Big Book Page xxi
Foreword to Second Edition
"In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications. Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself, we surely have no monopoly."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page xxi. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page xxi
Page xxi sits in Foreword to Second Edition. Read the surrounding pages in your own copy to get the run of the argument.
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Quick answers
What part of the Big Book is page xxi in?
Page xxi is in Foreword to Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page xxi of the Big Book?
Page xxi sits in Foreword to Second Edition. Recovery Starts does not reproduce the Big Book — the book belongs to A.A. — so to read the page in full, get your own copy.
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