The Good Book and The Big Book

According to A.A.'s "Basic Text," Alcoholics Anonymous (affectionately known within A.A. as "the Big Book"), early A.A. achieved an astounding 75% success rate among "seemingly-hopeless," "medically-incurable," alcoholics who thoroughly followed the original Akron A.A. "Christian fellowship" program that A.A.'s cofounders, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, began to develop over the summer of 1935. And Dr. Bob's sponsee, Clarence Snyder, reported in the A.A. General Service Conference-approved book DR. B...