The Book

The Film
on Paper

A new discovery about the man who started it all.

Bill W. Conscious Contact — now available in three editions.
Paperback  ·  Hardcover  ·  First Edition Legacy

About This Book

Bill W. Conscious Contact reveals something about Bill Wilson that even the most devoted students of his life did not know.

In December 1969 — entering the final year of his life — Wilson was taught Transcendental Meditation. Bill turning towards India for Spiritual instruction had never been sourced in any AA literature or archive until now.

This discovery — confirmed through Lois Wilson’s personal guest book at the Stepping Stones Archive — is documented here for the first time in print.

Drawing from over 110,000 items in the Stepping Stones Archive — the historic home of Bill and Lois Wilson in Westchester County, New York — this volume brings together rare archival photographs, Wilson’s own correspondence (including his letters to Carl Jung), and the complete film transcript.

Where the documentary provides motion, this book offers stillness. Through intimate photographs, we encounter a life that continues to resonate across generations — not as the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a man whose inner transformation significantly impacted history.

“Words make you think. Pictures make you feel.” — Jeanine Johnston, Creative Director
Bill W. Conscious Contact — hardcover book

Award-Winning Documentary

Best Documentary
San Diego Movie Awards
Best Documentary
Royal Starr Film Festival
Best Documentary
Touchstone Independent Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
The Impact DOCS Awards
Best Director
ARFF Amsterdam International Film Festival
Best Director
Cannes Indie International Film Festival
Best Director
Cine Paris Film Festival
Best Documentary
San Diego Movie Awards
Best Documentary
Royal Starr Film Festival
Best Documentary
Touchstone Independent Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival
Best Documentary Feature
The Impact DOCS Awards
Best Director
ARFF Amsterdam International Film Festival
Best Director
Cannes Indie International Film Festival
Best Director
Cine Paris Film Festival
“This film should be seen by everyone interested in recovery.” — Dr. Allen Berger, PhD  ·  Author, Essential Insights for Emotional Sobriety ★★★★★

Three Ways to Own It

Some books inform. This one transforms. Drawing from over 110,000 items in the Stepping Stones Archive and Bill Wilson’s own correspondence with Carl Jung, Bill W. Conscious Contact is the rare volume that changes how you understand a life — and perhaps your own.

Available in three editions — from the softcover to a leather-bound First Edition limited to just 150 copies. Each one a gateway into the inner world of the man who quietly changed millions of lives.

Paperback  ·  Hardcover  ·  First Edition Legacy

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Bill Wilson — from the award-winning documentary

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About the Creators

Producer & Author

Jay Stinnett

Author and historian of Alcoholics Anonymous. Jay Stinnett has spent decades researching the history and spiritual legacy of A.A. His discovery that Bill Wilson learned Transcendental Meditation in the final year of his life — confirmed through the Stepping Stones Archive — is the heart of this project.

Director

Kevin Hanlon

Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Previously directed Bill W. (2012). Winner of Best Director at multiple international film festivals for Bill W. Conscious Contact.

Associate Producer & Creative Director

Jeanine Johnston

The visual intelligence behind both the film and this companion volume. Her design philosophy: “Words make you think. Pictures make you feel.”

Institutional Partner

The Stepping Stones Foundation

Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson® · Katonah, New York
steppingstones.org