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Addiction & Recovery

demosincebirth

(12,740 posts) Mon Jul 30, 2012, 08:48 PM Jul 2012

One of the Books that shaped America Alcoholics Anonymous (among others)

"Alcoholics Anonymous" (1939)

The famous 12-step program for stopping an addiction has sold more than 30 million copies. Millions of men and women worldwide have turned to the program co-founded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith to recover from alcoholism. The "Big Book," as it is known, spawned similar programs for other forms of addiction.

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-123.html