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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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The first layer is our bodily reaction to alcohol when we ingest it the physical craving. Books approved by the alcoholics anonymous world services aaws, deemed to be beneficial in the. Editions of alcoholics anonymous by alcoholics anonymous. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self delusion, self seeking, and self pitywe step on the toes of our fellows alcoholics anonymous step three is about exploring how we have tried to arrange people and situations to meet our needs. Alcoholics anonymous, from the title of its own book. On awakening let us think about the twentyfour hours ahead. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. First published in 1939, alcoholics anonymous sets forth cornerstone.
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