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Looking back, i can now see how much i denied and rationalized my destructive behavior, drunk and sober. If you would like to become a member, please send a blank email to. Alcoholics anonymous big book 4th edition paperback. Sep 17, 2018 aa big book ch6 into action 4th edition duration. Buy alcoholics anonymous big book 4rev ed by alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. Alcoholics anonymous big book audio read aloud duration. Thats the way my drinking began, as a way to make the pain go away. Our reference for this study of the 12 steps is the first 103 pages of alcoholics anonymous, fourth edition, the basic text xi. It is my hope that you will find this site useful to you and our friends of bill w. Aa sonoma county intergroup fellowship alcoholics anonymous. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration.
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This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. All the indexes we publish are for the 1st 164 pages the main text. Marty mann 19041980 wrote the chapter women suffer too in the second through fourth editions of the big book. Editions of alcoholics anonymous by alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous big book 4th edition hardcover. Aa edinburgh and midlothian is committed to providing safe venues for our meetings.
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Philadelphia, student of life, on page 319 of the fourth edition big book of alcoholics anonymous. Aa big book story 1 aa number 3 4th edition youtube. First published in 1939, alcoholics anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome. Part i pioneers of aa acceptance was the answer previously doctor, alcoholic, addict 439 407 dr. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. It is common in aa lore to hear claims that the big book is the secondmost printed book of alltime, second only to the bible. Alcoholics anonymous, 4th edition kindle edition by inc. The large print fourth edition of alcoholics anonymouse, affectionately known as the big book, includes twentyfour new stories and continues to pass on aas message of hope and recovery to millions. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation.
The text got this name because the first edition of the book had rather thick pages, making the book even thicker than its content would suggest. Biographies of the authors of the stories in the big book. The big book bb notations are to page and paragraph, as in 64. We encourage group members to help keep aa safe by taking sensible precautions, both with personal belongings and by being mindful about giving out personal information. With publication of the second edition of the aa big book in 1955, the third edition in 1976, and now the fourth edition in 2001, the essential recovery text has remained unchanged while personal aa stories have been added to reflect the growing and diverse fellowship.
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