(Neal Charnoff) Time Magazine called Bill Wilson “one of the most important people of the 20th century.” Wilson co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935. His philosophy of treating addiction as a disease has been used as a blueprint for countless other recovery programs.
Bill Wilson is the subject of a new biography called “My Name is Bill,” written by Susan Cheever. Cheever points to Wilson’s Vermont upbringing as a prime influence on the elements of AA, along with his time on Wall Street and in the military.
Cheever has written eleven previous books, including “Note Found in a Bottle,” about her own drinking, and “Home Before Dark,” a memoir about her father John Cheever.
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“My Name is Bill” is published by Simon and Schuster. Cheever will be appearing at The Toadstool Bookshop in Keene, New Hampshire on Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m., and at the Village Square Booksellers in Bellows Falls on Sunday February 22, at 1 p.m.