Hawkins, Vince

The author is an atheist and member of alcoholics anonymous who has not had a drink for more than 16 years. While he has got the program in spite of the god references in AA's 12 steps and Big Book, he has encountered many agnostics and atheists who have been put off by them. As a freelance journalist and business analyst, he has applied his mind to adapting the program for any addict or bad behaver, thus bringing many more people within reach of a program. Hopefully some will be saved who would have perished and many will stop addictive behavior sooner than they would have done otherwise, thu...