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Step one willingness through despair it was only a matter of being willing to believe in a power greater than myself. Alcoholics anonymous, book by anonymous anonymous paperback. Recovering alcoholics regularly refer to the big book as they progress in recovery, and they use it to help new members as they begin their recovery process. The first step outlined in the big book is essential to. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, written by the founders of alcoholics anonymous aa, bill w.
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