ABSTRACT
“My Name is Bill W.” reveals the characterological structure of Bill Wilson himself and of the Alcoholics Anonymous organization when examined through the lens of the Enneagram typology system. This examination exposes, refutes and clarifies many commonly held misunderstandings within AA groups and 12 step programs such as the effects of alcoholism on character structure, the “dry drunk,” the place of spirituality and God in AA, responsibility versus the “disease concept,” “powerlessness” and the original vision and experience of AA versus the evolved form of many AA groups today. The film is correlated to the actual writings of Bill W. himself as found in the Big Book of AA and found to be reasonably accurate representation of Bill W.'s personality and his history as related to the founding and growth of AA. In addition, the counterphobic version of the type 6 give insight into problematic therapeutic encounters in treatment settings and offers solutions to control and authority difficulties.