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Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists a sentiment. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. 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. The great boom of the late twenties was seeth ing and swelling. This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. As the only legitimate source of the big book online, aa has graciously allowed attributed access. To save cost, we have reduced the printing space but kept the original paragraphing and page numbering. Alcoholics anonymous, from the title of its own book. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation. It originated the twelvestep program now used widely among addictions outside alcohol.
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