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n May 1938, when Bill W. began work on
                     the fi rst draft of what is now the Big Book,
            I Alcoholics Anonymous, in New York City and
           Newark, New Jersey, he had been sober about three

           and a half years. Dr. Bob was sober a few months less
           than three years, and the other 100 early members who

           contributed in one way or another to the writing of the
           book had been sober for periods ranging from a couple
           of years to a couple of months.

              The early members realized the book would need a
           “story” section. “We would have to produce evidence

           in the form of living proof, written testimonials of our
           membership itself. It was felt also that the story section
           could identify us with the distant reader in a way that
           the text itself might not.”

              Dr. Bob and the members in Akron, Ohio led this
           effort. One member of the Akron Group was a former

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