Father Ed: Rediscovering a holy priest and founding father of Alcoholics Anonymous

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On a cold night in November 1940 in New York, a meeting took place between two men. It would wind up affecting U.S. history and changing the lives of millions of people, most of them alcoholics.

But the program was not going well. The “Big Book,” hisoutlining his 12-Step program, was not selling. Wilson was tired of dealing with drunks. He was depressed.

He was in his early 40s when a friend who was a journalist and an alcoholic was in desperate shape from drinking. He decided to visit an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, which was then a brand new and struggling group of people. After getting over his initial bafflement — a bunch of drunks talking to other drunks to stay sober? — Fr. Ed began to understand “the program” could work.

 

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