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Although self-help books may not help you. Self-help books are advantageous because they are able to reach large numbers of peple, cost effective and can serve as educational tools. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Smiles|

Samuel Smiles]] (1812-1904) published the first self-consciously personal-development "self-help" book — entitled //[|Self-Help]// — in 1859. Its opening sentence: "//Heaven helps those who help themselves//", provides a variation of "//God helps them that help themselves//", the oft-quoted [|maxim] that also appeared previously in [|Benjamin Franklin]'s //[|Poor Richard's Almanac]// (1733 - 1758). [|Alcoholics Anonymous] was started by two alcoholics, [|Bill Wilson] and Dr. [|Bob Smith] who first met on May 12, 1935. The [|twelve-step program] grew from this to become perhaps the world's most popular basis of self-help care. [