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Stepping Stones to Sobriety: The Legacy of Bill W. and Dr. Bob

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Stepping Stones to Sobriety: The Legacy of Bill W. and Dr. Bob
Members of Alcoholics Anonymous take part in a meeting in Moscow, on Dec. 1, 2012. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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Bill Wilson. Bob Smith.

Some readers may recognize those names, but I suspect they are unfamiliar to many others. They are common names, unremarkable as a pair of old shoes.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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