Big Book Page 570
Appendix III – The Medical View
"Bauer, broadcasting under the auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page 570. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
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Page 570 is in Appendix III – The Medical View of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
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