From Stories of Recovery.org, a brief bio of Lois W., wife of Bill W. and co-founder of Al-Anon, and links to several of her talks. The first talk includes Searcy W., Texas AA pioneer and 'Ebby's sponsor.':

Lois Burnham Wilson (1891-1988)

The co-founder of Al-Anon and married to Bill Wilson. Lois was there from the beginning working the program along side her husband Bill. Lois was the oldest of 6 children, her father a surgeon in Brooklyn NY. Her grandfather was a prominent pastor and scholar in the Swedenborgian Church, a church Lois was raised in. The affluent Brooklyn Heights family spent their summers at their summer home in Vermont. Her brother Rogers was friends with a Vermont local boy, Bill Wilson. When Lois first met Bill she was engaged, so meeting Bill presented her a challenge. Lois quickly made a choice, one that would completely changed her life. Lois and Bill were married a few months before Bill was deployed to Europe for WWI.

Lois' complete life story is presented in the book "The Lois Wilson Story: When Love is not Enough, The Biography of the Cofounder of Al-Anon" by William G Borchert 2005. The book was the basis of the movie "When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story" 2020. Also Al-Anon published her memoir in "Lois Remembers".

Talks by Lois Wilson