In an ironic series of events a man in Vermont faces drunk driving charges after driving onto the lawn of a house once owned by the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
The AP reported that 55-year-old Donald Blood III from Marlboro, Massachusetts has been ordered to court on a Jan. 14 hearing date. Police said to the AP that Blood believed he was driving into a parking lot but he was actually driving onto the lawn of the Wilson House. The Wilson House was where AA co-founder Bill Wilson was born.
The Wilson House still has several AA meetings a week. The Wilson House's website states, "The Wilson House has been lovingly restored and is being maintained as a living memorial to Bill W., as a place of sanctuary where people can come to give thanks to God for their new lives."
The Wilson House is located in East Dorset, Vermont and is a mile away from the cemetery where Bill and his wife, Loise are buried. The house opened as a hotel in 1852 and restoration of the house began in 1987 to preserve the building.
"The House is in a non-profit foundation and much of the money needed to operate it comes from individual donations. We have no endowments or large grants. Restoration and maintenance of the Wilson House continue...with the purpose being to put the House back the way it was found," states the Wilson House's website.
AA states on its website that it is a fellowship for people who share "their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking."
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