Alcoholics Anonymous [The Big Blue Book]

New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc, 1981. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. Third edition, 10th printing (1981). From foreword footnote: 'In 1981, over 42,000 groups, in 110 countries... about one-third are women; 14.7% are 30 and under.' Jacket lightly rubbed and soiled. xxx, 575 pp. Includes: Preface; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the Third Edition; The Doctor's Opinion; 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: PIONEERS OF A.A.: Doctor Bob's Nightmare; Alcoholic Anonymous Number Three; He Had to Be Shown; He Thought He Could Drink Like a Gentleman; Women Suffer Too; The European Drinker; The Vicious Cycle; The News Hawk; From Farm to City; The Man Who Mastered Fear; He Sold Himself Short; Home Brewmeister; The Keys of the Kingdom; THEY STOPPED IN TIME: Too Young'; Fear of Fear; Those Golden Years; The Housewife Who Drank at Home; Lifesaving Words; Physician, Heal Thyself!; A Teen-Ager's Decision; Rum, Radio and Rebellion; Any Day Was Washday; It Might Have Been Worse; A Flower of the South; Calculating the Costs; Stars Don't Fall; Growing Up All Over Again; Unto the Second Generation; Me an Alcoholic'; Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict; THEY LOST NEARLY ALL: A Five-Time Loser Wins; Promoted to Chronic; Join the Tribe!; Belle of the Bar; Jim's Story; Our Southern Friend; The Prisoner Freed; Desperation Drinking; The Career Officer; Another Chance; He Who Loses His Life; Freedom from Bondage; A.A. Taught Him to Handle Sobriety; APPENDICES: The A.A. Tradition; Spiritual Experience; The Medical View on A.A.; The Lasker Award; The Religious View on A.A.; How to Get in Touch with A.A.