MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bill w.'. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:21:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767321&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Faa-takes-its-first-steps%2F 80 Days That Changed The World – from Time Magazine Events and people who "left the vivid air signed with their honor." June 10, 1935 Bill W. and Dr Bob. Bill Wilson, a stockbroker and a drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip to Akron, Ohio, in May he found himself outside a bar, tempted and desperate. In the past, he had fought the urge by talking to other alcoholics, who truly understood his struggle. Through a church group, he found local surgeon Robert Holbrook Smith. Dr. Bob and Bill W., as Alcoholics Anonymous members know them, promised to keep each other sober, following Bill W.’s strategy: a simple set of principles—later refined into 12 steps—that would become the foundation of America’s self-... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767321 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:24:00 +0100 3767321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3763059&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FV_xralhOPTE%2F 80 Days That Changed The World – from Time Magazine Events and people who "left the vivid air signed with their honor." June 10, 1935 Bill W. and Dr Bob. Bill Wilson, a stockbroker and a drunk from Brooklyn, N.Y., thought he had found the secret of kicking the bottle. But on a business trip to Akron, Ohio, in May he found himself outside a bar, tempted and desperate. In the past, he had fought the urge by talking to other alcoholics, who truly understood his struggle. Through a church group, he found local surgeon Robert Holbrook Smith. Dr. Bob and Bill W., as Alcoholics Anonymous members know them, promised to keep each other sober, following Bill W.’s strategy: a simple set of principles—later refined into 12 steps—that would become the foundation of America’s self-... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3763059 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:24:00 +0100 3763059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560506&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FD23NAh5wQqM%2F Bill W. a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous answers questions about alcoholism in a discussion in 1960. Question; What about slips or relapse in general? You must have witnessed a lot of them. Bill W.: The subject of slips is a very large one. It takes in a lot of territory. Slips can often be charged to rebellion and some of us surely are more rebellious than others. Slips can be charged to carelessness, to complacency. Many of us fail to ride out such periods sober. Slips are due to the illusion that one can be “cured” of alcoholism. Things go fine for two or three years then the member is seen no more. He gets busy putting two cars in the garage and again returns to keeping up with the Joneses. That almost surely spells trouble. Some of us suffer extreme guilt because of vices or p... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560506 Wed, 12 May 2010 20:50:04 +0100 3560506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3502993&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FAfYMWnFBPms%2F Excerpt from the author of the "Physician, Heal Thyself!", interview with the Grapevine (GV), the journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. October 1995 edition. GV: Have you had periods in sobriety that were Emotionally difficult? Dr. Earle: Oh my, yes. So did Bill-you know that Bill W had a long depression. Let me tell you how I got at some emotional rest. Years ago, a medical college in the South asked me to go to Saigon to help the Vietnamese set up a new department. Before I left, I went back to see Bill and Lois and Marty M. and some others, and I spent about eight or nine days back in New York before I went to Asia. Bill took me to the airport and on the way there he said, "You know, Earle, I’ve been sober longer than anyone else in our organization. But," he said,... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3502993 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:08:31 +0100 3502993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499316&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fsearch-for-serenity%2F Excerpt from the author of the "Physician, Heal Thyself!", interview with the Grapevine (GV), the journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. October 1995 edition. GV: Have you had periods in sobriety that were Emotionally difficult? Dr. Earle: Oh my, yes. So did Bill-you know that Bill W had a long depression. Let me tell you how I got at some emotional rest. Years ago, a medical college in the South asked me to go to Saigon to help the Vietnamese set up a new department. Before I left, I went back to see Bill and Lois and Marty M. and some others, and I spent about eight or nine days back in New York before I went to Asia. Bill took me to the airport and on the way there he said, "You know, Earle, I’ve been sober longer than anyone else in our organization. But," he said,... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499316 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:08:31 +0100 3499316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3480938&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FDPgFXdr9R1w%2F Bill W. and wife Lois sharing their story as the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-anon. Go to this link to see more video’s of Bill and Lois. See also; Bill’s Story in the book ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ Alcoholism, Addiction & Codependency Recovery Bookstore Hazelden Books, DVD's & Medalions (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3480938 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:47:45 +0100 3480938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433176&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fbill-w-was-spiritual-not-religious%2F Bill and Lois Wilson in Stepping Stones garden I am currently reading Nell Wing’s book ‘Grateful to Have Been There; My 42 Years with Bill and Lois and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous’. This is a revealing personality insight into Bill W. In a recent article I related what Nell said about Bill W. on Humility. Another passage that caught my attention is; ‘I think Bill was essentially nonreligious – which may seem paradoxical, because he was deeply spiritual. His whole life was changed by a profound religious experience. The Oxford Group, which was responsible for his early sobriety, was regarded as a religious movement, though their concept of a Higher Power left a lot of latitude for personal interpretation. I have already mentioned Bill’s affection for and reliance on hi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433176 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:25:00 +0100 3433176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429456&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F93YWHIWf0sM%2F Bill and Lois Wilson in Stepping Stones garden I am currently reading Nell Wing’s book ‘Grateful to Have Been There; My 42 Years with Bill and Lois and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous’. This is a revealing personality insight into Bill W. In a recent article I related what Nell said about Bill W. on Humility. Another passage that caught my attention is; ‘I think Bill was essentially nonreligious – which may seem paradoxical, because he was deeply spiritual. His whole life was changed by a profound religious experience. The Oxford Group, which was responsible for his early sobriety, was regarded as a religious movement, though their concept of a Higher Power left a lot of latitude for personal interpretation. I have already mentioned Bill’s affection for and reliance on hi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429456 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:25:00 +0100 3429456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420764&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fbill-w-on-humility%2F I am currently reading Nell Wing’s book ‘Grateful to Have Been There; My 42 Years with Bill and Lois and the Evolution of Alcoholics Anonymous’. This is a revealing personality insight into Bill W. One passage that caught my attention is; “I’ve listened many time as Bill explained his own view of humility. According to him, we need to follow the Greek ‘middle way’ – to strike a balance. We should neither wear the Uriah Heep cloak of false humility, which Bill called ‘force-feeding of humble pie,’ nor stray the other way into pride of material achievements and admiration of one’s own importance. Bill’s definition of humility was willingness to seek God’s will in one’s life and then follow it. I’m reminded of a statement I once saw on the bulletin board of an al... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420764 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:22:00 +0100 3420764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416335&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ffree-aa-mp3s-and-film-of-bill-w%2F Silkworth.net has a selection of free MP3’s of the founders and old-timers of Alcoholics Anonymous. Also there is a movie “My Name is Bill W.” -The Movie – 700 MB, high quality, 1hr 40 minutes. The MP3’s include; The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous Joe and Charlie Big Book study Father Martin -giving his ‘Chalk Talk’ Alcoholics Anonymous – this is a large print of the Big Book as a pdf file. Talks by Father John Doe A Study Guide to the AA Big Book -by Ken W. Bill W. and Dr. Bob (cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous) Lois Wilson (Al-anon) Clarence Snyder The ‘Big Book’ as a Windows Helpfile Random Big Book quotes for Windows screen saver See all at – Silkworth.net See also MP3 Free 12 Step Tracks MP3 Recovery Tracks for Lesbians in AA... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416335 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:58:00 +0100 3416335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374384&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fthe-lois-wilson-story%2F Available for the first time in paperback, the biography of one of the recovery movement’s most influential figures: Lois Burnham Wilson, creator of Al-Anon and wife of Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill W. Acclaimed author and screenwriter William G. Borchert explores the life and times of Lois Burnham Wilson, the spirited creator of Al-Anon and wife of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson. From her privileged childhood in turn-of-the-century New York City to her socialite status as the ‘Wall Street Wife’ of the charismatic Bill in the roaring ’20s to the couple’s audacious cross country motorcycle excursions in the 1930s, Lois was every bit the adventure-seeker. But nothing could have prepared her for the chaos, anguish, and loss caused by Bill&#821... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374384 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:43:00 +0100 3374384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3292023&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2Fadx1ousAgSM%2F Bill W. Co-founder of AA Historical Roots of the Concept ‘Higher Power’. The basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous were worked out in the late 1930s and early 1940s, during what co-founder Bill W. often referred to as the Fellowship’s period of “trial and error.” The founding members had been using six steps borrowed from the Oxford Groups, where many of them started out. Bill felt that more specific instructions would be better, and in the course of writing A.A.’s basic text, Alcoholics Anonymous, he expanded them to twelve. But he was dealing with a group of newly sober drunks, and not surprisingly his new version met with spirited opposition. Even though the founding members were in many ways a homogeneous bunch (white, middle-class, almost exclusively male, and primarily... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3292023 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:44:00 +0100 3292023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236102&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FoeJKxWu_3dQ%2F The first three steps of AA define the alcohol problem and solution In 1934, Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, got a call from a former drinking buddy, Ebby T. “Rumour had it that he’d been committed for alcoholic insanity,” Bill recalled. “I wondered how he had escaped.” In reality, Ebby was two months sober. This disappointed Bill, who wanted to recapture the spirit of their earlier drinking escapades. When Ebby came to visit, Bill pushed a drink across the table. Ebby refused it. Bill W. & Ebby, co-founders of AA “The door opened, and he stood there, fresh-skinned and glowing,” Bill recalled. “He was inexplicably different. What had happened?” The answer to that question eventually brought Bill to sobriety, and to the Twelv... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236102 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:20:27 +0100 3236102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231809&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Ffirst-3-steps-of-aa%2F The first three steps of AA define the alcohol problem and solution In 1934, Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, got a call from a former drinking buddy, Ebby T. “Rumour had it that he’d been committed for alcoholic insanity,” Bill recalled. “I wondered how he had escaped.” In reality, Ebby was two months sober. This disappointed Bill, who wanted to recapture the spirit of their earlier drinking escapades. When Ebby came to visit, Bill pushed a drink across the table. Ebby refused it. Bill W. & Ebby, co-founders of AA “The door opened, and he stood there, fresh-skinned and glowing,” Bill recalled. “He was inexplicably different. What had happened?” The answer to that question eventually brought Bill to sobriety, and to the Twelv... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231809 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:20:27 +0100 3231809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3106894&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FuKuwsO7HRo0%2F My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson–His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous The 12-step format, tradition of anonymity, and democratic governance of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are rightly credited to Bill Wilson, whom Aldous Huxley called “the greatest social architect of the twentieth century.” Bill’s life story has inspired no end of confessional autobiographies by alcohol [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3106894 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:43:42 +0100 3106894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2859155&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FV_xralhOPTE%2F In the past, he had fought the urge by talking to other alcoholics, who truly understood his struggle. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2859155 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:57:42 +0100 2859155 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772685&cid=t_382349_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F06%2Fspiritus-contra-spiritum-an-old-favourite%2F Even though I related to them both in isolation, until today I had never made a personal connection between “spiritus contra spiritum” and one of my favourite psalms. It’s as if I am the last to find out (in my agnostic theist sort of way). (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772685 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:31:29 +0100 2772685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1788947&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fconscious-contact-with-a-higher-power%2F Step Eleven: Cultivating conscious contact with a Higher Power In 1938, an alcoholic stockbroker named Bill W. declared his intention to write a book about an obscure new program of recovery from alcoholism. The program, which included twelve suggested steps, was unabashedly spiritual. Bill’s goal was to present this aspect of the program in terms so simple and so practical that one alcoholic could easily explain it to another. Today there are more than 25 million copies of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA World Services, Inc.) in print. And Bill managed to distill the essence of spiritual practice into the 32 words of Step Eleven: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and th... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1788947 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:25:19 +0100 1788947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1470081&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fthe-spirituality-of-imperfection%2F I have been sober over 24 years and studied all the usual Alcoholics Anonymous books plus many peripheral books about AA. This book has renewed my quest for my ‘spiritual aims’ in a way that is both satisfying and challenging. I’d recommend it to all who may have been in the program quite a while or may have become moribund with time. These are extracts of reviewer comments on the wonderful book ‘The Spirituality of Imperfection’. Although it reinforces the validity of the 12-step recovery approach, this intelligent and wide-ranging book has an undeniable appeal to anyone with the yearning to understand more deeply the nature of spirituality. It is filled with stories from a variety of cultures, and so many of the tales have stayed with me for weeks now. Some of the points ar... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1470081 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:32:44 +0100 1470081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1385473&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fpersonality-change%2F “It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only on alcoholism. That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without undergoing a profound personality change.” We thought “conditions” drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn’t do so to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics. It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were. From the Alcoholics Anonymous book; As Bill See’s It. (page 1); Pictured; Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous. See also; THE TW... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1385473 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:05:30 +0100 1385473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1252894&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fbills-story-on-the-web-at-youtube%2F This appears to be an almost exact recitation of his own story as found in chapter 1 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill W. was one of the co-founders of AA. Direct link at YouTube; Bill’s Story 01 When you get to YouTube you will see on the right column several more sections to Bill’s story. See also; Bill’s Story in the book ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’ AA Diversity           Bill W.: The absorbing and deeply moving life story of Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymousby Robert Thomsen Read more about this title… Subscribe to Recovery Is Sexy by Email (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1252894 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:32:12 +0100 1252894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1234730&cid=t_382349_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F235749691%2F Bill Wilson answers the question - “What do the three legacies of A.A. represent?” “The three legacies of AA - recovery, unity and service - in a sense represent three impossibilities, impossibilities that we know became possible, and possibilities that have now borne this unbelievable fruit. Old Fitz Mayo, one of the early AA’s and I visited the Surgeon General of the United States in the third year of this society and told him of our beginnings. He was a gentle man, Dr. Lawrence Kolb, and has since become a great friend of AA. He said, “I wish you well. Even the sobriety of a few is almost a miracle. The government knows that this is one of the greatest health problems but we have considered the recovery of alcoholics so impossible that we have given up and ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234730 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:38:57 +0100 1234730