2008
By Johannes Hendrik Coetzee "hendri" (Norway) - See all my reviews
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Reads like a novel, great if you feel like a story, if you want to find out more about Bill this is not the book, I wanted a factual life account, this was not more a dressed up for publishing account I thought.
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this dvd was as expected from seller i enjoy it and received it with quickness safe jim barker
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