TO EMPLOYERS

"Among many employers nowadays, we think one member who has spent much of his time in big business. He has hired and fired hundreds of men. He knows the alcoholic as the employer sees him. His presentviews ought to prove exceptionally useful to business men everywhere".

Alcoholics Anonymous, p136

The manager referred to in Chapter 10 ("To Employers") is Henry G. "Hank" Parkhurst (1895–1954), known in Alcoholics Anonymous history as New York's "AA #2" (the second person to get sober in New York after Bill Wilson). Hank was an executive and assistant wholesale manager at Standard Oil of New Jersey, where he managed a department of 6,600 salesmen.

While Bill Wilson authored the vast majority of the Big Book, Chapter 10 was drafted by Hank Parkhurst. Bill wrote the brief introductory lines introducing his friend's perspective, but the main text of the chapter—including the account of the three lost employees—comes directly from Hank's real-life corporate experience.

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