Big Book, The Doctor's Opinion, p. xxv-xxxii
Complete text of Dr. Silkworth's letter introducing the Big Book
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From Alcoholics Anonymous — 1955 Second Edition by Wilson, Bill & Smith, Dr. Bob
Dr. William D. Silkworth's medical introduction frames alcoholism as a twofold malady: an allergy of the body that produces the phenomenon of craving, combined with an obsession of the mind. His letter provides the medical foundation for AA's disease concept of alcoholism.
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Big Book, The Doctor's Opinion, p. xxviii-xxix
Description of the phenomenon of craving once an alcoholic takes a drink
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Classification of alcoholic types: psychopaths, steady drinkers, periodics, etc.
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Silkworth's endorsement of the spiritual solution after medical methods failed
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