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Rogers Burnham, a younger brother of Lois, became friends with a local boy named Bill Wilson (William Griffith Wilson). Lois and Bill met in the summer of 1914, when Lois was 23 and Bill was 19. At that time, Lois was a college graduate and working with the YWCA.
Lois Wilson, co-founder, Al-Anon Family Groups, and wife of Bill Wilson, was born Lois Burnham on March 4, 1891, at 182 Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her father, Dr. Clark Burnham, was a gynecologist and surgeon.
“Lois, this is my husband, Bill.” Lois, who, at age 82, was no more than five feet tall, looked up at me with glistening, grayish-blue eyes and gripped my hand firmly. “It’s wonderful to meet you,” she said in a lively, crackling voice.
- William Borchert
Bill and Lois Wilson met in Vermont. Lois spent her summers in Manchester and on Emerald Lake. Bill was raised in nearby East Dorset. Despite their four-year age difference, the couple discovered mutual interests.
With Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, John Bourgeois, Rosemary Dunsmore. Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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- Biography, Drama
- John Kent Harrison
- 2010-04-25
Nov 5, 2013 · When Love Is Not Enough will star Wynona Ryder as Lois Wilson and Barry Pepper as her husband, Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. I recently spoke with William Borchert — or Bill, as he goes by — about his film.
Jul 22, 2009 · As a close friend of Lois Wilson's, Bill Knew her own personal story was moving and powerful and he believed that people the world over needed to hear it. Also, there had been five...
