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Alcoholics anonymous, 4th edition kindle edition published december 2nd 20 by a. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. Aa is nonprofessional, selfsupporting, and apolitical. Hank kimball alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that they may solve their commonmore alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism, i we do not discriminate. Its only membership requirement is a desire to stop drinking. The little big book dictionary includes over 2,200 of the most difficult words, terms, and phrases found in the big book. Since the third edition was published in 1976, worldwide membership of a. Big book dictionary alcoholics anonymous aa dictionary. The big book the big book of alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous. The big book bb notations are to page and paragraph, as in 64. Buddy t is an anonymous writer and founding member of the online alanon outreach committee with decades of experience writing about alcoholism. Editions of alcoholics anonymous by alcoholics anonymous. They believe in themselves, and still more in the power.
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The 4th edition 2001 is also freely available online. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading alcoholics anonymous, 4th edition. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. Part i pioneers of aa acceptance was the answer previously doctor, alcoholic, addict 439 407 dr. The first edition appeared in april 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation. Steven gans, md is boardcertified in psychiatry and is an active supervisor, teacher, and mentor at massachusetts general hospital. This is the audio version of the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous.
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