This is an ABRIDGED version of the Basic Text of Alcoholics Anonymous. The personal stories are omitted. "We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, ...... are men and woman who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book." This is the Fourth edition ..."Alcoholics Anonymous." The third edition which came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,00 in all formats.