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Replay: Talking to Writing the Big Book author William Schaberg in the Fall of 2019

January 25, 2022 • Joe C

Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A. by William Schaberg

We have to go back to 1979, the seminal scholarly account of early history, Not God: The History of Alcoholics Anonymous by Ernie Kurtz. It took 40 years for the next deep dive of this caliber. In 2019, Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A. by William Schaberg drew on over a decade of primary documentary research to compare with the stories we've all heard about the early days of AA.

This is a replay, originally Episode 49 from Rebellion Dogs Publishing, recorded just weeks before the book’s release. For news notes visit Rebellion Dogs Radio Episode 49.

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