Big Book Page xxxi
The Doctor's Opinion · pages xxv–xxxii
"Perhaps I can best answer this by relating one of my experiences. About one year prior to this experience a man was brought in to be treated for chronic alcoholism."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page xxxi. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page xxxi
Page xxxi sits in The Doctor's Opinion, which runs pages xxv–xxxii.
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Quick answers
What chapter of the Big Book is page xxxi in?
Page xxxi is in The Doctor's Opinion, which runs pages xxv–xxxii in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
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