This is a reference tool to help us improve our knowledge of the big book that we may profit. The news hawk pages 251 260 from the 2nd edition big book. They bear witness that release from alcoholism can really be per manent. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. It starts with an excerpt from aa comes of age page 43. Big book acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today. Videos or graphic images may not be downloaded, copied or duplicated without the express written permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc.
How do i cite alcoholics anonymous big book apastyle in. But urge them not to be overanxious, for that might spoil matters. Buy alcoholics anonymous big book 4rev ed by alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. His is the fourth edition of the book alcoholics anonymous. These are aspects of the alcoholics life and personality that are usually in effect before the alcoholic comes into aa and will continue unless the alcoholic actively works the steps each day. According to the writer of that big book chapter, they had held a deep resentment towards someone. Biographies if the authors of stories in the big book who are deceasde. The book was written primarily by aa cofounder bill w. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. I just am unsure i understood what everything means exactly, and if i am living up to that choice. Indeed, the big book makes clear to the reader that its main objective is to help you find a higher power which will solve your problem. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. But then my rights try to move in, and they, too, can force my serenity level down.
Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong. This was the version of the big book distributed to friends and colleagues of aas founders before the first edition was printed. You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks. If your downloading as a cheap way to put it on your ipod or listen to the car, please buy a new comer a big book at your next meeting. The language is genderneutral, and references to spirituality are more inclusive. One hour, id meeting, step first tuesday of each month. It is my hope that you will find this site useful to you and our friends of bill w. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. A vision for you, big book page 164 alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous big book appendix iii the medical view on aa. Tell him you have been worried, though perhaps needlessly. On page 52 of the big book you can find a list of bedevilments. Below are copies in various formats of the big book.
The second edition, published in 1955, reached a total of more than 1,150,500 copies. Tradition 7 please note, we have set up an east kent aa paypal pools account for tradition 7 payments, and the link will be posted during online meetings this isnt ideal as there is a charge for using this facility, and my full name appears on screen, but this is an unprecedented situation, and were all. Usually the family should not try to tell your story. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. When possible, avoid meeting a man through his family. Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing, or situation some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to. Bobs nightmare and the personal experiences of some alcoholics are detailed as well as the series of. New stories have been added to the personal histories. This is the official website of the general service office g. Go to enough twelve step meetings and youll encounter them. Doctors opinion was page 1 in the first edition of the big book xxvxxxii. Perhaps it is time to create a new, wiser big book. My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations.
We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Singly and in groups of two or three, they came to visit me. All other sources the little red book, the 12 and 12, group sponsored literature were written as accompaniments or guides to be used to assist and deepen the path laid out by the original members of alcoholics anonymous in the big book. Alcoholics anonymous new books abookman, a book man. Alcoholics anonymous, 4th edition should be in italics hope this helps. Big book is actually a nickname for the book that caught on so universally that the official name is almost never used. Since the third edition was published in 1976, worldwide membership of a. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. It is intended to carry the aa message to modern readers who find the original big book hard to digest for any reason. The big book is the original source of for step instructions in alcoholics anonymous.
One hour, closed, women only, literature meeting thursday 7. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. Alcoholics anonymous also known as the big book in recovery circles sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. According to the writer of that big book chapter, they had held a. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. From page 417 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous and acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. This fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous came off press in november 2001, at the start of a new millennium. There were 4 musts in the first and second editions of alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous is not a religious organization. Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. They know the literature inside and out, quote it frequently and give the page number they are quoting from to underscore their authority.
This book facilitates a definitive understanding of fundamental aa literature. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. I can watch my serenity level rise when i discard my expectations. The whytehouse is, i hope, a way to find that special phrase or saying etc. Some of them i had known for years, good twofisted drinkers who had disappeared from their former haunts. For the fourteen years i was in and out of recovery i barely cracked the literature. The ez big book of alcoholics anonymous is a pagebypage translation of the original alcoholics anonymous published by aa founder bill wilson in the 1930s. I have provided a link in a couple of places on this page for your convenience, so you can get to the search page. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. More about alcoholism m ost of ushave been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics.
The answers will come, if your own house is in order. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing, or situationsome fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Big book name and date references aa in the desert. Approach through a doctor or an institution is a better bet. Everyday 9am drop the rock ripple effect book study. Monthly big book readings aa the original way group. The fourth edition includes twentyfour new stories that provide contemporary sharing for newcomers seeking recovery from alcoholism in a.
This is a link to the complete 4 th edition of the aa bigbook online. I found this, a reproduction of the 1938 original manuscript of alcoholics anonymous preface. The official name of the aa big book is alcoholics anonymous. We were having trouble with personal relationships. The little big red book limited to 4,730 individually numbered copies the same number printed of the first editionfirst printing big book affectionately known as big red.
A a taught him to handle sobriety bob p connecticut p. Simply look up a familiar word to find the passage you seek. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Chocolate in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and. The page 552 prayer to end resentments sober catholic. The first edition appeared in april 1939, and in the following sixteen years, more than 300,000 copies went into circulation. Bills story w ar feverran high in the new england town to which we new, young of. Thus it was that i met that band of lifesavers, alcoholics anonymous. A business mans recovery pages 242251 in the first edition big book. Here is a pdf version of the first 164 pages found in all aa books. Aa big book aa big book taghere the foundation progress and principles second edition. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary.