Later Life
Wilson stayed sober and eventually formed Alcoholics Anonymous with Dr. Bob Smith while Thacher soon returned to drinking. Wilson always called Thacher his "sponsor," and even though he had returned to drinking, Wilson looked after his friend's welfare for the rest of his life. Thacher struggled on and off with sobriety over the years, and ultimately died sober in Ballston Spa, New York from emphysema in 1966.
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