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.
What is on page xxxi of the Big Book?
Page xxxi sits in The Doctor's Opinion. 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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