01298cam a2200241 4500 888543806 TxAuBib 20100506120000.0 010813s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001094693 9781893007161 1893007162 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Alcoholics Anonymous : the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. 4th ed. New York City : Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 2001. xxxii, 575 p. ; 22 cm. Originally Published in 1939, when A.A. membership numbered about one hundred, "Alcoholics Anonymous" has steadily grown in readership. By the time the second edition appeared in 1955, membership had reached over 150,000, and the "Big Book," A.A. members' fond title for their basic text, had reached a distribution of more then 300,000. At the time of the third edition in March 1976, the worldwide membership of A.A. was estimated at 1,000,000 or more. 20100506. Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Rehabilitation. Alcoholism Treatment.