Interesting Biography: Bill Wilson - Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous - Movie about his life and the 12 Step Program he and Dr Bob Smith started.

He wrote the Book "Alcoholics Anonymous" and helped millions of people stop drinking... He came up with the fundamental idea during a hospital stay when he was taking "The Cure" - a five day doctor supervised Belladonna/Henbane experience. BOTH of those drugs are known Psychedelics.

He had a "Spiritual Experience" that helped him stop drinking...

He worked as a Stockbroker during the 1920s and then Lost All his money during the 1929 Crash.

In the 1950's he was very enthusiastic about LSD as a way for people to have a "Spiritual Experience" like he did... He quit using LSD when the US Government made it illegal.

He decided that Since the 12 step program was working fine without modification since the 1930's there was no need to change it in the 1950s... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

By the year 2000, Everything that was not Alcohol Related was an "Outside Issue"... Tradition 10.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5846686/
Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous. A PBS Documentary
Interview's, re-creations and rare archival material tell the story of Bill Wilson, who battled his way to sobriety and helped others beat their addictions through co-founding Alcoholics Anonymous. A PBS documentary.
https://www.pbs.org/show/bill-w-creative-force-behind-alcoholics-anonymous/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
Wilson admitted himself to the Charles B. Towns Hospital after drinking four beers on the way—the last alcohol he ever drank. Under the care of William Duncan Silkworth (an early benefactor of AA), Wilson's detox included the deliriant belladonna.[16] At the hospital a despairing Wilson experienced a bright flash of light, which he felt to be God revealing himself...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory
Headline: LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking, AA founder believed.
Author reveals Bill Wilson's acid theory, but his experiments upset other Alcoholics Anonymous members...

Bill Wilson, Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was VERY Excited about the use of LSD in treating Alcoholism... Then he had Second Thoughts...

He started AA because of a Psychedelic Experience where he met GOD personally by taking Belladonna and Henbane on a five day guided Trip... He saw a Mystical White Light and was given the Fundamental Idea of AA...in 1935... Then 20 Years Later... He tried LSD and thought it would be really great if everyone met GOD personally...

In 1955, came to believe that LSD was a way to allow that meeting to happen... Many AA members were having trouble with the step where you needed to believe that a "Higher Power" could restore your Sanity. Especially members that did not believe in God... Bill felt that LSD could introduce people to a Higher Power DIRECTLY...

Sort of like having God's Phone Number, Dialing the Phone and Handing it to the AA member...

Then on second thought... Bill realized that the AA program was working just fine as it was and there was NO NEED TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT BROKEN.

Then use of LSD became just another "Outside Issue" that AA had no opinion on... [Tradition 10]
And this turned out to be a wise choice...

https://aaagnostica.org/2015/05/10/bill-wilsons-experience-with-lsd/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory

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