TY - BOOK TI - Alcoholics Anonymous the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism SN - 1893007162 U1 - 362.2 PY - 2001/// CY - Alcoholics Anonymous World Services PB - New York City KW - Alcoholics Rehabilitation KW - Alcoholism Treatment KW - Alcoholics Anonymous N1 - Bill's story -- There is a solution -- More about alcoholism -- We agnostics -- How it works -- Into action -- Working with others -- To wives -- The family afterward -- To employers -- A vision for you -- Personal stories -- I Pioneers of A.A. -- Doctor Bob's nightmare -- Alcoholic anonymous number three -- Gratitude in action -- Women suffer too -- Our southern friend -- The vicious cycle -- Jim's story -- The man who mastered fear -- He sold himself short -- The keys of the kingdom -- II They stopped in time -- The missing link -- Fear of fear -- The housewife who drank at home -- Physician, heal thyself! -- My chance to live -- Student of life -- Crossing the river of denial -- Because I'm an alcoholic -- It might have been worse -- Tightrope -- Flooded N2 - Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book--has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. With publication of the second edition in 1955, the third edition in 1976, and now the fourth edition in 2001, the essential recovery text has remained unchanged while personal stories have been added to reflect the growing and diverse fellowship. The long-awaited fourth edition features 24 new personal stories of recovery. ER -