Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism/Third Edition [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0916856003 | ISBN-13: 978-0916856007 | Publication Date: December 1976 | Edition: 3rd Rev

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1976 3rd Edition (19th printing), edited & published by AA World Services, Inc. 375 pages.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 575 pages
• Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services; 3rd Rev edition (December 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916856003
• ISBN-13: 978-0916856007
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 62 Years of Proven Effectiveness, October 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism/Third Edition (Hardcover)

While AA may not be the answer for everyone, it is for many thousands of alcoholics and others. 12-Step programs are popular in many places now, based on the Steps to recovery first written in this book. Alcoholics Anonymous has never been on any best seller list, but it has sold over 20 million copies. This is good reason to take seriously what the authors say in this book. I can add my personal testimonial: the 12 Steps have changed my life for the better. Given the choice between potential death or 12 Steps, I will take the Steps!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Roadmap To Recovery, January 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism/Third Edition (Hardcover)

If you read the directions contained in the first 164 pages of this book and follow them like your life depends on it, you will be on your way to a better life than you ever imagined! This book is your best roadmap to recovering from alcoholism. I entrusted my life to it and have not had to take a drink since November 15, 1985.

I highly recommend it.

And if you ever get confused and you're not sure what to do, go to Page 164 and do what the first 4 sentences of the last paragraph say:

Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us.

See you at the meeting!

Barry T.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best & most important books in the world!, May 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism/Third Edition (Hardcover)

Tells you how to recover by turning your life over to the care and direction of God as you understand Him or Her. Tells you how to do the 12 steps of recovery from admitting powerlessness over alcohol (step one) thru working with others (step 12.) You will read the stories of Bill W. and Dr. Bob and other recovered alcoholics. If you are not an alcoholic, it will give you advice on how to deal with alcoholics before, during, and after recovery--one is newer cured.