HIS DAUGHTERS CALL HIM A
HUMBLE MAN WHO NEVER WANTED TO
DRAW ATTENTION TO HIMSELF.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN
FOR HELPING OTHERS WITH THEIR
STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM.
I AM SO PROUD OF HIM.
. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY
PEOPLE HE'S HELPED THEM.
HE IS KNOWN FOR MAKING THE
MEDALLION TO REMIND FORMER
ALCOHOLICS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
THROUGH.
Reporter: WILLIAM WESTMAN
SOUGHT HELP FROM ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS.
HE AND MY MOM HAD SEPARATED
FOR A WHILE.
HE SOUGHT HELP THROUGH AAA AND
THEY EVENTUALLY GOT REMARRIED.
Reporter: HE ADDED THE WORDS
TO THE SERENITY PRAYER TO THE
MEDALLION.
THE COIN HAS A RAISED
CENTER.
SO IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR
POCKET YOU CAN TELL THE
DIFFERENCE FROM YOUR OTHER
COINS.
IN ORDER FOR THIS INVASION
TO HAPPEN, HE HAD TO BRING NOT
ONLY HIS STRENGTHS AS A PERSON
WHICH WERE HIS MARKETING AND
SALES SKILLS BUT HE HAD TO
BRING HIS ALCOHOLISM TO THE
TABLE TOO.
Reporter: BILL WENT ON TO
TRAVEL THE COUNTRY WITH HIS
WIFE.
SPEAKING AT AA MEETINGS AN
BECOMING A SPONSOR TO MANY
PEOPLE INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER
KAREN.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME
AND I TRULY BELIEVE I WOULDN'T
BE HERE TODAY IF IT HADN 'T
BEEN WITH HIM.
Reporter: KAREN SAYS THAT
HER FATHER HAD A WAY WITH
WORDS.
HE STARTED OUT BY TAKING ME
TO MEETINGS.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS
ANY MORE BECAUSE IT IS YOUR
HEALTH.
HIS DAUGHTER IS LEFT WITH
MULTIPLE BOXES OF BELONGINGS.
BUT WHAT THEY CHERISH THE MOST
ARE MEMORIES OF A MAN WHO DID
WHAT HE COULD TO HELP OTHERS
FIND PEACE.
WILLIAM WESTMAN WAS 80 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE DIED SATURDAY.
HIS FUNERAL IS TOMORROW NIGHT
AT 7:00 AT THE WASHMOUNT
