3541 William Schlipp (Alcoholism, False Teaching) Bill Schlipp had his first blackout from alcohol at age eight, secretly finishing adult drinks. He drank as a teenager until he behaved badly and lost his friends. He couldnt finish college, but he controlled his drinking enough to become an aircraft mechanic. After twenty-two years of bondage, he saw himself in the mirror. He looked like a walking dead man. Someone else saw him, too, and breathed life into him.