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Bill W. took eight years of full-time work to complete. The filmmakers conducted research in dozens of archives and private collections, and interviewed A.A. members and historians in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Making a film about the founder of an anonymous society, especially one who died in 1971, presented many obstacles, of course. Very few people who knew Bill W. were still alive at the time this production began. At first, it seemed as if there would be very little visual material available for use in a film. But research and a healthy dose of good fortune allowed the producers to unearth film footage and photographs – including some that had never been seen before – and some new material that had not been included in previous written biographies of Bill Wilson. As a result, Bill W. presents a new look at the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
 

See our post tomorrow on “Relapse & Surrender.”

The Department of Health and Human Services, who we are licensed under, requires every employee to have yearly training  on patient rights, intake and screening, and infection control.  Here is a sneak peak of the most recent group that went through training!  Sorry, its not the best picture :)

Research is being done to have people who consider themselves in recovery from alcohol and drugs help define the term “recovery”. If you would like to participate you can to go www.whatisrecovery.org and take an online survey. You can remain anonymous – or you can give contact information if you are willing to participate in later surveys.

This is a blurb that gives a little more info we prepared to send out to our alumni –

Whatisrecovery.org seeks 12,000 people in recovery to define “recovery”!

Dr. Lee Kaskutas with the Alcohol Research Group at the Public Health Institute in Oakland, CA is conducting research to define “recovery”. The goal is to have 12,000 people who consider themselves to be in recovery give input through an online survey. The study is being funded by National Institute of Health. The researchers want to know how people who have been through the alcohol and drug recovery process define the term “recovery”. The information collected will be used to help reduce the stigmas about alcohol and drug addiction. There are many ways people define “recovery”. This is your opportunity to contribute those ideas you feel are important to include in the definition - and be part of this historic opportunity. If you’d like to participate go to whatisrecovery.org and take the survey. You can remain anonymous unless you choose to be contacted for future surveys. They estimate it will take 20 minutes to complete but we found it didn’t take that long. Thanks for taking time to do this! It is important!