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Now, as I told you, I got sober in 1979.

We could read the big book unsupervised in those days and also we got sober on

reading the whole book. We didn't get this 164 pages stuff and I got sober in 1979. The third edition of the big book of Alcoholics

Anonymous came out in 1978 and I didn't have anybody ever tell me that their second edition was better than my third edition.

I didn't have anybody say to me, oh don't know where the stories are I don't you know the

people that taught me about Alcoholics anonymous had read the new book were familiar with all of it so that they could meet me where I was.

They were ready to be of service to me.

They weren't standing there waiting for me to figure out how I could be like them and get something that they had that I couldn't get.

So for those of you who don't know, this is the fourth edition of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous.

If you haven't read it, do it, and when you work with somebody, work out of this book.

Well, all my notes are in my third edition.

Transfer it.

I mean, come into this book is eight years old, nine years old.

Why don't you try coming into the 21st century? This is a very good opinion, it should be yours.

To wit. When I have the privilege of getting somebody buying somebody a copy of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. I always go to page 180. Oh my God. And because in this is, it's in Dr. Bob's nightmare. And whenever I have the privilege of talking to somebody, I say, read Dr. Bob's nightmare. Pay really close attention the last few pages because you'll know why it is that we're all excited to see you.

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