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THIS IS the second edition of the book, "Alcoholics
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PREFACE
been preserved and is followed by a second one de- scribing Alcoholics Anonymous of 1955. Following the Forewords, there appears a section called "The Doctor's Opinion." This also 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. Besides Dr. Silkworth's original statement, there have been added, in the Appendices, a number of the medical and religious endorsements which have come to us in recent years. On the last pages of this second edition will be found the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anony-mous, the principles upon which our A.A. Groups function, together with directions for getting in touch with A.A. |