Jay Stinnett is an independent scholar, biographer, and author who has spent the past 30 years studying the application of spiritual principles to the most baffling of human maladies, alcoholism.Bill W. Conscious Contact is the culmination of three decades of writing and presenting on A.A. history and offers groundbreaking new perspectives on Bill Wilson's spiritual evolution outside of A.A. Stinnett is an expert on the spiritual antecedents of the Twelve Step Movement and has lectured internationally on the Oxford Group, Bill Wilson and Carl Jung, on Dr. Bob and Bill Wilson's mystical practices, and on his pioneering research into Wilson's role in psycho-chemotherapy.Jay is an enthusiastic supporter of the Stepping Stones Foundation(R)-The Historic Home of Bill and Lois Wilson(R) in Katonah, N.Y. - and was instrumental in the creation of its digital archive. He is also the author of Loving Sober: A Field Guide to Spiritual Intimacy and a longtime member of Initiatives of Change. A meditation enthusiast living in the "4th Dimension" in Sedona, Arizona, Jay created the meditation website 3MinutesOfSilence.org with Lee Scantlin in 2005.