Big Book Page xv
Foreword to Second Edition
"FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION Figures given in this foreword describe the Fellowship as it was in 1955. S ince the original Foreword to this book was written in 1939, a wholesale miracle has taken place."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page xv. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page xv
Page xv 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 xv in?
Page xv is in Foreword to Second Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page xv of the Big Book?
Page xv sits in Foreword to Second Edition. Reading the page itself, its language turns on obsession, anonymity. 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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