The IWS Study Edition Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book - 1994

This is the IWS Study Edition Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book.

This book has a copyright date of 1994.

Here you can read the Foreword to learn more about this special book!

Our purpose in publishing this study guide is to help those who seek a clearer understanding of the A.A. program as it was revealed in the first 164 pages. To provide useful study aides, while trying to avoid adding anything to the original meaning, we have taken some precautions.

Explanatory notes have been shaded to differentiate them from the original text. Also, all notes have been limited to facts—no opinions.

To avoid editorial comment or omission, dictionary entries include the first three meanings taken directly from Webster's dictionary. We feel it best for the reader to draw their own conclusions as to the author's meaning.

A numbering system has been included in hopes of making discourse on the text a little easier.

A comprehensive index is provided for easy reference and fact finding.

If we missed anything please let us know.

The IWS Group

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

IWS is an A.A. group dedicated to our program's Fifth Tradition. Our primary purpose is to carry the message to the still suffering alcoholic.

We feel the best way to do this is through the distribution and study of the unadulterated message of A.A., as contained in the first 164 pages of our basic text.

We hold The Traditions dear and want to emphasize that we are a group “inside" A. A. rather than an "outside enterprise.” We are an A.A. group trying to stay sober by helping as many alcoholics as we can.

Our group is entirely nonprofessional. Nobody is making money at IWS and we are certainly not organized. However, in order to adhere to The Sixth Tradition, our service arm, IWS inc., is incorporated. This to ensure that the material is kept separate from the spiritual.

We have given away thousands of copies of the first 164 pages (along with lists of local telephone numbers to call A.A.) to hospitals, shelters, detox units and other places where the price of a Big Book is a hardship.

Your support is appreciated, but because we must be self-supporting, we do not accept donations. All proceeds from our efforts are used helping the still suffering alcoholic.

The IWS Group

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This book is in very good condition with no signs of wear. There is no writing or markings inside the book. 

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