A.A. Published by the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc

New York: Alcoholic Foundation, Inc, 1943. Very good.. 28,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate toning, spotting, and edge wear, soft central vertical fold throughout. One sentence underlined, otherwise clean internally. An early pamphlet issued by Alcoholics Anonymous containing important doctrine from the organization's early years. The first sentence provides the motivation behind the present pamphlet: "The purpose of this booklet is to show how thousands of us, who were once hopeless alcoholics, have recovered from our malady. We have found a way of life which no longer compels us to drink. Alcoholics Anonymous is the great reality (truncated) which has expelled our obsession." Later in the introduction, the organization dispels any notion of complicated requirements for membership: "The only requirement for A.A. membership is an honest desire to stop drinking." The pamphlet also prints passages entitled, "Am I an Alcoholic?," "The Doctor's Nightmare," "The European Drinker," "Women Suffer Too," "Bill's Story," "Medicine, Religion and Alcoholics Anonymous," "The Twelve Steps," "Our Friends Say," and Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick's review of the famous "Big Book," Alcoholics Anonymous, which had been published just four years earlier. Scarce, with just ten copies in OCLC. (Inventory #: 4211)