arvgupta Posted December 18, 2005 #1 Share Posted December 18, 2005 What is the "Friends of Bill W."? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptData Posted December 18, 2005 #2 Share Posted December 18, 2005 It's for AA (Alcohlics Anom). Friends of Dorothy is for the Gay people.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sudden Posted December 18, 2005 #3 Share Posted December 18, 2005 :) The Friends are Alcoholics Anonymous members, at least that's what I was told by a cruise director whom I do not remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboysfan Posted December 19, 2005 #4 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Who are friends of Lois????? And don't hand me any lines here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvufan Posted December 19, 2005 #5 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Good morning, Here is a copied post from a recent thread that explains Lois: #10 December 13th, 2005, 09:44 AM CaptData vbmenu_register("postmenu_5322032", true); Blue Ribbon Cruiser Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: MB, Canada Posts: 3,266 Lois was the wife of Bill W and a non-drinker. She started Al-non to help the spouses of the louses (or something like that). She borrowed her husband's 12 step programme and changed it to be for the spouse of the Alcoholic to help themselfs deal with the problems with them and theirselfs. So meetings listed as friends of Bill W and Lois are for the alcoholics and their wife/SO/families and friends. It is also the first time that this 12 step progamme was used by another group to help themselfes. Since then many, many other groups use a 12 step programme that was borrowed from Bill W. __________________ A grateful friend of Bill Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboysfan Posted December 19, 2005 #6 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Thanks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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