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The second part of the book (whose content varies from edition to edition) is a collection of personal stories, in which alcoholics tell their stories of addiction and recovery. Frequently mentioned sections are: the "Twelve Steps", at the beginning of Chapter 5, "How It Works" the "Twelve Traditions", in the Appendix
Marty wrote her story (personal experience) "Women Suffer Too" in the Story Section of second through fourth editions of the Big Book of AA. Mann organized the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism (NCEA) in 1944.
The second part contains personal stories that are updated with every edition to reflect current AA membership, resulting in earlier stories being removed – these were published separately in 2003 in the book Experience, Strength, and Hope. [49]
Norman Lyle Prouse (born September 29, 1938) is a retired United States airline pilot, U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, addiction rehabilitation counselor, and author.He received national news attention in March 1990 when he was arrested and faced charges relating to flying a Boeing 727 while intoxicated, after serving as captain of Northwest Airlines Flight 650.
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood is a memoir written in 2005 by American writer Koren Zailckas and published by Viking Press. The book has spent more than 10 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. About Smashed chronicles Zailckas' decade-long struggle with alcohol abuse, beginning at fourteen, in an effort to explain the binge drinking phenomenon that plagues America's youth ...
Wasted: Tales of a Gen-X Drunk is a memoir of the author's experiences with alcoholism. [22] [23] [24] The author takes a cynical view towards Alcoholics Anonymous. [2]He describes his early life growing up in relative suburbia in the state of Maryland, close to Washington, D.C. [1] [2] He recounts attending Catholic educational institutions where drinking alcohol was socially acceptable at a ...
William Duncan Silkworth (July 22, 1873 – March 22, 1951) was an American physician and specialist in the treatment of alcoholism.He was director of the Charles B. Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City in the 1930s, during which time William Griffith Wilson, a future co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), was admitted on four occasions for alcoholism.
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. ... the loss of interest in personal appearance or hygiene, marital and economic problems ...