Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1895–1971), the treatment program which has helped millions of people recover from a disease long stigmatized and regarded as irreversible. Rare 4.5 x 7 brochure to the first General Services meeting, held in Los Angeles to elect a delegate to New York, March 17-18, 1951. The simple program, which inside lists the 12 Steps and the dates of three future meetings, is signed in ink on the front, “Ever, Bill.” In very good condition, with erased pencil notation under a portion of Wilson’s signature, central horizontal fold, small chip to upper left corner, and scattered soiling and wrinkling. RRAuction COA.
