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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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... 1939.   12&12 p.17, Foreword
Nevertheless, the infant Society determined to set down its experience in a book which finally reached the public in April 1939.


2.
... (1939).   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
This was only a few days ago at this writing (1939).


3.
... 1939.   BB p.161, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
(*) Written in 1939.


4.
... 1939.   BB p.162, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
(*) Written in 1939.


5.
... 1939.   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
This is the Foreword as it appeared in the first printing of the first edition in 1939.


6.
... 1939, a wholesale miracle has taken place.   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Since the original Foreword to this book was written in 1939, a wholesale miracle has taken place.


7.
... 1939, and in the following sixteen years, ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The first edition appeared in April 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation.


8.
... 1939 by the late Dr. William D. ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The section called "The Doctor's Opinion" has been kept intact, just as it was originally written in 1939 by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, our Society's great medical benefactor.


9.
... 1939 by the publication of this volume.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
This determination bore fruit in the spring of 1939 by the publication of this volume.


10.
... 1939 Fulton Oursler, then editor of Liberty, ...   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
In the fall of 1939 Fulton Oursler, then editor of Liberty, printed a piece in his magazine, called "Alcoholics and God."


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... 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would not mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.


12.
... 1939 it was estimated that 800 alcoholics ...   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
By the end of 1939 it was estimated that 800 alcoholics were on their way to recovery.

13.
... 1939, the pioneering period ended and a ...   12&12 p.17, Foreword
With the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended and a prodigious chain reaction set in as the recovered alcoholics carried their message to still others.

14.
... 1939, we called it "Alcoholics Anonymous."   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
When the Big Book appeared in 1939, we called it "Alcoholics Anonymous."


15.
... 1939, when there were few women in ...   BB p.104, To Wives (Note)   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
(*) Written in 1939, when there were few women in A.A., this chapter assumes that the alcoholic in the home is likely to be the husband.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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