AA Magazines and Documents

In September 1939, The Liberty Magazine published an article titled “Alcoholics and God”.  Bill W thought it was a bit lurid, and that the title would scare off some prospects.  Perhaps it did, but “Liberty” recieved 800 urgent pleas for help, which were turned over to Bill W and Ruth H.  “She wrote fine personal letters to every one of them,” wrote Bill, “enclosing a leaflet which described the A.A. book.  The response was wonderful.  Several hundred books sold at once at full retail price of $3.50.  Even more importantly, we struck up a correspondence with alcoholics, their friends, and their families all over the country.”