Bill Wilson and The Vitamin B-3 Therapy (Niacin)

Self ^ | 1965, 1968 and 1971 | William Wilson (Bill W. AA Co-Founder)

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A LITTLE KNOWN OBSCURE FACT, IS THAT BILL W., THE CO-FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, PRODUCED AND WROTE THREE PAPERS ABOUT THE BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.

BILL, SUFFERED HORRIBLY FROM DEPRESSION MOST OF HIS LIFE, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SOBRIETY. HE FOUND SOME SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF FROM HIS DEPRESSION IN 1960 AFTER MEETING TWO DOCTORS IN NEW YORK; ABRAM HOFFER AND HUMPHREY OSMOND. THESE TWO DOCTORS WERE RESEARCHING ALCOHOLISM AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS IN CANADA.

AFTER MEETING HOFFER AND OSMOND BILL BEGAN TAKING VITAMIN B-3 (NIACIN). BILL FOUND SUCH A GREAT RELEASE FROM HIS DEPRESSION, THAT HE SET OUT TO ADVANCE THIS SECOND VOCATION FOR THE REMAINING YEARS OF HIS LIFE.

BILL W. GAVE HIS ALL TO PROMOTE, FINANCE, AND HELP THIS AREA OF RESEARCH INTO THE FIELD OF ALCOHOLISM. HE WROTE, EDITED AND DISTRIBUTED THREE PAMPHLETS WHICH HE SENT TO DOCTORS AND MANY FRIENDS BOTH IN AND OUT OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. THE FIRST PAPER WAS PUBLISHED IN 1965, THE SECOND IN 1968 AND THE LAST ONE PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1971 WITH A FORWARD WRITTEN BY LOIS WILSON HIS WIFE.

THESE THREE PAPERS REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME AND EFFORT DURING THE LAST DECADE OF HIS LIFE.

SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH, BILL WAS ASKED WHAT ONE THING WOULD HE LIKE TO BE MOST REMEMBERED FOR; HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE FOR HIS PROMOTION OF THE B-3 THERAPY, NOT THE CREATION OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Ernest Kurtz, Not-God: A history of Alcoholics Anonymous (Hazeldon Press 1979) P. 137-38.

BELOW, IN THREE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS, BILL W. PRESENTS "THE VITAMIN B-3 THERAPY:"

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Please pass this on.

[Red_Devil 232]

PASS ME A BEER!

[loungitude]

Great use of capitalization!

[svcw]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

[loungitude]

Capitalizatonaholism at work.

[Revolting cat!]

BECOZ YOUR HARD OF HERRING!

[Hoosier-Daddy]

That alcohol uses up B Viamins while being metabolized is now well known.

[Keith in Iowa]

It’s what happens when one copies & pastes from a blog....

[Revolting cat!]

[Salamander]

WOULD YOU THOUGHTLESS JERKS STOP FREAKING SCREAMING!!!!!

I'VE GOT A HANGOVER!!!!!

Just kidding...;)

[volunbeer]

No doubt we will see Redbull beer with vitamin B soon.

[rawcatslyentist]

[Revolting cat!]

B3

[FishinTX]

Vicodin and ambien work pretty well for me and I don’t have to yell either./s

[RummyChick]

Too much Niacin can have a detrimental effect. This can be seen with the Scientologist’s Purification regime.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Capitalizatonaholism at work.

That is because Capitalizatonaholism depletes the body of Vitamin C.

[chris_bdba]

Unreadable with it begin all typed in caps....

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Straight niacin's flushing response can be bad enough, but take it for a couple of months and one day you will realize that your skin itches ALL THE TIME.

And the flush-free niacin will damage your liver over time.

[shibumi]

I've got a hangover too, but the Doc says it'll disappear if I stay on a stringent regimen of diet and exercise. The hangover is apparently a symptom of Dunlap's disease. My belly dun lapped over my belt.

[Lancey Howard]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING? ARE YOU NEW TO COMPUTERS?