The Original First Edition-Big Book Stories: A short biography is included for historical purposes (Volume 1) Gary B Stebbings

These are the original stories as they appeared in the first edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous-1939. Each story has the author"s name and in most cases, where they were from. On page 29 of the Big Book, it says, "Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God." And on page 50, it also says, "In our personal stories you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which is greater than himself." You"ll notice the stories below conform to these descriptions. Since the first edition, some stories have been removed and others have been added. Unfortunately, some stories in our Big Book today do not even MENTION a Higher Power. From this we see that the original purpose for including the stories was not primarily to help the reader to identify whether they are an alcoholic or not. They were there to help the reader on their path to a Higher Power of their own understanding, as they applied the Steps to their lives in Sobriety Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Original First Edition-Big Book Stories: A short biography is included for historical purposes (Volume 1) (Gary B Stebbings)