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A Brief History of the Big Book


Writing the Big Book: The Creation of A.A. - YouTube

Central Recovery Press presents William Schaberg's Writing the Big Book. This book shares the definitive history of the creation of ...

A First Edition of the AA “Big Book” – Alcohol Studies Archives

While rummaging through the then-recently unlocked bookshelves seeking items to display, we came across a first print, first edition of the “Big ...

Alcoholics Anonymous: Original 'Big Book' Manuscript - ABC News

After being hidden for 70 years, the edits of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, entitled "The Book That Started It All," reveal a previously unknown ...

The Early History of 'How It Works' by Wally P. - Big Book Sponsorship

Wally P., is a recovered alcoholic/addict and the world's foremost authority on A.A. and its' success in the 1940's. He has personally interviewed and tape ...

Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A Brief History of A.A. By the ...

The work also provides insight into the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Second only to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age is one of the most ...

Origins in North America and the Big Book 1935 - 1946

Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a New York stock broker, Bill W, and an Akron surgeon, Dr Bob.

A.A. History Brief: The Bible in the Big Book - Christians in Recovery

The basic text of AA, affectionately called the “Big Book,” still contains a great many direct quotes from the King James Version of the Bible that the early ...

A history of the 12 Steps - Addiction Treatment in Knoxville, TN

Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, recalls the fateful meeting that changed his life and planted the seed for the 12 Steps in the Big Book of ...

A guide to collecting Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book - AbeBooks

Nicknamed the Big Book by the early AA members for its thick paper and wide margins, the book's history began in 1934 when Bill Wilson, an ...

The Brief History of a Very Big Book: The Making of the Tamil ...

An intrepid band of Tamil intellectuals, inspired seventy-five years ago by the Britannica, decided to create an encyclopaedia in their own language.

Big Book History

This book became a blueprint for recovery from alcoholism that has been followed successfully for nearly 80 years—and something of a publishing phenomenon. The ...

A History of Alcoholics Anonymous - Rehab 4 Addiction

In 1938, Bill W began work on what would become known as The Big Book, formally titled Alcoholics Anonymous. Titles such as Haven, One Hundred ...

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book - Rehab Spot

William G. “Bill W.” Wilson, a stockbroker from New York, and Robert “Dr. Bob” Holbrook Smith, a physician, came together after both ...

History of A.A. - Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland

Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 in Akron, Ohio at a meeting of New York stockbroker Bill W. and Akron surgeon Dr. Bob in the home of non-alcoholic Henrietta ...

A Chronological History of AA - Early Morning Zoomers

This was accomplished through the Alcoholic Foundation which raised funds and received the income from the sale of the Big Book. (LR 197, BW-RT 264-267, AACOA ...

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous - Eye Opener

Nevertheless, he was drunk in a short time. More baffling still, he could ... history. Usually our stories start out by telling what we were like, what ...

Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A brief history of a ... - Everand

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 ...

Alcoholics Anonymous - Goodreads

Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts ...

AA Big Book (English)- Abridged Large Print (first 164 pages)

Description. Fourth edition (2001) of the Big Book, basic text of A.A. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women ...

A Brief History of Chips/Keytags, Medallions, & Sobriety Birthdays

He took me through the first 88 pages of the Big Book and I had a spiritual experience. I didn't think it would happen but it did. I continue to work the steps ...


Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Book by Yuval Noah Harari https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDm6ngjxMFDd3MnaEdG1nvzCO70nx6Bsq6Dlc-oOH3mp27uUWx

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 based on a series of lectures Harari taught at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in English in 2014.

A Brief History of Time

Book by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book on theoretical cosmology by the physicist Stephen Hawking. It was first published in 1988. Hawking wrote the book for readers who had no prior knowledge of physics.

Tao Te Ching

Book by Laozi https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVKXSGAPvgjqVio9pdH93qx5LCX4grPWjKnABnCKEfxOjfFBO6

The Tao Te Ching or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated.

Gulliver's Travels

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Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.

A Briefer History of Time

Book by Leonard Mlodinow and Stephen Hawking

A Briefer History of Time is a 2006 popular-science book by the English physicist Stephen Hawking and the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow.

The Merchant of Venice

Play by William Shakespeare https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYI48TjojUXL4cUQ7rhfPX0T_2XejjhQ-6GphdXwRVzsyytck0

The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.