{"product_id":"your-life-a-miracle-cure-for-drinkers-april-1941","title":"Your Life: The Popular Guide to Desirable Living — April 1940 Featuring “A Miracle Cure for Drinkers” by William Moulton Marston","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYour Life: The Popular Guide to Desirable Living — April 1940\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A Miracle Cure for Drinkers” by William Moulton Marston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Alcoholics Anonymous \/ Bill W. Article\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOffered here is the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eApril 1940 issue of Your Life: The Popular Guide to Desirable Living\u003c\/span\u003e, featuring the rare and important article \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“A Miracle Cure for Drinkers” by William Moulton Marston\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished very early in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous, this article tells the story of a troubled drinker who finds help through A.A. meetings and the guidance of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBill W.\u003c\/span\u003e For the purposes of the article, Bill is referred to under the pseudonym \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“Ed Carter,”\u003c\/span\u003e making this a fascinating early public presentation of Bill’s story and the work of the young Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe article describes the spiritual and practical elements that were helping alcoholics recover, including meetings, belief in a Higher Power, shared experience, and helping other sufferers. It also references the early New York A.A. group and reflects the way Alcoholics Anonymous was beginning to gain attention before becoming widely known through later national publicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is an excellent and unusual early A.A.-related magazine article—especially desirable for collectors because of its early date, its connection to Bill W., and its appearance in a lesser-seen periodical outside the better-known mainstream A.A. articles of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis magazine is in \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003egood condition\u003c\/span\u003e overall with general aging wear. It is fully intact with \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eno torn or missing pages\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePlease review all photos carefully for the most accurate representation of condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's Significance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis is a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003every early A.A. public article from 1940\u003c\/span\u003e, predating the famous 1941 \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Jack Alexander article. It also directly tells Bill W.’s story under the pseudonym \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“Ed Carter”\u003c\/span\u003e, references Towns Hospital, William James, the Oxford Group, A.A. meetings, and the early New York group.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recovery Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49678054916338,"sku":null,"price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0328\/4625\/0120\/files\/IMG-4849.png?v=1781503456","url":"https:\/\/recoverycollectibles.com\/products\/your-life-a-miracle-cure-for-drinkers-april-1941","provider":"Recovery Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}