"The person closest to the alcoholic may need more assistance and counseling than the alcoholic in beginning an effective recovery program."

ONLY ONE IN STOCK Chuck C, recovering alcoholic, uses these pages to describe a pragmatic way to live, to love, and to bring a meaning to existence.

We can easily recognize how alcohol affects the drinker. It's not as easy for family and friends to recognize how the drinker's behavior has affected them.

A pictorial timeline of all four editions of the AA Big Book.

"While most of us know that alcoholism is a disease, too few recognize it as a 'family' disease, which may emotionally, spiritually, and often physically affect three or four people in addition to the alcoholic."

"It is hard to imagine a more life baffling situation than the one which faces a mother or father whose spouse is a compulsive drinker."

ONE DAY AT A TIME IN AL-ANON A daily reader. Inspirational readings relate Al-Anon philosophy to everyday situations.

"Parents bring their child into the world, and watch them grow under loving guidance. All their hopes for the future appear shattered when they realize their children may be in trouble because of drinking."

"A drinking problem in the home can often be more easily recognized by the behavior of those living with the drinker than by that of the drinker." How can this be true?