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“Bill Wilson’s experience normalized the idea that a spiritual awakening could happen outside of traditional religion. AA meetings became sacred spaces for raw vulnerability, confession, and spiritual transformation—without clergy, sacraments, or hierarchy. Bill’s white light moment shattered the funhouse. It didn’t make him holy; it made him honest.”

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