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The publication of this book has not been authorized or endorsed by, and does not imply affiliation with alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. The first edition appeared in april 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Alcoholics anonymousthe big bookhas served as a lifeline to. Alcoholics anonymous, from the title of its own book. No writing or markings to except first blank page where previous owners name was written in pencil and erased. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by william g. In april the tuesday night open moved to the engineering building at 205 w. Only this original 1939 edition includes all 29 stories of the programs pioneers, which share the details of their full journey, including initial recovery, sometimes followed by relapse and eventual success.
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