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Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2013
EN
Known as the "Big Book," the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939. Opening chapters articulate A.A.’s program of recovery from alcoholism — the original Twelve Steps — and recount the personal histories of A.A.'s co-founders, Bill W. and Dr. Bob.In the pages that follow, more than 40 A.A. members share how they stopped drinking and found a new healthier and more serene way of life throu...
Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2013
EN
Known as the "Big Book," the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939. Opening chapters articulate A.A.’s program of recovery from alcoholism — the original Twelve Steps — and recount the personal histories of A.A.'s co-founders, Bill W. and Dr. Bob.In the pages that follow, more than 40 A.A. members share how they stopped drinking and found a new healthier and more serene way of life throu...
Plain Language Big Book: A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2024
EN
The Plain Language Big Book is a tool to help readers understand the book Alcoholics Anonymous, which was first published in 1939. This new book is designed so that the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism may be easily understood by all people who have a desire to stop drinking.The Plain Language Big Book has been written to present the original ideas and same spiritual message of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous in simpler language. The Plain Language Big Book c...
$9.99 USD
Plain Language Big Book: A Tool for Reading Alcoholics Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2024
EN
The Plain Language Big Book is a tool to help readers understand the book Alcoholics Anonymous, which was first published in 1939. This new book is designed so that the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism may be easily understood by all people who have a desire to stop drinking.The Plain Language Big Book has been written to present the original ideas and same spiritual message of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous in simpler language. The Plain Language Big Book c...
$9.99 USD
As Bill Sees It
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 6 reviews
2014
EN
Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. once wrote that this collection of excerpts from his writings was “meant to serve as an aid to individual meditation and a stimulant for group discussion,” and since its publication in 1967 it has done that and more for millions of A.A. members around the world. Hundreds of brief passages — excerpted from the Big Book and other A.A. literature — address the principles of gratitude, spirituality, acceptance and a host of other themes central to living...
$9.99 USD
As Bill Sees It
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 6 reviews
2014
EN
Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. once wrote that this collection of excerpts from his writings was “meant to serve as an aid to individual meditation and a stimulant for group discussion,” and since its publication in 1967 it has done that and more for millions of A.A. members around the world. Hundreds of brief passages — excerpted from the Big Book and other A.A. literature — address the principles of gratitude, spirituality, acceptance and a host of other themes central to living...
$9.99 USD
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 10 reviews
2013
EN
Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve,” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time,” and to ensure that their "Fellowship" — Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole — will be there for them tomorrow.First published by Grapevine in 1952, the 12 essays in the book’s opening expand upon each of A.A.’s landmark Tw...
$9.99 USD
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 10 reviews
2013
EN
Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve,” Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time,” and to ensure that their "Fellowship" — Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole — will be there for them tomorrow.First published by Grapevine in 1952, the 12 essays in the book’s opening expand upon each of A.A.’s landmark Tw...
$9.99 USD
Living Sober
5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2014
EN
A.A.’s how-to manual for staying sober in everyday situations, this widely read booklet demonstrates through simple examples how A.A. members throughout the world live their lives to the fullest while staying sober one day at a time. From the foreword: “Living sober turns out to be not at all grim, boring and uncomfortable, as we had feared, but rather something we begin to enjoy and find much more exciting than our drinking days.”Responding to commonly asked questions such as “Shou...
Living Sober
5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2014
EN
A.A.’s how-to manual for staying sober in everyday situations, this widely read booklet demonstrates through simple examples how A.A. members throughout the world live their lives to the fullest while staying sober one day at a time. From the foreword: “Living sober turns out to be not at all grim, boring and uncomfortable, as we had feared, but rather something we begin to enjoy and find much more exciting than our drinking days.”Responding to commonly asked questions such as “Shou...
Our Great Responsibility
2021
EN
Made available to readers everywhere for the first time, Our Great Responsibility brings together 16 talks given by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. over the span of two decades. With his characteristic humor and down-to-earth candor, Bill shares his thinking on myriad A.A. themes — the principles of A.A. service, the relationship between principles and personalities, even the origins and adaptability of the Twelve Steps — and reveals his willingness to entertain a broad, l...
$9.99 USD
Our Great Responsibility
2021
EN
Made available to readers everywhere for the first time, Our Great Responsibility brings together 16 talks given by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. over the span of two decades. With his characteristic humor and down-to-earth candor, Bill shares his thinking on myriad A.A. themes — the principles of A.A. service, the relationship between principles and personalities, even the origins and adaptability of the Twelve Steps — and reveals his willingness to entertain a broad, l...
$9.99 USD
Came to Believe
4 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2014
EN
Gathered in this booklet are the heartfelt stories of more than 75 A.A. members from around the world who share what the phrases "Higher Power” and "God as we understood Him" mean to them. The title — the first three words in the second of A.A.’s Twelve Steps — hints at the book’s theme: that recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous is not a destination, but a spiritual journey that takes place over time, while living “life on life’s terms.”Sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, but always...
$5.99 USD
Came to Believe
4 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2014
EN
Gathered in this booklet are the heartfelt stories of more than 75 A.A. members from around the world who share what the phrases "Higher Power” and "God as we understood Him" mean to them. The title — the first three words in the second of A.A.’s Twelve Steps — hints at the book’s theme: that recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous is not a destination, but a spiritual journey that takes place over time, while living “life on life’s terms.”Sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, but always...
$5.99 USD
A.A. in Prison: Inmate to Inmate
2015
EN
Written by and for incarcerated alcoholics, this slim, staple-less volume contains 26 stories by A.A. members who found their way to the Fellowship and got sober while behind bars. All of these individuals reveal how, through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, they transformed their lives and found serenity despite their surroundings.One after the other, these recovering alcoholics — of all ages and all types — share how they came to grasp that no prison is as formidable as active...
$2.99 USD
A.A. in Prison: Inmate to Inmate
2015
EN
Written by and for incarcerated alcoholics, this slim, staple-less volume contains 26 stories by A.A. members who found their way to the Fellowship and got sober while behind bars. All of these individuals reveal how, through the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, they transformed their lives and found serenity despite their surroundings.One after the other, these recovering alcoholics — of all ages and all types — share how they came to grasp that no prison is as formidable as active...
$2.99 USD
Daily Reflections
5 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews
2014
EN
This collection of readings moves through the calendar year one day — and one page — at a time. For every day, a favorite quotation from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous is followed by an A.A. member’s personal reflection, making for daily reading that is at once inspired and inspiring.While focusing broadly on the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, this volume offers experience, strength and hope on specific topics such as willingness, faith, making amends — theme...
Daily Reflections
5 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews
2014
EN
This collection of readings moves through the calendar year one day — and one page — at a time. For every day, a favorite quotation from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous is followed by an A.A. member’s personal reflection, making for daily reading that is at once inspired and inspiring.While focusing broadly on the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, this volume offers experience, strength and hope on specific topics such as willingness, faith, making amends — theme...
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age
3 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2014
EN
A.A. co-founder Bill W. tells the story of the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous from its make-or-break beginnings in New York and Akron in the early 1930s to its spread across the country and overseas in the years that followed. A wealth of personal accounts and anecdotes portray the dramatic power of the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery — unique not only in its approach to treating alcoholism but also in its spiritual impact and social influence.Bill recounts the evolution of the...
$9.99 USD
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age
3 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2014
EN
A.A. co-founder Bill W. tells the story of the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous from its make-or-break beginnings in New York and Akron in the early 1930s to its spread across the country and overseas in the years that followed. A wealth of personal accounts and anecdotes portray the dramatic power of the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery — unique not only in its approach to treating alcoholism but also in its spiritual impact and social influence.Bill recounts the evolution of the...
$9.99 USD
Experience, Strength and Hope
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2015
EN
Co-founder Bill W. was keenly aware of the importance of personal stories, writing, “The story section of the Big Book … is our principal means of identifying with the reader outside of A.A., it is the written equivalent of hearing speakers at an A.A. meeting; it is our show window of the results.”Experience, Strength and Hope offers back to the A.A. Fellowship the candor, wisdom and wit of 56 members whose stories are no longer available in the fourth edition of Alcoho...
$5.99 USD
Experience, Strength and Hope
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2015
EN
Co-founder Bill W. was keenly aware of the importance of personal stories, writing, “The story section of the Big Book … is our principal means of identifying with the reader outside of A.A., it is the written equivalent of hearing speakers at an A.A. meeting; it is our show window of the results.”Experience, Strength and Hope offers back to the A.A. Fellowship the candor, wisdom and wit of 56 members whose stories are no longer available in the fourth edition of Alcoho...
$5.99 USD
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2015
EN
Alcoholics Anonymous, by its very nature, could not have been founded by one person: its essence is sharing. Bill W. and Dr. Bob are always referred to within A.A. as “co-founders.” Having died in 1950, when A.A. was only 15 years old, the Ohio surgeon may be less well-known than the New York stockbroker, his influence on the whole A.A. program is permanent and profound.Filled with interviews with friends and family, this deeply researched biography follows A.A. co-founder Dr. Bob S...
$9.99 USD
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2015
EN
Alcoholics Anonymous, by its very nature, could not have been founded by one person: its essence is sharing. Bill W. and Dr. Bob are always referred to within A.A. as “co-founders.” Having died in 1950, when A.A. was only 15 years old, the Ohio surgeon may be less well-known than the New York stockbroker, his influence on the whole A.A. program is permanent and profound.Filled with interviews with friends and family, this deeply researched biography follows A.A. co-founder Dr. Bob S...
$9.99 USD