New Sunrise Group Local District - Laguna de Coahuila Area
WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE STORY OF LOIS WILSON
My family was passing
the summer in Vermont.
I was the daughter of a
Doctor of the city of New York.
I thought it was very sophisticated
with my bachelor's degree.
Bill Wilson was a
Young local peasant.
That he had never been more
there from the green mountains.
He was 4 years younger than me.
"An unusual couple" said my father.
But we had
found each other.
And we knew how lucky and
blessed that we had been.
JULY 1, 1917
It's perfect ...
what a beauty...
One look, one alone.
Do not go...
Congratulations.
Thank you.
It is of bad luck.
Yes it is.
It is said that as promised, no less
of 4 people are involved in the
whirlwind of alcoholism.
When I think about my wedding,
I meet 7 people.
My mother just wanted me to be happy.
Elise was my friend, the one I trusted the most.
And I was sure that nothing
could interpose between the two.
Beautiful.
Have affection with this crosage.
Frank, Elise's husband.
He is my father, Dr. Clark Burham.
Who was convinced that the war
there was no reason to hurry to get married.
Ebby Thatcher, our friend who was sick.
My trustee, my younger brother, Rogers.
And I, who evolved just as I had thought.
I was marrying Bill Wilson.
The man of my dreams.
We were going to start a family.
I believed with all my heart, that any problem
that we face in the future
we will conquer it with love.
M worshiped, Lois.
On June 27, at 10:00 p.m. look at the moon.
Here in France I will be seeing her
how it is hidden before dawn.
I'll keep it in my memory,
how I hold you in my arms.
Bill ...
Women's psychiatry ward ...
Cari o.
Bill.
Hello LO.
Bill, you came home early.
How are you?
All right.
Are you hungry?
Yes.
How was your day?
I quit my job.
Yes ... You already know me. Was not
done for accounting.
There is nothing to worry about, it will come
something better. It's always like that.
Why do not you call Elise's husband?
Frank, he admires you, he may know
what work is better for you
I do not know, Ebby works for him.
The other day he told me that
Wall Street is crazy.
Today they transferred me, from the room
from maternity to psychiatry.
The extra pay will come in handy.
Are you safe there?
I think.
It is terribly sad, most
They are drunk and psychotic.
You can not do much for them.
It will be fine, do not worry.
You know what...
Frank, he's an intelligent man.
It is.
And he earns a lot of money.
It is true.
I think I'll call him.
All right.
It is not lost, nor is anything earned, right?
That's it.
I'll go prepare dinner.
It's fine.
The.
You are very sweet, thank you!
Frank, look who came.
Bill, he's very excited to
work with you. Thank you very much.
We are also lucky.
Adi s.
Bill, he has exactly the
optimism that Frank needs.
Come to see Emma.
Yes Yes.
Hi.
Look at the baby Lo.
Hello, ngel.
I can kiss you, can I?
Ya, kiss you.
I can not tell you what this
means to me.
I did not do anything.
Elise, I think I'm pregnant.
Cari o.
Can you imagine, and here we are?
Here we are.
Elevator company, 128 and 1/2.
Standard Gas and Electricity 55 and 7/8.
America Still 46 and 1/2.
Priceles Corporation 56.
Standar, Gas and Electricity 66 and 1/4.
Ree, Icecream Corporation, 58.
Otis company of elevators 129 and 7/8.
International Footwear Company 172, 3/4.
Lo's Inc.
You're a liar, I was the one who
He said that from the first day.
I told him that I saw him through him.
The truth is that nobody
He knows what these companies do.
Will you bring us a Ginger Ale please?
Who is in the line of
production of these companies?
Nobody has a clue
How do these companies manage?
It's because you have to read between lines.
What, is it the only thing you will eat?
I ate soup.
Are not you supposed to eat for two? For the baby?
I'm not hungry, honey.
You're lucky, Ebby, because I have an idea.
I have an idea, why do not we go?
Cari o is late.
It's fine.
Good evening, Ebby.
Good evening, Lois.
I am coming right away.
I got this.
We will continue this morning.
We will do it.
I was just talking.
I want you to be proud of me.
I am,
but I do not like it when you get stupid.
Do you think I'm a stupid?
No, I just do not like it when you drink so much.
You wear differently
It's fine.
I'll leave it for you
It's easy, yes.
I'll leave it, is it okay?
You know I would do anything for you.
Do not you believe me, honey?
What?
What's up, honey?
Call my father.
Call it.
Operator
Brooklyn, New York.
With Dr. Clark Burham.
I am so sorry.
I'm truly sorry.
It's fine.
We will have more children.
We will have a great family.
Bill?
Welcome to your new home.
What did you do?
Is it a store?
I do not know ...
Well I've been thinking that
We need to start from scratch.
And get away from the noise and the city.
I have an idea that nobody wants
support, because they still do not see it, but it's good.
I want to go out and investigate the
companies that sell to the public.
Give them an account of how
are the things and from where
They put their money.
And I thought you can be my
scout girl
We can camp throughout the USA
And live off the goodness of the earth.
And I could put my theory into practice.
Bill, what about my work?
You should file your resignation tomorrow.
But Bill, what about our
apartment and your work?
If this works, I will be promoted
to an executive position.
And we'll even buy our
house in the center of the city.
There is no reason not to do this.
It would be our second honeymoon.
Only cheaper.
Only you and me.
What could be better than that?
Open road, Lo.
Many opportunities!
It was good to talk to you, Lois.
Cu denla.
We will do it, it was a pleasure, Tom.
Well, Magmont does not want to talk.
The one wearing blue clothes is Tom,
and that's Winston and his brother, Jim.
They are the ones who finish the tools.
I love you.
I knew I was right to bring you.
For Frank Shaw.
Making Tool Administrator.
Strong development of
G.E. Waiting for your answer.
We get stuck ...
Cari o drives you and I push you.
It's fine.
Ready.
Do not.
Wait, wait, Lo.
What are you doing?
I am sorry.
Here we go
Do not.
Wilson, do not you dare.
I know what you want.
No, do not you dare
I guess I should walk to the
town and find a mechanic.
I'm with you.
No, stay.
Stay warm
I will be back soon.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Very good.
I love you.
Hi, I'm looking for my husband, he's tall,
and it's covered in mud.
Bill, I've been waiting for you.
S rvele champa a.
No, we do not want We can not pay it.
I bought it, and we can celebrate, read it.
"Bill, we like your concept,
Welcome to the team".
We did it.
It's our ticket for the position
of executive on Wall Street.
Would you agree with me?
I want a toast for my girl, who
I bet everything for me.
You chose a winner
As Bill predicted, we moved
to the residential district.
And we lived the life of our dreams.
Rogers, hello.
Hello Sister.
What do you think?
Oh, my God.
So cute.
It's beautiful.
It's not bad, sister.
Do you think Bill would invest my money?
You are not in a position to bet.
Watch this.
3 years ago, Bill, I had no where
Falling dead
And look at it now, it's a genius.
Bill, you are giving me a letter
open to decorate the whole place.
The only thing in which
I insisted it was in the chandelier.
He loves it, it's from France.
I steal a bank?
When will he return home?
He's in the office day and night,
He works a lot.
What good for him.
Come, I want to show you something.
This is the baby's room.
Cari o.
Yes.
My child
How long?
I think six weeks.
I have not told Bill yet,
I do not want him to be disappointed, in case ...
Cari o, you'll be fine.
Hello, honey.
Hi.
Did your parents come?
What did the house look like?
They love me.
Yes, miand my candelabrum?
They are speechless.
You look tired.
I'm tired.
Why do not you come home earlier?
I will go through your restaurant
Favorite, I'll buy you a steak.
And I have a bottle of wine waiting for you.
You know there is a prohibition,
and I'll have to turn you over to the police.
League.
Bill.
Why do you dance?
Salt.
What?
You are drunk and you fell asleep
with a cigarette on.
What?
You're drunk again.
I'm not drunk, I'm tired.
This week I have slept only 4 hours.
You could have died,
You could have killed our baby.
What? What did you say?
I'm pregnant again.
Bill. I'm pregnant.
Cari o.
You are trembling.
It will be Pap .
Thank you, honey.
My knife slipped.
I know you want to stop drinking Bill.
I know how much you are struggling to achieve it.
I want you to make a promise.
Not me, but God.
The.
This can not continue,
Not with our baby on the way.
I know, honey.
I want you to swear on
this bible you will stop.
I have to drink from time
in when with the boys.
Bill.
I do it because it's part of the job.
I need you to promise.
Well, I already did.
The. I promise you I will not drink again.
Then I want you to write it down
and with the help and thanks of God you will keep it.
I have no time.
Bill.
We'll talk about it when I get back from work.
I love you.
It is perfect.
Thank you.
You will be the best mother ...
In the world.
In the universe.
We're going to have a party for the baby.
A magnificent party.
Extravagant.
No no.
Yes, yes.
You are officially a wife of
Wall Street, therefore you must ...
Suffer the consequences.
It is an opportunity
Wonderful to pamper yourself.
Give us a list of
guests and we will do the rest.
It's fine.
Are you okay?
Hi, Lois. We enter through
the back door, I hope it does not bother you.
Say it ah please.
We will put you here.
It's fine, we have to go.
That is Clint.
Bill, think you got angry, but you're not, right?
We were celebrating his future fatherhood.
I will go to bed.
So big.
You are in trouble.
This is my last drink.
I have to prepare myself to be Pap .
I love this one
It will be perfect for a child or a child.
I think Bill will also love it.
Is beautiful.
Cari o, this subject is somewhat embarrassing.
There are rumors, only rumors ...
What members of our firm are appearing
Pretty drunk in public.
And Frank, he's worried.
It does not have to be.
It's just that he drinks socially.
And I talked to Bill about that, and he promised to stop.
It is very embarrassing.
You have every reason to clarify things.
And things are clear, at least in this home.
Thank you.
With Bill Wilson, please.
Tell Bill Wilson to call his wife
as soon as possible.
Bill.
Your father and I are here. Bill, will be here soon.
Tell me.
You're good.
Pap , tell me.
The fallopian tube exploded.
The only option was a hysterectomy.
The.
Are you here?
We have been looking for you for hours and you appear in this state?
My daughter almost died.
The.
Cari o.
Bill.
Our baby.
No no.
Cari o, talk to me.
I know you blame me.
It was not your fault.
I want to make a promise for you.
Before you, and before God.
To my beloved wife ...
Who has suffered so much ...
Let this be ...
As evidence of my promise to you.
That I have stopped drinking.
Forever.
I'm so sorry.
You have lost your faith in me.
I still have faith in you, Bill.
Mr. Brown, Mr. Philips, will see you at the entrance.
Friend, we will go to O aMaleys to drink.
Hi, Lois.
A field day
Check this out.
Have a lovely lunch and if
they have something left, they warn me.
See you later.
We talk to each other afterwards.
I'm here.
If you are.
I love you.
Me too.
Today I opened that drawer one
a dozen times, just to look at it.
There is another one inside the box from there.
In a few hours, Clint will invite me
to have a few drinks before returning home.
Why do not we leave New York for a while?
Remember our trip, how happy were we?
Yes, I can think of something.
The other day he spoke with Frank
about a steel company in Canada.
They will send you to a mission.
Yes.
Why not?
Welcome to Canada.
The romantic Falls of the Ni gara.
I dedicate myself to make reports about
companies like yours and I make them known,
in the US market And the investors
they are fluttering like bees
in a honeycomb.
But they already publish us annually.
But the question is, is it real or imaginary?
Because 1/3 of the companies
that they exist are a mirage, they are magic tricks.
They give out fake charts and graphs.
Listen, I want to buy a horse.
And see if the horse is healthy.
I look at his teeth and touch his legs.
Those are the things that I do.
Well, Bill. Do not touch my legs.
They were talking boogers and they noticed.
I talked about horses and they spoke in other English.
You did the best you could.
Oh Cari o, Frank does not pay me for a report
educated about Canadian steel.
I need fresh air,
I'll go buy cigarettes.
Cari o.
We passed a store in the corner.
I'll be right back.
Hello, sweetie
Say it from here.
Get out of here.
He left.
Su lteme.
Get out of here.
Go away.
Stay.
Hello LO.
Hello, honey.
Cari o wait.
Lo, wait.
Where are the keys? Give them to me.
For.
T for.
I drive.
You swore by the bible that you would not drink again.
I said we would not talk about that again.
You left me without the keys for hours.
The only thing you could do
to think, was to drink again.
I do not want to talk more about that.
Are you sick.
No other word.
You are sick
Yes I am ill.
Sick and tired of your singing.
And of your persecution.
Heavens.
I'm fed up.
I want you to swear by the bible ...
J rame ...
That you will stop persecuting me.
Oh, Lo.
Fight against guilt and anger.
A change of emotions that they maintained
to Bill as the center of my life.
I left it, thinking that it would stop it.
I do not see that abandoning him helps him.
Patience and prayers are the only hope.
You made a promise before God.
In health and illness.
You know he loves you.
It is not enough, mother.
Cari o, it's the only thing that is needed.
We never know how much time we have.
What does that mean?
Why waste time, if you love him?
When he's sober, he'll go home.
Hi, I'm Mrs. Wilson.
Is there a message for me?
Nobody called.
It's fine, thanks.
Bill.
I know I can end this.
But I can not do it without you.
I need you, honey.
Oh, Bill.
I know it's wrong.
We wanted to have children
and I could not tell them.
We could have adopted.
This little one has a
Another family waiting.
For its adoption there
a whole procedure ...
Here it is.
Hi Matt.
Hi.
We will need the story
complete of their two families.
Your work history and your salary.
And the necessary recommendations
to see that they are fit as parents.
Of course.
My heart is melting.
Yes, I did not want you to lose
an opportunity like this.
Now is the time
suitable to buy.
Yes, it's fine.
I'll call you at the office.
Very good, see you later.
Cari o, before I forget, I promised him
to Rogers who would put him in this business.
And convince your father to stop
save the money under the mattress.
What's wrong?
Why do not I call the
adoption agency still?
You think it would be very
persistent to go there?
No, honey.
Do not worry so much.
Our little boy is being born.
Soon you will be changing pa ales.
Is it okay?
Yes.
Show this to your brother, tell him to call me.
I love you.
See you at night.
Mrs. Wilson.
Hello, honey.
12 hours ago, you said
that you would go home
12 hours ago I wanted you to take me in your
arms and you told me it was not too late.
No! Do not come near!
You make me sick!
I'm stupid for trusting you.
You have failed me again and again and again.
I know you blame me for that
They did not give us the baby.
You are right in thinking,
that you will be better without me.
I should have called before coming.
No, I'm glad you came.
They did not let me have the baby.
They did not even tell me the reason.
I'm so sorry. This is a bad time.
Hare t .
I came to warn you.
I wanted to be the first to tell you.
Frank, is under a lot of pressure from
the partners to fire Bill.
He gave him one last warning.
Today there was a scene at lunch,
and Bill was very drunk.
I knew he was careless.
I could feel it these last days.
The last few days?
Cari o, it's been years, at least 3 years.
Maybe this is the shock that Bill needs.
Cari o, Bill needs help.
He needs professional help.
A sanatorium, specialists.
There must be something that can be done.
There must be hope.
You can not control it, you can never.
I grew up with a drunk at home.
And I could not wish that to any child.
And it breaks my heart to tell you this.
I had to do it.
What?
You still do not understand.
I told the adoption agency about
the problem with Bill's drink.
I had to tell them the truth, I'm sorry.
I am sorry.
I want you to leave.
Please leave my house.
It's not here, Mrs. Wilson.
Do you know where you are?
Lois ...
If you read the newspapers, you will know that
We are in the midst of a terrible crisis.
Bill, it's not here ...
... and will not return.
I had to let it go.
Do you know where I could find it?
I would say that in the closest bar.
Lois?
I need help.
Bill has not returned home.
Check everywhere. I went to the
Police, to the morgue. It disappeared.
I would disappear too, if it were him.
Thanks to ,l, half New York
is in bankruptcy
Including me, and definitely t .
It will rise, it always does.
"This is your chance, Roge.
If you want to be an important man
Take advantage of our margin. "
Why are we talking about this now?
Mam is in trouble,
the tests were positive.
What are you talking about?
He's been in pain for months.
Of course he never said anything to anyone.
He never complained.
She has cancer.
Around here.
Thank you.
Mam .
I love you Mam .
It will be fine.
Do not worry, it will be fine.
Are you okay?
Bill.
I finally did it.
I'm broke.
Worse than that, honey.
I will not drink anymore.
I wish I had your faith.
But I do not have it.
I do not know.
Hello, Roge.
Bill.
This is not the time for Pap
and Mam assume another burden.
We will not stay long.
I'm not talking about you
We will only be until
Bill find work.
I do not think it's a bad idea to be here, to
Help Mam when she comes back from the hospital.
How long will you keep hiding?
You may bet everything for Bill, but not
You have to follow it to the precipice.
That's horrible.
He is my husband, my love.
We all love Bill. We all believed in Him.
When you thought of
someone else, what is he?
He is devoted to us, he loves us.
Not as much as he loves his liquor.
He wants to quit, he's trying.
And I have to believe that he can do it.
It is my decision.
Whether for an extra seat in the
vacation, or for a game of bridge.
The Hardy table is your answer.
You can install it in seconds.
And each leg is put in its position
with an edge to protect your clothes.
It has an easy surface of
clean, you can decorate as you wish.
I want to talk to Lois.
I have not always given you
the wisest advice.
Oh, Mam .
All the good that there is,
in me, I learned it from you.
I admire you for staying with Bill.
We all pray for him.
And you've helped him as best you can.
But Lois, you must
find your own life
What makes you happy?
Otherwise I'm afraid
that one day you will find
what are you bitter about
That life has been stolen from you.
Do not let that happen to you.
I will not do it.
Piece by piece, we sold
all our lives.
The only thing I had left was the
Determination to save us.
I remember this piano. Sol a
come here as a child.
Your father, he used to pay me
to polish it.
How is Dr.? Is it okay?
It is very good.
He moved to Boston, he got married again.
Good to hear you. Give my memories.
I will do it.
Thank you.
We're here
Bye me
Already did.
You will make me dizzy
Watch out.
Mrs. Wilson would make coffee.
Mr. Wilson drank a bad whiskey.
How did you get here, did you manage?
Managing?
No no.
Sold the Bentley.
You ditch me, kiss me.
Shock against a wall.
Finish with a kitchen.
Ms. told me that ...
Bill.
Bill!
... and I said it looks wonderful.
Ebby ...
He is not breathing.
Oh, no, Bill.
Ebby, do something.
Talk to him.
Bill, are you listening?
Bill.
I thought your love
towards me, it would make you stop.
But if you can not stop for us
then do it because you will die, if you do not do it.
I will fight for you, with everything I have,
but I need you to help me.
I need you to fight with me.
We have to do this together, honey.
I'm here with you Bill.
I'm here.
Bill.
Get home.
Bill.
Open the door, let me in.
Help me
It's me.
Bill.
Do not enter.
No no.
Jump through this window, stay.
It's me.
I will jump.
You're just hallucinating, honey.
There is no one else here, you are hallucinating.
Come, open me.
There is nothing.
I'm here.
Cari o, please.
Do not tell them where we are.
We're safe here, come in.
Nobody will find out.
Do not say where we are
I will not do it.
Sra. Wilson?
Yes.
I finish the inventory?
No, not yet.
At the end of his shift ...
I would like to talk to you.
Of course.
Bill?
Hello LO.
How do you feel?
Where did you get the money
to buy this?
I do not know
Where?
I found some dollars out there.
The.
This was all the money we had.
I'm sorry, honey.
They just told us to get evicted.
I'm missing the period.
I can not do anything right.
Lois, with God as my witness ...
With God as your witness?
With God as your witness.
"To my beloved wife,
who has endured so much.
Let this be as evidence
that I will stop drinking forever. "
October 20, 1920, 6 years ago.
Second entry.
"My strength is renewed
100 times and my love is for you. "
And 4 years ago, "to tell you a
more time I stop drinking. "
Do you know what to stop praying?
My prayers are like ashes in my mouth.
No, Lo.
Do not.
I want you to see for yourself, how
pathetic and ridiculous you time when you drink.
Do not.
Cari o, no.
No, but I can make you stop, then
You can not make it stop either.
You'll have to endure it, Bill.
You will have to endure it.
It was good to see you, Ebby.
Likewise, Bill.
Ebby, may God help me, if you come back
to bring more liquor to this house ...
No, no, no more liquor.
M rame, I'm sober, I join
A brotherhood, The Oxford Group.
And God released me from alcohol.
I came to give Bill a brochure,
let's hope I tell you
It was nice to see you.
Can you believe it?
to my house to give me a sermon.
Ebby, he's sober.
Sobrio?
I would not give you a single
penny for that garbage.
You have been convinced by that preacher.
I convinced you
If he did.
I do not know what you're up to, two. Lo.
But they have something against me.
Making me believe that I'm lazy.
Well, I am a man.
And I'm the head of this house and I'm the one
decide if I drink a drink or not.
I do not know what you're looking for, you spent
everything, there's nothing left, Bill.
I'm sick of this.
Do you hear me? I'm tired of living
with someone who does not respect me.
I can not stand it anymore.
You are not more than a
borrach n of bad death.
And every time you get drunk
I feel guilty.
As if it was my fault. As
if I was not a good wife.
I could not have children.
But I do not have to live like that anymore.
I do not have to lie for you anymore.
I have long ago had you
interned in a sanatorium.
As my father told me.
Because that's where you belong.
Because you are crazy.
I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy.
Yes, you are, and you're driving me crazy too.
Do not.
Because you will disappear for days,
and wait for you to return.
And I think maybe this time
you will not go back, but you do not even have
the decency to die already.
Hi.
Hello Sister.
Rogers.
I wanted you to know that Bill is in a
hospital again. He signed up.
He said that I would pay the bill.
I got this.
Can you pay it?
Yes.
Thank you.
Thanks for calling.
Bill.
Hello LO.
Last night I hit bottom.
As low as I could fall.
I suffocate under everything
let it ruin between us.
Ment , I did not want to die, Lo.
I could not stand the
feeling of living without you
I remembered what Ebby told me.
That he could not do it alone,
that he did not have the power
So I shouted for help.
I do not know how to describe it, it seems
crazy. Maybe I'm crazy, I know.
But a light filled this room.
And I felt the presence of God.
I take all the weight off,
For the first time in my life, I feel free.
Weightless.
My husband certainly stopped drinking.
Cautiously I believed again that
our lives could be restored.
They do not want to hear.
They see me in the eyes and the only thing they see
It is the same sermon they have received before.
Mark them, two drunks
telling their painful stories.
And both are very drunk
to listen
They swore to God that they would stop drinking ...
But none can stay sober.
Well, it seems that talking to them
He has kept you sober.
But I'm not different from them. I'm still
a drunkard who has not drunk in 4 months.
And 27 days.
You will be fine, more than good.
I've been so
time without work, Lois.
I hope you do not ask me
do no demonstration
They will see you for who you really are.
A man with sense
superior business,
and before you know it
we will be standing again.
I would not have hired you
If they had not believed in you.
Call me as soon as you arrive and every day.
Yes, Se ora.
I love you.
Me too.
Yes, I have tried to communicate
with Mr. Wilson, Bill Wilson.
Yes, I've been sending messages for 4 days.
Are you sure you have received them?
Very well thanks.
Hi.
I'm Cari o.
Bill, where have you been?
Listen, I'm fine.
So many things have happened.
The business failed.
It does not matter, go home.
No, I can not, not yet, something else happened.
Remember you told me to talk to him
Did the drunks keep me sober?
I stuck to that and when I fail the
business, I was standing in the middle of the lobby.
And I remembered that I had the list
of preachers, call one.
And I told him I needed to talk
with a drunk and he put me to a Dr.
It's called, Dr. Bob.
Dr. Bob.
Yes, it's another drunk, and you
I swear that I saved my life.
And he admitted that he saved his life.
It is wonderful.
What's up, honey?
I'm sober.
I did not know if you were alive,
hurt or thrown out there.
I have been dying
of worry.
I'm sorry, honey.
I missed you and I love you.
And I want you to come here and
You are with me in Ohio.
I'll send you a ticket and you can come
to be with me And I will explain everything to you.
Hello, honey.
They are good people, Lo.
You will like them, you will see.
They are eager to meet you.
Look, this is Anne.
That must be Dr. Bob.
That's it.
Lois
Hi.
Lois
What a pleasure...
It is good to know her.
Hi, Lois, I'm Dr. Bob.
Nice to meet you, Bob.
Equally.
Enter
Thanks to your husband, I am sober.
What seems to be a miracle
after so many years.
I'm grateful
not only Bill, but also you, Lois.
Without you and Annie, Bill and I would be
buried or recast in some insane asylum.
And I am being very sincere.
Thank you.
The last days we have been
talking about some things.
And we realized, that we may know
some things about how
keep people sober.
Until I met Dr. Bob ...
I was talking to drunks.
I swear there is something that is
making the difference.
They're going to the hospital, they talk
with the drunks who arrive.
Sometimes they bring them here.
I have seen it myself. Causes lost.
They are brought back to life.
Annie feels embarrassed to admit it,
but when Bill waits for me at the station.
And I saw how good it was, I was angry.
How can a stranger make that difference
when I've been trying for 17 years?
I know we are related.
At the beginning I also felt like that
in relation to Bill.
But then I started thinking, maybe
Bob needs someone else to talk to.
Someone who is not an acquaintance.
You do not know how good it is to talk
with someone who understands me
Yes, I suppose being sober
It has its own challenges.
Yes, if you have them.
You were right, they are wonderful people.
Yes they are.
Bob and I, we're talking about
start our own group.
Nothing of hierarchy, only a brotherhood.
We think that perhaps
when we go back to Brooklyn
you will let me take
some kids to the house.
There are so many drunks that
They want to be sober.
Places like Bellevue do not know
what to do with all of them.
I know it's asking too much.
They could leave my ladder.
What is your friend problem?
Father.
Hi, Lois.
Good to see you.
Equally.
Father, these are Charlie, Wess, George and Hank.
This is my father, Dr. Berham.
It is an honor, Lord.
Dr. Burham, good to see you again.
Yes, hello Ebby, anyway.
Lois, what's going on here?
I'll make you something to eat.
No, Lois.
I have an empty room.
I can not stay.
Did you make our home a refuge?
These are my guests, father.
You did not have enough with a drunkard.
It is not better to live in the living room
of Bellevue alcoholics.
Where is Bill?
He is in the mission,
helping the drunks.
Talking to them helps them, is sober.
I'm happy for him.
You have not been paying,
I received a notice from the bank.
They are threatening to evict them.
We will handle.
We will do it, I promise.
You deserve something better than this.
The day that everything changed for me,
It was the day I allowed my creator ...
Soften my burden, wash away my sins.
And since then I have not
drunk not a drop of alcohol.
I will not say it's been easy,
why it has not been.
Lois, you can be a witness of that.
It's the first thing that worked for me.
I do not know how it works, but it does.
How do you feel, Wess?
Very good.
I'm glad for you.
Hello, honey.
I need to talk to you about the house.
It's fine.
They sent us another eviction notice.
I'm late for the group meeting.
Your meeting.
I have 10 minutes to get there.
Shall we talk about this when he comes back?
No, I want to talk about it now.
I promise we'll talk when I get back from the meeting.
Damn your meetings.
You've been with me all these years.
And you have no idea what I've been through.
You are my husband and I can not
depend on you at all.
I have prayed and fought
for you, like nobody else.
Because my love was not
enough to make you stop?
When will it be my turn?
When will you be there for me?
Hi, Lois.
Hi guys.
Hi, honey.
Do you feel like talking?
Do not.
It's fine.
I've been thinking about writing a book.
Include some of the steps of
recovery, of which we have spoken here.
I thought we could help
to other guys like us.
Maybe pay some bills.
That would help a lot.
How do you plan to do it?
I've been talking to Dr. Bob.
And we have exchanged some ideas.
I thought we could
write a manuscript.
Sorry.
Do you know anyone at the meeting?
My husband.
The mine is also there.
Would like to enter.
I do not want to bother her.
No, it will not be annoying.
I can prepare t .
And it would be good to have someone
with whom to talk tonight.
We came from Westchester.
I'm Anne Bingham.
I'm Lois Wilson.
If I do not drive, I can not
guarantee that it arrives.
For years he used to hide
the keys to my husband.
He was afraid he would kill himself or someone else.
So, it is.
I do not know how I never thought, how they arrived
all these men to the meetings.
Should we invite them?
Let's do it
Excuse me, do you know anyone at the meeting?
Yes.
I'm Lois Wilson and it's my
home, would you like to enter?
Hi, I'm Anne, we're all going in.
Dora?
Lois
I had no idea
Enter please.
Hi, I'm Lois Wilson ...
Down the hall, towards the kitchen.
Down the hall
What's wrong?
This is for us,
go back to your meeting.
I ran for spending a lot of money, but
It was my money that he stole, to buy his liquor.
I know that well.
For a time, the only way to tolerate
the situation, I was drinking too.
My husband's drunkenness led me to drink.
But when I saw what he
did the children, leave.
If I can stop, why can not he?
That's what they try
do here, right?
It's not that I understand more than anyone,
today I throw a shoe to my husband.
I hit my mum with a shovel.
I made the police
will take to me, 4 times.
Why can not I forgive him
Now that he's sober?
Out of resentment, pure and simple.
I guess he thought that once he stopped drinking
Everything would be love and affection and it is not like that.
It must be for all the things that
they did and we can not forget them.
Esc chenlos having fun, while
we carry all your garbage.
I think they try to feel better,
while we do the opposite.
I had enough, good night.
I think our husbands do
the best they can for themselves.
And that we should do.
Bill dedicated himself to the group and the book
that spoke of its principles.
While we, the wives
of alcoholics, we started
our own meetings.
Bill.
Hi, Wess, how are you?
All right.
I do not know how I feel
about this.
Where?
Our wives
gossiping about us.
You think they found out
of something we do not know about?
They are just trying to recover from
what we did to them, is everything.
They try to improve themselves, just like us.
But if you drink like
they do is a disease,
We're not stupid to think that
Can we do something about it?
Maybe we think we can
Do something, it's our problem.
Our own obsession
with knowing what they think, feel,
If they feel tempted, will they relapse?
When will the next disaster?
I thought that if I was better,
He would not drink.
There were times when I thought
It was my fault
I could not have children.
If there is healing for them, it has
that there is hope for us.
Lois, you're right.
Can I teach you something?
Sit down
What is it?
Bill, you finished it.
Well, I wish I had finished it before
that the bank will keep the house.
But, we have friends all over the city that
they will accommodate us the time we need.
So, we'll be fine, and when
we sell it, we will recover.
ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS
"Here are the steps we take and
that we propose them as
a recovery program. "
Step 1: Let's admit that no
we had power against alcohol.
That our lives had been
They became unmanageable.
Step 2: We come to believe
that a superior power
to us could
Give us back our sanity.
Step 3: Take the decision to
deliver our life and
will to the care of God,
as we understood it.
Step 4: Make a moral inventory of
Search, without fear of ourselves.
Step 5: Admit to God, us and another
human being, nature
exact of our damage.
Step 6: We are completely willing to
may God remove all
our character defects.
Step 7: Ask humbly that
Take away the recalls.
Step 8: Make a list of all
the people we hurt
and be willing to repair our damage.
Step 9: Repair the damage directly
with those people, if possible.
Except when doing so, the
we hurt them or others.
Step 10: Continue doing
personal inventory
and when we are wrong, admit it.
The.
Elise.
It was a surprise
Wonderful to receive your letter.
We learned about Bill's good work.
Thanks for meeting with me.
I wish I had more time.
There is so much to do
for Emma's wedding.
I'm so happy for you,
for the whole family.
Thank you.
Elise ...
... I'm so sorry for terrible things
I told you the last time we saw each other.
That was years ago.
When you warned the
Adoption agency about Bill.
You were protecting a child
of a disastrous upbringing.
I respect you for being honest
with me and for making it difficult.
I want you to know that I'm sorry
a lot, for my behavior.
And why it has caused
our distancing
I never had a friend as sweet as you.
And I missed you a lot.
Step 11: Search through meditation and
prayer, improve our conscious contact
with God, as everyone understands.
Pray only because of his will,
to help us achieve it.
Step 12: Have a spiritual awakening,
as a result of these steps.
We try to take this message to others and
carry out these principles
in all our actions.
Bill and I, we lost my family's house,
we live with our bags in hand
and dependent on that
our friends help us.
We have slept on the floor and in the rooms.
51 places in 2 years.
What kept us going,
It was knowing that the steps worked.
The life of the
people were improving.
Even so, he craved a place
to call my home.
Lois Wilson
Yes.
Hi, I'm Helen Griffiths.
Hi, Helen.
A very dear friend whose name
I will not say, it's part of your program.
T and Bill, they have done more for her
of what they will never know.
Here we all help each other,
that's how it works.
I found out that by
you do not have a home
No, we always have some
Friend who accomodates us every night.
Well, I have a house.
In Bedford Hills.
It's not far, but it's in the field.
I never go.
If you want, you could live
there and you are paying me as you can.
That's so nice me ...
It's beautiful ...
The address is on the back,
and there's my phone.
I...
No, stay with that,
and you call me
Bill.
I want to ask your forgiveness.
Why do you love?
Enter our marriage with a
such an arrogant sense of well-being.
The,
You are good, Lo.
You're good, honey.
You were not arrogant.
I was arrogant, I was the king,
Pr ncipe and Pap of arrogance.
I speak of my now Bill.
Bill.
Yes, here, dear.
Come on, we'll be late.
What's wrong?
I want a home, Bill.
I know, honey.
During all these years I have lived,
breathing and having hope
in Bill Wilson.
I have become so addicted
to you, like you to alcohol.
I'm going to stay in Bedford
Hills for a while.
Lo, wait.
I love you, but I have to do this.
I am sorry.
What?
I think what I learned from my trip
and the support of all
those who have traveled
the same path as us,
and all its stories.
There is hope and there is a way to
find our return to sanity.
And by concentrating on living
our lives to the maximum.
Do we pray?
"God give me the serenity to face the things that
I can not change, courage to change what if I can
and the wisdom to recognize the difference. "
See you soon.
Where is my Lo?
Here I am
"Our heart does not need logic,
they can love, forgive and accept
that, which our minds can not understand.
The hearts understand in forms that the mind can not. "
LOIS WILSON.
Dedicated to: Josefina, Susana, Jacqueline and Josceline ...