Big Book Page xxix
The Doctor's Opinion · pages xxv–xxxii
"After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page xxix. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page xxix
Page xxix sits in The Doctor's Opinion, which runs pages xxv–xxxii.
Reading the page itself, the language here turns on honesty, employment. That's taken from the page's own words — not from anybody's summary of them.
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What chapter of the Big Book is page xxix in?
Page xxix is in The Doctor's Opinion, which runs pages xxv–xxxii in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page xxix of the Big Book?
Page xxix sits in The Doctor's Opinion. Reading the page itself, its language turns on honesty, employment. 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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