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Introduction: We can trust the opinion of a physician with qualifications such as these.

First Letter: The doctor's appraisal of the program suggested in the book lends authority to what the authors have to say.

Summary of the doctor's letters: Alcoholism is a three-fold malady that affects us mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Second Letter: Alcoholism is diagnosable, it has symptoms that can be recognized. It is progressive, it only gets worse never better. It cannot be cured. There is a solution, the adoption of the principles contained in this book will result in recovery.