Even more Valuable
July 2021 | The Annual Prison Issue

Even more Valuable

How a heated Big Book study one day led to a rigorous discussion about AA, money and wealth

At our regular Big Book study meeting one Wednesday, our discussion digressed into an argument about the dated language preserved in Alcoholics Anonymous. There were the usual complaints: “To Wives” is sexist and no one today knows what is meant by “teetotaler” or “in his cups” and so on.

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